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The big change of the Champions League, the phase of traditional groups disappears, the teams that are eliminated...

2023-12-16 12:06:38Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The big change of the Champions League, the phase of traditional groups

Europe's elite competition for football clubs is preparing to face its most radical structural change yet. Wednesday's games are already part of Champions League history, being the last to be played in the current group stage format.

The structure of the competition in question will change significantly and next season will be the first since 1992 in which the group stage will disappear. For the first time in the history of the Champions League, 4 Spanish teams qualified for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.

However, this record will not be able to be repeated again, because the group stage will disappear starting next season. The first and major change of the new format is the expansion from 32 to 36 participating teams. All these teams will be divided into 4 groups, with 9 teams each, distributed from 1 to 36, according to the UEFA coefficient, which is calculated based on the performance of each club in Europe in the last five seasons.

The new format is a type of league with 36 teams, where each team will play 8 matches (4 at home and 4 away), thus playing against 2 teams from each group. After the end of this first phase, the 36 teams are ranked according to the points obtained. The top eight teams qualify directly for the round of 16, while the 16 teams from 9th to 24th will play against each other.

From there, the Champions League will be exactly as we know it today: 1/8 finals, quarter finals, semi finals and finals. As more matches are played than in the current format, the Champions League will start earlier, i.e. in late August or early September.

Moreover, apart from the matches on Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be some Champions League matches on Thursdays as well. Another big change in the new format is that the eliminated teams will no longer have the opportunity to play in the "Europa League". In this way, the Champions League is preparing for a radical, unprecedented change that will give a lot to talk about once it is put into practice.


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