The 2019-20 Supercopa de España was the 36th edition of the

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

, an annual football competition for clubs in the

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that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. In February 2019, it was announced that the competition would be changed from a two-team format to four teams, which would include a semi-final round. The semi-final round was played on 8 and 9 January 2020, and the

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was held on 12 January; there was no third-place game. The final was contested between

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and

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and was won by Real Madrid 4–1 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time, to win their 11th Supercopa title. It was played in

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after the Saudi government offered to pay 40 million euros for each of the next three seasons.

Qualification

The tournament was supposed to feature the winners and runners-up of the

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and

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. However, as

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were

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winners and

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runners-up, the extra spot was awarded to La Liga third-placed

Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the tournament.

Draw

The draw was held on 11 November at the Royal Spanish Football Federation headquarters, in

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. There was no restriction in it.

Matches

* Times listed are

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. * All three matches were held in

King Abdullah Sports City King Abdullah Sports City (Arabic: مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية), also nicknamed The Shining Jewel, in Arabic (al-Jawharaa Al-Moshe'ah) (Arabic: الجوهرة المشعة) or simply The Jewel, in Arabic (al-Jawhara) (A ...

in Jeddah,

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Criticism

The Spanish section of Amnesty International criticized the election of Saudi Arabia as the playground, citing the situation of human rights, specifically the death penalty, the Saudi intervention in Yemen,

murder of Jamal Khashoggi On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist was assassinated by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi assassins. His body ...

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and the situation of

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. The Spanish government had also disapproved the possibility of playing in Saudi Arabia. The president of the

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, Luis Rubiales negotiated with Saudi authorities that, during the competition, female spectators could sit anywhere in the stadium, not being limited to a women-exclusive area. AI approved the achievement but contended that it is not enough. Saudi authorities had already brought the

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to the country.

References

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