1999–2000 UEFA Champions League | Tournament details | | Teams | 32 (from UEFA confederations) | | Final positions | | Champions | Real Madrid (8th title) | | Runner-up | Valencia | The 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League was the eighth edition of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier European club football tournament, since its rebranding from the European Cup, and the 45th edition overall. The competition was won by Real Madrid C.F., who clinched an historic eighth title win by beating fellow La Liga side, Valencia CF in the final. The final was hosted in the historic Stade de France in Paris, where the original roots of the competition had begun. The competition was dominated by the Spanish teams, with three of the four semi-finalists coming from Spain, namely, Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. The final between Real Madrid and Valencia marked the first time that both finalists in the competition had come from the same country. [edit] Changes to the competition format The 1999-2000 edition of the Champions League sported a whole different format to the competition. An additional qualifying round was introduced to generate two group stages, firstly with 32 teams - eight groups of four - who played six matches each to reduce the competition to 16 teams for the second group stage, with the eight third-placed teams moving to the UEFA Cup third round. At the end of the second group stage, eight teams remained to contest the knock-out stage. [edit] Qualifying rounds [edit] First qualifying round [edit] Second qualifying round [edit] Third qualifying round [edit] First group stage 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1-10, and 6 second-placed teams from countries ranked 1-6 were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group advance to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advanced to round 3 of the UEFA Cup. | Key to colours in group tables | | Teams that progressed to the second group stage are indicated in bold type | | Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup are indicated in bold italics | | Teams eliminated from European competitions for the season are indicated in plain italics | [edit] Group A [edit] Group B [edit] Group C [edit] Group D [edit] Group E [edit] Group F [edit] Group G [edit] Group H [edit] Second group stage Eight winners and eight runners up from the first group stage were drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first round group cannot be drawn together. The top 2 teams in each group advance to the quarter finals. | Key to colours in group tables | | Teams that progressed to the Quarter-finals are indicated in bold type | | Teams eliminated from European competitions for the season are indicated in plain italics | [edit] Group A [edit] Group B [edit] Group C [edit] Group D [edit] Bracket [edit] Quarter-finals [edit] First leg [edit] Second leg [edit] Semi-finals [edit] First leg [edit] Second leg [edit] See also [edit] External links |