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The defending champions, Manchester United , were knocked out in the quarter-finals, against Real Madrid, who had turned out to become winners. Chelsea had an tremendous first season and reached the quarter-finals, only to be beaten by Barcelona . Sponsorship-wise, UEFA had ended its deals with Nutella , fast-food giants ''' McDonald's ''' as well as ''' Canon ''', just after the season had ended. It also recruited the sponsorship of the up-coming games console, the ''' PlayStation 2 '''. The Season started in August 1999 with three qualifying rounds and finished off in 24th May '''2000'''. 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 for the 1999/2000 season to generate two group stages, firstly with 32 teams - eight groups of four - who played six matches apiece 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.' '' QUALIFYING ROUNDS First qualifying round Second qualifying round Third qualifying round SEEDINGS AND GROUP QUALIFICATION 1st League Stage Seedings GROUP STAGES First Group Stage Group A Group B
Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Second Group Stage Group A Group B Group C Group D QUARTER-FINALS The Quarter-Finals were played on the ''4/5'' and the ''18/19'' of April, 2000 : SEMI-FINALS The Semi-Finals were played on the ''2/3'' and the ''9/10'' of May, 2000 : FINAL The Final was played on the 24 May , 2000 , in the Stade De France : EXTERNAL LINKS
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