The governing body of European football said on Tuesday that the planned changes to the UEFA Champions League format from 2024 will be officially announced on 19 April. Last week the European League, which represents the interests of clubs and leagues in 30 countries across the continent, said that UEFA will decide on the changes expected at this meeting on Wednesday. UEFA confirmed that it would discuss plans at its executive committee meeting this week but would wait for the next one before finalizing the changes.
“The future of the club’s post-2024 competitions will be one of the topics to be discussed,” UEFA said in a statement.
“However, any official decision in this regard will only be made at the next UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 19 April, so that the ongoing discussions can be finalized.”
The April 19 meeting is also set to see UEFA confirm how it will hold the delayed Euro 2020, which is set to proceed in 12 cities spread across the continent, but could be revised which The talk depends on which game the audience is allowed to participate in during the Kovid. 19 epidemic.
However, the Champions League changes – which are expected to be radical – will dominate the discussions.
The changes are expected to increase the number of clubs involved in the group stage from the current 32 to 36.
The current group-stage format, consisting of eight groups of four teams, will be completely shaken.
In its place, UEFA is expected to offer a single pool and a format known as the ‘Swiss System’, which will see teams playing 10 games instead of the current six.
No team will encounter more than once in any other system, which is more commonly used in chess.
The top eight ranked teams in the single pool will make it to the final 12, with the bottom 12 places.
Meanwhile, the sides finishing between the ninth and 24th will advance to a two-legged play-off affair to decide the final eight slots in the knockout stage.
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Then the knock-out stages will now proceed in the same manner, but the change will mean a larger increase in the number of matches played, with one team reaching the final by playing a minimum of 17 matches compared to 13 in the current format.
There has been a huge increase in the total number of games played from 125 to 225, with the total number ranging from 96 to 180 in group-stage matches.
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