Uefa plans third European club competition from 2021

[dead_soft]

No thanks, it means 7th place will go into the 3rd competition. Even more ****hole European countries to go to and their second rate teams and pitches.

Oooh you edgy little toerag

 

[Saint Domingo]

i doubt it will be cup winners. They won’t want any of their cashcows now being in the CL. They’ll probably just use it as a way of getting loads of teams into Europe of some form with a bloated qualifying round but allow them to make the CL and the UEFA more attractive. It will all just equal more money for uefa.

 

[Groucho]

Should just bring the cup winners cup back.

Should never had got rid of it.

 

[Neiler]

Should just bring the cup winners cup back.

Should never had got rid of it.

This!

Uefa are a shambles.

 

[Zezti]

Few more details on ITV's report: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-11/uefa-to-introduce-third-european-club-cup-competition/

UEFA is set to launch a third European club competition from the start of the 2021/22 season, it has been confirmed.

European Club Association (ECA) president Andrea Agnelli reported that the "green light" had been given to the competition.

Speaking at the ECA's biannual general meeting on Tuesday, the Juventus chairman said: "Pending approval of the UEFA executive committee, the green light has been given to introduce a third competition, bringing the overall number of clubs to 96, as of the 2021/22 season."

This means the Europa League's group stage would be reduced from 48 teams to 32, with the new competition and the Champions League all having the same number.

UEFA has made little secret of the fact that it has been looking at ways to raise the Europa League's profile while also giving more clubs a shot at European competition, and therefore its growing financial benefits.

In recent weeks, UEFA has said it is "constantly reviewing" its competitions and has been "discussing various ideas within its Club Competitions Committee before any decision on potential changes would be made".

But with Agnelli and Arsenal boss Ivan Gazidis representing the ECA on UEFA's 17-member ExCo, it would seem the decision to reintroduce a third UEFA competition for the first time since the demise of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 is a done deal.

 

[NewRadical]

Should just bring the cup winners cup back.

Should never had got rid of it.

I personally would have preferred it had they not changed the format of the European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup from how they were in the 80's and early 90's. All three competition's seemed more prestigious.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Soon everybody will be playing in Europe.

https://apnews.com/amp/78d3f60636b048828593c0cff77850c5?__twitter_impression=true

UEFA explores creating third European club competition

ROB HARRIS
Sep. 16, 2015

ST. JULIAN'S, Malta (AP) — European football leaders have discussed the possibility of creating a third club competition.
At a meeting of the 54 UEFA members on Wednesday, they explored the merits of a new competition for teams that fail to advance from the qualifying rounds for the Champions League or second-tier Europa League.

They also considered whether the competition could be reserved for teams from smaller countries who never participate in the group stages of the existing cups.

The discussions are at an early phase, and any changes to the club competition structure in Europe would not be introduced until at least 2018, when the current round of TV rights deals expire.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan told The Associated Press that the intention of the new competition would be to allow teams to "maintain European football throughout the autumn and perhaps into the new year."

"It's a discussion around whether it's a separate third competition exclusively for smaller countries who then relinquish their place in the Europa League and/or Champions League or whether it's a competition that basically acts as a further safety net for those clubs that enter the Champions League or Europa League but are typically out by August and then (instead) they fall down into a third competition," Regan said in an interview.

Such a competition would appear more attractive to smaller clubs rather than English Premier League clubs like West Ham and Southampton, which failed to reach the Europa League group stage this season.

"It will give more opportunity to the clubs who never get in the final stages to participate" in Europe, Volodymyr Geninson, executive director at the Football Federation of Ukraine, told the AP.
It would chime with UEFA President Michel Platini's strategy of giving smaller nations greater access to competitions, whether by expanding the European Championship to 24 teams or spreading hosting of Euro 2020 across the continent.

"We are really supportive of this," said Geninson, who was part of the "Top Executive Program" meeting in the Maltese coastal resort of St. Julian's.
"For them, it will give opportunities not to finish the (European competitions) in August. It will give them opportunity to play in September and October."

The competition could be completed by the end of the calendar year, rather than going through to the conclusion of the European season like the Champions League and Europa League.
"Obviously finance will be important and what's the value ... in light of the costs of traveling around Europe and playing in a competition which some will see as lower value or not as premium as the Europa League," Regan said. "I don't think anyone would want to participate in a loss-making competition for the sake of it.
"There is certainly a development benefit for some of the smaller nations to experience international football as opposed to only having one or two games with one or two teams and being out by August."

The Europa League started in 2009 as a replacement for the UEFA Cup. A third competition, the European Cup Winners' Cup, merged with the UEFA Cup in 1999.

"UEFA constantly reviews the format of its competitions and invites stakeholders, including member associations, to share their ideas in a consultative process," UE@@FA said in a statement.
"There are no concrete proposals on the table at this stage as we are just beginning a new three-year cycle (2015-18) for club competitions. "

@summerisle beat yous to it

 

[DualityNSNO]

Bulgaria, Bosnia, Slovakia, no thanks

You're just mad cuz our girls are way, way fitter than any of yours will ever be.

 

[Groucho]

I personally would have preferred it had they not changed the format of the European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup from how they were in the 80's and early 90's. All three competition's seemed more prestigious.

Agree

 

[chrismpw]

Bout time they reverted back, there was nothing wrong with the way it used to be with the CWC alongside the UEFA and CL. spread the field out a bit better and give more clubs the chance to win a trophy. Just too many games now to win these competitions so if it cuts the number of games I'm all for it.

This.
Absolutely this.
This man is who should be running UEFA.

 

[Groucho]

This!

Uefa are a shambles.

It could be, like, a new competition for clubs who have won their domestic cup.

A cup for the winners of a cup.

I’m sure we can think of a name......

 

[Huyton Layne]

Good idea if it reduces the bloat from the CL. Absolutely uninteresting competition until the quarters most years. CWC is the way to go but UEFA don't have any intelligence so it's be a mini league taking from the mid table teams.

 

[roydo]

It could be, like, a new competition for clubs who have won their domestic cup.

A cup for the winners of a cup.

I’m sure we can think of a name......

I get the allure of that for Blues, but trouble is, these days, (and I CBA asking Google), I would hazard a guess that the winners/runners up of the main cup in many leagues would also have qualified for the CL as well.

So how would qualification for a CWC be arranged then?

Nice idea, but the CL format has killed domestic cups.

 

[Groucho]

I get the allure of that for Blues, but trouble is, these days, (and I CBA asking Google), I would hazard a guess that the winners/runners up of the main cup in many leagues would also have qualified for the CL as well.

So how would qualification for a CWC be arranged then?

Nice idea, but the CL format has killed domestic cups.

There’s be some sort of rudimentary way of working it out.

The two losers of the semi final clubs have their managers perform a duel to the death?

 

[boris]

Bulgaria, Bosnia, Slovakia, no thanks

There the best, having done every Everton European trip for 20+ years I can safely say the best trips come when you least expect it. The likes of Kharkiv, Bergen, Liege and Minsk were absolute belters.