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“Swiss format” and award criteria: understand everything about the new Champions League formula

2022-05-10T15:40:57.877Z


The UEFA executive committee validated this Tuesday in Vienna the formula of its future Champions League, slightly reworked compared to the pro


Broadly speaking, the final version of the future Champions League (C1), which will come into force for the 2024-2025 season, is in line with the project as it was presented by UEFA last spring.

Some alterations were made to the project validated by the UEFA Executive Committee on Wednesday in Vienna.

They relate to the criteria for allocating the four additional places to be filled, the competition going from 32 to 36 teams, as well as to the number of matches in the initial phase, reduced from 10 matches to 8.

⚽ The #UEFAExCo has approved the final format and access list for UEFA club competitions from the 2024/25 season.



✅ No more access granted based on club coefficients.



✅ Eight matches instead of ten in the new league phase.



Full details: ⬇️#UCL #UEL #UECL

— UEFA (@UEFA) May 10, 2022

The formula

According to the model of the "Swiss System" used in particular for chess tournaments, each team will play in the new formula 8 pool matches, against seven different opponents and drawn according to pre-established hats, without a round trip .

In the current formula, each team played six games.

The top eight teams will automatically qualify for the round of 16, while the teams ranked between 9th and 24th place will participate in a play-off round.

The teams ranked between 9th and 16th place will be seeded for the play-off draw, and will therefore challenge the clubs ranked from 17th to 24th place, with the advantage of playing the second leg at home.

The eight play-off winning clubs will qualify for the round of 16.

After which, the competition will continue as it is today.

The news

Compared to the version of April 2021, UEFA has therefore decided to reduce the number of matches per team in the group stage to 8. This is two more compared to the current formula in the group stage (6 ) and two less than envisaged at the start, in the first version of the reform (10 games).

The novelty also lies in the method of allocating the four additional places, to go from 32 to 36 teams.

A place will go to a club from the 5th nation in the UEFA ranking.

A 2nd place will go to a fifth club going through the 'champions path' - clubs accessing today through the C1 preliminary rounds.

Finally, the last two tickets will be allocated to two clubs from the nations with the highest index over the previous year.

And no, as initially announced to the two clubs with the best index calculated over the previous 5 seasons.

For example, England and the Netherlands, which precede France, 3rd, would benefit from an additional representative if the competition started tomorrow.

What about French clubs?

French clubs will take advantage of the new formula, with three clubs qualifying and possibly four (provided France is 5th in the UEFA index at the end of the 2023-2024 season) against two today plus a third forced to pass through a dam.

Source: leparis

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