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The main European football body has created the third European tournament, which will be lower by rank than the Champions League of the Europa League. This became known from the official website of the organization 11:24 09.12.2018

UEFA creates third European cup

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The main European football body has created the third European tournament, which will be lower by rank than the Champions League of the Europa League. This became known from the official website of the organization.

Three months ago we mentioned a possibility of creating such a tournament. However, it has become official now. From 2021, it will complement the existing Champions League and Europa League and will not differ from them by format.

Thirty two teams will enter a number of the group stage participants, which will be divided into eight groups of four clubs, just like in the current Champions League. The play-off round will not begin from the round of 16. An additional round will take place before it, in which the teams, which finish second in the groups will meet with sides, which finish third in the Europa League. After that there will be usual round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.

According to the tournament regulations, 141 matches will be played in 15 matchdays, which is similar to the current Europa League. The winner of the tournament will get a ticket to the Europa League group stage next season, similar to the existing advancement from the UEL to UCL.

It should be noted that the matches of the new tournament will be held on Thursday, together with matches of the second-most significant European cup tournament. The Champions League matches will still fill the television pool on Tuesday and Wednesday. The finals of all three tournaments will be held in one week. The final of the new tournament will be held on Wednesday, the two best teams of the Europa League will test their strength on Thursday and the Champions League – on Saturday.

As we have said before, the meaning of the tournament lies in offering little-known teams financial benefit for participation and popularization of the game in countries, where football isn’t very developed. However, in reality the benefit will only be in selling tickets and advertising at stadiums. We are not talking here about high level of game and audience interest.

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