After months of hypothesis, the UEFA lastly introduced their new revamped format for the Champions League, which will probably be efficient from the 2924-25 season. This can massively alter the present format and guarantee better participation for golf equipment throughout the continent. UEFA launched a video on their official X(previously Twitter) account that explains all the small print concerning the new format. Within the video, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin stated, “I’m actually happy that it was a unanimous determination of the UEFA Govt Committee, with the European Membership Affiliation, European Leagues and nationwide associations all agreeing with the proposal made. One other proof that European soccer is extra united than ever.”
This format had been years within the making, however its implementation was solely accelerated after the European Tremendous League fiasco in April 2021. So, what’s the brand new format, and the way it will have an effect on the match?
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UEFA Champions League’s new format
Beneath the brand new format, the variety of groups will enhance from 32 to 36. Nonetheless, not like the earlier model, the place groups have been divided into eight teams of 4, the brand new format may have 4 teams of 9 groups.
One other characteristic of the present model was that groups within the group stage performed in opposition to three of its different group members in a double-round-robin format. Nonetheless, from the 2024-25 season, every group will play eight video games, 4 house and 4 away. Additionally, all these eight video games will probably be in opposition to eight totally different groups, permitting for extra video games between varied groups.
The motto of this format is to make sure that there might be a whole lot of huge video games within the group stage itself, which can garner huge curiosity within the competitors from the onset.
An thrilling new period for European membership soccer awaits 🤩
Right here’s how the #UCL will look from 2024/25 👇 pic.twitter.com/mEffFOpX2O
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 4, 2024
One other thrilling facet of that is that the eight video games that any group will play will probably be in opposition to two groups from every group (one house and one away), one thing not doable within the present format. Regardless of the modified model, all of the group stage video games will probably be performed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays like the present one.
After every group has performed their video games, the highest eight groups will qualify for the spherical of 16. Nonetheless, groups positioned between ninth and twenty fourth will play a double-legged tie in opposition to one different. These eight groups that triumph right here will be a part of the highest eight groups in spherical 16. From there on, the Champions League will observe the present format.
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Champions League New Format: Impact on league
With the rise within the variety of groups, UEFA has additionally introduced how coefficient rankings of leagues will massively alter the variety of spots a league has within the new format. In response to two of the 4 further spots, they are going to go to the 2 leagues which have topped the UEFA coefficient rankings. One other spot will go to the third-ranked group from the fifth-best league on the coefficient rankings.
2023-24 UEFA Membership Coefficient Rankings |
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| League | Coefficient Factors | Spots | Common |
| Serie A | 109.000 | 7 | 15.571 |
| Bundesliga | 101.500 | 7 | 14.500 |
| Premier League | 111.000 | 8 | 13.875 |
| Ligue 1 | 79,500 | 6 | 13.250 |
| La Liga | 105,000 | 8 | 13.187 |
| Czech First League | 51,000 | 4 | 12.750 |
| Jupiler Professional League | 62,000 | 5 | 12.400 |
In response to UEFA web site the Slot are as follows:
- Slot one: This place will go to the membership ranked third within the championship of the affiliation in fifth place within the entry checklist, which is set by the UEFA affiliation membership coefficient rating.
- Slot two: This place will probably be awarded to a home champion by extending from 4 to 5 the variety of golf equipment qualifying through the Champions path of the competitors’s qualifying course of, which can consist of 4 qualifying rounds.
- Slots three and 4: These locations will go to the associations with one of the best collective efficiency by their golf equipment within the earlier season (i.e. the affiliation membership coefficient of the earlier season, which relies on the overall variety of membership coefficient factors obtained by every membership from an affiliation divided by the variety of collaborating golf equipment from that affiliation). These two associations will every earn one computerized place within the league section (‘European Efficiency Spot’) for the membership ranked next-best of their home league behind these golf equipment which have already certified immediately for the league section.