July 12, 2020
"I took the message about the Champions League positively. This is great news for our club, it is very important for us to play in the Champions League. I am personally very happy. I can't say that additional qualification matches will be good, but we have no other choice and there is no way. We will play and fight to compete in the main stage of the Champions League. We can say that justice was served, but we received some small punishment in the form of qualification, " Goncharova said.
Earlier, it was announced that Russia can be represented by four clubs in the men's and women's Champions League in the 2020/21 season. The basic principle of participation of teams remained the same-according to the rating of national federations. Russia has the right to enter three clubs at once in the group stage. However, a new option has been added: teams whose results meet a couple of conditions can also qualify: they will play in two of the last three Champions League tournaments and will be ranked no lower than fifth in the national championship in the 2019/20 season. These conditions in Russia among women's clubs correspond to Dinamo Moscow, which last season became the fourth in the national championship, which was not finished due to coronavirus.
The start of the Champions League qualification is scheduled for September 22, and the group stage is tentatively scheduled to start on November 10. Dinamo Kazan, Lokomotiv from the Kaliningrad region and Uralochka-NTMK (Sverdlovsk region) received the right to play in the group stage from Russia.
Source: RIA Novosti
