The new format of the Champions League: Real Madrid, Bayern, Manchester City, Paris, Pot 1, no more exciting groups of death

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2024-05-24 23:38Posted in Guizhou Sports Creators

For the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, UEFA has expanded the main stage to 36 teams, and the group stage has been renamed the league stage. After the restructuring, the league stage has changed very much, and the format of the match is completely different.

In terms of competition for the league stage, the 36 teams will be divided into four brackets based on the European standings, with nine teams in each bracket. Each team is required to play eight matches in the league stage, with eight opponents decided by draw, and two teams drawn from each pot to play each other. Each bracket of teams played against remains 1 home and 1 away, with a total of 4 home and 4 away.

The 2024/25 Champions League round of 36 has so far been confirmed with 26 places confirmed, with Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig all confirmed as Pot 1 teams, with the other team likely to be Roma. Barcelona are currently stuck in the middle of the first and second pots, and if Roma advances, then Barcelona will be in the second pot; If Roma don't qualify, then Barcelona will be in Pot 1.

In addition, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, and Arsenal are all confirmed to be in the second pot, and AC Milan may enter the second pot, but the probability of falling into the third pot is relatively high. The main purpose of the bracket is to facilitate the draw and to decide that the league stage will be relatively fairer, and there will be no more groups of death as in the past.

After the league stage, the ranking of the league stage will be determined according to the points ranking, and the top eight will directly advance to the round of 16, and the 1/8 final draw will also be seeded, which means that the top eight teams will not meet in the 1/8 final. 9th-24th place will compete in the play-offs, and 9th-16th places will be seeded in the play-offs, with the play-offs being prioritized for away and then home. The 25th-36th places will be eliminated directly and will not be relegated to the Europa League.

The new format has been changed to a league format, and since each team has a different opponent, UEFA's ranking rules will also be changed. In the past, in the group stage of the Champions League, the first priority was to compare each other's results with the same points, but the new league model will be changed to compare goal difference, goals, etc. with the same points, and the specific rules for comparison have yet to be announced by UEFA.

The new Champions League stage tests the comprehensive strength of each team, has more opportunities for error, and also guarantees the probability of promotion of the giants. However, the pressure is very high for the three major leagues of Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League, with 38 rounds in the league itself, 2 new games in the Champions League, and 2 more games if you participate in the play-offs, which requires extremely high squad depth.

In addition, UEFA will also reduce the draw process, which used to be drawn until the semi-finals, and then changed to the 1/4 final draw division, and the new season will be directly in the 1/8 final division, and there will be no further draw in the future. That is to say, there will only be 3 draws for the Champions League in the new season, the league stage draw, the play-off match draw and the 1/8 final match draw.

The 2024/25 Champions League season will start on 17 September and end on 29 January. The play-off stage will be played in February, the quarter-finals in March, the quarter-finals in April, and the semi-finals in late April and early May. The final will be played on 31 May at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

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