Copa d'Aeia 2020
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 Copa d'Aeia 2020 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Renneque |
| Dates | 13 June - 25 July 2020 |
| Teams | 32 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 7 host cities) |
The 2020 Copa d'Aeia was the 31st edition of the Copa d'Aeia an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of Football Federation of Aeia once every year. The tournament took place from the 13th of June until the final which was played on the 25th of July 2020. The tournament was the first time the Copa d'Aeia had been held in the Rennekkan Federation, and the first time the tournament had been held on the continent of Rennekka for more than ten years. The tournament was also the second to officially utilise the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
Host selection
Bidding for the 2020 tournament began in 2017 at the same time as the bidding for the previous edition. Given the prevalence of Asuran bids which had hosted the tournament's past 4 editions, the FFA announced that bidding for the 2020 edition of the tournament would only be open for national federations outside of the Asuran Football Association. Three bids initially materialised from the Hafar Republic, The Mawusi, as well as a joint Renneque-Rocia bid. However, Rocia eventually dropped its support for a joint bid leading Renneque to put itself forward as a solo host. Voting was tight during the first round with Hafar leading the way, however in the second round all three Mawusi votes switched to Rennneque.
| 2020 host bidding (majority 8 votes) | |||||
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| Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
 Renneque |
5 | 8 | |||
 Hafar |
7 | 7 | |||
 The Mawusi |
3 | Eliminated | |||
Teams
Venues
Of the eight stadia used for the tournament four were newly constructed venues for the tournament, whilst two venues received extensive upgrades to comply with FFA regulations in regards to the hosting of international tournaments. The two venues not upgraded were the national stadium known as La Challa, and the home ground of FC Universitat de Calbuco known as the Stade Universitat. The newly constructed stadiums included the Stade Zañe, Parc de Palma, Ketrawe, and the Arène Luixbourg most of which involved demolishing existing stadiums and rebuilding either on the same site or in a nearby location. The upgraded stadia included the Stade Duhamel and Arène d'Aglia. Whilst the former receieved a permanent upgrade, the Arène d'Aglia saw the introduction of of 2,000 temporary seats to be removed at the tournament's conclusion.
| Bonaire | Botacura | Saint Tropez | |
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| La Challa | Stade Zañe | Ketrawe | Parc de Palma |
| Capacity: 77,000 | Capacity: 63,903 | Capacity: 56,000 | Capacity: 45,000 |
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| Luixbourg | Calbuco | Duhamel | Vassois |
| Arène Luixbourg | Stade Universitat | Stade Duhamel | Arène d'Aglia |
| Capacity: 40,929 | Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 28,000 |
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