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Sporting CP were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage.
Team allocation
Association ranking
For the 2019–20 Rink Hockey Euroleague, the associations were allocated places according to their coefficient, which takes into account the performance of each association's representative teams in European competitions between the 2014–15 and the 2018–19 seasons. The coefficient is calculated by dividing the total of points accumulated by the number of participating teams.
Participation is reserved to teams from associations that have an effective capacity to organise annually their own national championships. They will all have at least one team entering the competition. To allocate the other nine places, the D'Hondt method was applied to the coefficient of each association. In case of withdrawals, priority would be given according to the order established by the D'Hondt method.
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). As English championsKing's Lynn resigned to its place, that was occupied by a fourth Italian team following the allocation criteria.
The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Sporting CP, being placed directly as head-team of the Group A. The other three seeded teams will be from the three top ranked federations according to these priorities:
The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Sporting CP, being placed as seeded team in the Group A automatically. The other 3 seeded teams, Porto, Barcelona and Forte dei Marmi, were automatically placed in groups B, C and D, respectively. The rest of the teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2020. Source: World Skate Europe (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Knockout phase
The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and a final four tournament with two semi-finals and a final. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up (other than the one from their own group), the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four tournament, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.
Portugal
Spain
Italy
France
Switzerland
Germany
England
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