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After two seasons of playing in the tournament system, the Return of the Chinese Super League to home-and-away systems sees some hope. On February 23, the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation issued the "Letter of Consultation of the Chinese Football Association on the Resumption of Home and Away Games in the Professional League in the 2022 Season" to clubs at all levels. At the same time, a working meeting of representatives of professional league clubs at all levels was held online. In order to be able to restore the professional league home and away system, the Chinese Football Association has prepared four sets of plans.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the 2020 season and the 2021 season, the Chinese Super League has adopted the competition system. The 16 teams were divided into two divisions, and after the first stage of the competition, each team entered the championship and relegation groups according to the results. The implementation of the tournament system has led to a reduction in the number of matches, a compression of the schedule has led to a decline in the quality of matches, the two groups have led to an increase in the contingency of the championship and relegation situation, and the distance of fans from the home field has led to a sharp decline in the brand value of the league... Chinese men's football, which is currently in a deep slump, urgently needs to get back on track, and the resumption of home-and-away systems in professional leagues is also considered to be one of a series of initiatives.
Of course, whether the league can restore the home and away system is not something that the Chinese Football Association alone can decide. The Chinese Football Association's business letters and meetings on the 23rd are also consulting the opinions of various clubs. In the business letter, when the Chinese Football Association proposed the home-and-away system, the home team must have a backup stadium at the same time as the main stadium to deal with unexpected situations. The station of the guest team adopts the management mode of independent passage, closed floor, self-collection of materials and independent dining. In addition, all participants and direct contact staff should complete at least two injections of vaccination before the official start of the competition and provide vaccination certificates to the relevant departments. As for whether the game is open to fans, the Chinese Football Association's statement is that each home division proposes to open to fans normally and report the plan to the Chinese Football Association.
At the relevant meeting on the 23rd, the Chinese Football Association also prepared four sets of plans for the home and away schedules of the new season.
Scenario one
Fully restored to pre-outbreak. The national home-and-away double round robin format, mirroring each other in the first and second halves, finished in a "17 + 17" format. (Fusedable)
Scenario two
National home-and-away double round robin format, the annual competition is divided into four stages, each stage of 3 groups, each group of 6 teams, each stage of each group of teams in the group of home and away double round robin, after the end of each stage, each group rotates to maintain each group of 6 teams, in the form of "10 + 8 + 8 + 8 " to complete. (Not to be melted)
Scenario three
National home-and-away double round robin format, the first 17 rounds of competition is divided into four stages, each stage of 3 groups, each group of 6 teams, each stage of the team in the group of home and away single round-robin matches, after the end of each stage, each group rotates, maintain each group of 6 teams, in the form of "5 + 4 + 4 + 4" to complete the first half of the stage, the last 17 rounds of the game is not grouped, not staged, 18 teams according to the first stage of the competition results freely arranged against each round of competition, the opponents of the teams with excellent results in turn from weak to strong. (Fusedable)
Scenario FOUR
National home-and-away double round robin format, the first 17 rounds of competition are divided into four stages, each stage of 3 groups, in the form of "5 + 4 + 4 + 4 " to complete the competition, the last 10 rounds of competition according to the first stage of the results divided into 3 groups, each group 6 teams for 10 rounds of double round robin competition. That is, the last 10 rounds are similar to the format of the championship group and the relegation group. The league ends in the form of "5+4+4+4+10". (Not to be melted)
Among them, circuit breaker means that if the round is affected by objective factors such as the epidemic and is interrupted, then the organizer can use the reserved supplementary day to let the relevant team make up the match. Non-circuit breaking means that whether the game is based on the home-and-away system or the conference system, it must be completed within the specified competition cycle.
Judging from the above various ideas and schemes, the Chinese Football Association has also taken a lot of effort to restore the home-and-away system. However, in that sentence, the restoration of home and away games is not something that the Chinese Football Association can decide. In the business letter, the Chinese Football Association asked clubs to submit a written confirmation form to the Chinese Football Association before March 3, and one of the items on the confirmation form was whether the relevant departments of the prefecture-level municipal government (district and county governments directly under the central government) where the home game was located agreed to issue a letter of consent to undertake, which required the club to actively communicate with the member association of the place of registration and report to the local government, which is the most important.
As we all know, there are still new crown cases across the country, according to the epidemic situation, the epidemic prevention situation in various places is not the same, it is very likely that some places agree to the local clubs to resume the home stadium, while some places do not agree to play at the local professional league level, let alone open to fans. In addition, at present, many club stock reforms are confused, the club's future is uncertain, whether there will be more energy to communicate with the relevant local departments to restore home and away matters. In other words, even if the home-and-away system is restored, will there be clubs that can't even afford to rent a stadium? These are all unknowns.
The Chinese Football Association has put various expectations and plans for the restoration of the home-and-away system on the table, at least to the outside world. However, if the Chinese Super League wants to return to normal state in the format, I am afraid that it will encounter a lot of resistance. As planned, the new season of the Chinese Super League will open on April 23. For the Chinese Football Association and clubs that have just taken the first step of restoring home and away games, time is not too much.