Change at UEFA.
In this case, the European body unveils a number of decisions on Wednesday.
They concern in particular the format of the League of Nations and the conduct of the qualifiers for the Euro and the World Cup.
Modifications which will come into force after the next European championship, in 2024. Moreover, no change in sight for this Euro planned in Germany, with still 24 teams on the starting line, but UEFA indicates in passing that the 2023 European Super Cup will take place in Athens (Greece), not in Kazan (Russia), for obvious reasons.
It will be August 16.
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Regarding the League of Nations, the Executive Committee, meeting this Wednesday in Switzerland, decided to add a salvo of cleaver matches, with quarter-finals which will see the first and second of the groups compete in home and away matches.
The winners will meet for a final four, as is already the case now.
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Promotion and relegation home and away play-offs will be played between the third-placed League A groups and the second-placed League B groups as well as between the third-placed League B groups and the second-placed groups. of League C
”, we add, specifying that these matches will take place in March, in a slot usually reserved for friendly matches.
The new format of the League of Nations.
UEFA
The new formula promises to further strengthen European national team competitions and make them even more exciting.
Aleksander Ceferin
As for the qualifications for the Euro and the World Cup, the groups of six are over.
Hoping to make the competition "
less predictable and more dynamic
", UEFA will bet on pools of four or five teams.
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The group winners will qualify directly for the Euros or the World Cup, alongside the best runners-up, while the remaining runners-up will take part in play-off matches alongside teams from the Nations League with a view to the qualification for the Euro
", explains the European confederation.
The qualifying format for the Euros and the World Cup.
UEFA
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The introduction of the League of Nations was a success, because it replaced friendly matches with more competitive matches
," said President Ceferin, writing about these new formulas in competitions for men's teams.
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Today, the introduction of the new knockout round will give teams more opportunities to progress without increasing the number of matches in the International Calendar.
The issue of European qualifying predictability has also been addressed and resolved, and the new format gives all teams an equal chance of qualifying for major tournaments.
The new formula promises to further strengthen European national team competitions and make them even more exciting.
UEFA insists that there won't be more matches in the end, just "
more exciting matches
".
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