In three weeks the new triennium of European competitions begins and UEFA wanted to show and explain what we are going to find with the change in the competition. The new Champions League will now be played in a virtual League format, in which each team will play at least eight games, with two clashes with rivals from each group. The first of them will be made up of the champion of the highest continental competitionwith the rest of the teams distributed by the UEFA ranking.
In this new format of the Champions League, the first day will be played Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (until now the Champions League was only played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays), and The last day will be with 18 games simultaneously.
There will be drums from which The matches of all the teams will be distributed via draw (August 29 in Monaco) after his name is drawn, as we have become accustomed to in recent years. A ‘software’ system will be in charge of distributing the matches to play both away and at home (four).
In the first phase of matches (eight) Teams from the same country cannot face each other unless due to force majeure This is what the competition and the draw requires. If necessary, there can only be one match between teams from the same country. In the round of 16, the country’s protection is eliminated.
There could be clashes between clubs from the same country
The top eight of the League go directly to the round of 16, playing the second leg at home. To determine the rivals that will meet, a tie will be played between the teams ranked from ninth to twenty-fourth position in the League.
Once the round of 16 is set, there will be a final draw to determine the crosses, like a tennis tournament. The order of the matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals will be determined by the draw.. The teams classified in first and second position will only be able to meet in the final.
In case of a tie on points The general goal average will determine the order of the teams. If there was equality and there was a confrontation between the teams in question, the result would be the one that would determine which team is ahead. If there was a tie, but there was no confrontation between them, the team that scored the most goals would be ahead in the table.
There will be a solidarity fund
The amount of money to be distributed in this new Champions League is 4.4 billion euros. Not all of this will be for prizes or for the participating teams, since there will be a solidarity fund and a distribution of money for the teams that have not reached that final phase of the competition.
Unlike what is happening now, and once that eight-game phase is over, The teams that remain between position 25 and 36 will not fall to the Europa League, which also changes the format and assumes one exactly the same as the Champions League. The Conference, although only with 32 teams, also assumes an identical format.
2024-05-23 16:38:16
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