2021 Supercopa De España
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The 2021 Supercopa de España was the 37th edition of the
Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España, also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Football in Spain, Spanish football. Founded in 1982 Supercopa de España, 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2 ...
, an annual
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competition for clubs in the
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that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season. It was the second straight edition played under the new format with four teams. They included
2019–20 Copa del Rey The 2019–20 Copa del Rey was the 118th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). In its original format, the winners were assured a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage, however th ...
winners
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,
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winners
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,
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runners-up
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and
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runners-up
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. The competition was initially supposed to be held in
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like the previous year, but restrictions related to the global
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forced it to remain in Spain. The semi-finals took place in the
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n cities of
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and
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, on 13 and 14 January 2021. The
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was played at
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in
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on 17 January 2021.
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won the tournament for their third Supercopa de España title.


Qualification

The tournament featured the winners and runners-up of the
2019–20 Copa del Rey The 2019–20 Copa del Rey was the 118th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). In its original format, the winners were assured a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage, however th ...
and
2019–20 La Liga The 2019–20 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on 16 August 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 24 May 2020. Barcelona were the two-time ...
.


Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the tournament.


Draw

The draw took place on 17 December 2020 at the
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headquarters, in
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. As the result of the delayed 2020 Copa del Rey Final was unknown at the moment of the draw, it was held under the condition that both teams qualifying through their La Liga result (Real Madrid and Barcelona) could not face each other in the semi-finals.


Matches


Bracket


Semi-finals

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Final


See also

*
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*
2020–21 Copa del Rey The 2020–21 Copa del Rey was the 119th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The winners were assured a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage. Both the winners and the runners- ...


Notes


References

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