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​Uefa meets to finalise completing Champions League and Europa League competitions

Uefa meets to finalise completing Champions League and Europa League competitions

Plans to finish this season's Champions League and Europa League will be discussed at a meeting of Uefa's executive committee on Wednesday, reports BBC Sport.

It is expected that Portugal and Germany will be confirmed as hosts for a 'final eight' knockout tournament in the respective competitions

However, there has been disagreement about how the outstanding last-16 ties will be resolved.

It is possible that some teams may have to give up home advantage in their Champions League and Europa League last-16 second-leg ties.

In addition to this season's tournaments, the meeting will also discuss how the complicated qualifying system for the 2020-21 club competitions are going to work.

It is anticipated Uefa will have a six-week window to complete its qualifiers, which normally involve more than 200 two-legged ties and all 55 member nations at some stage in the five rounds of competition.

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