UEFA announced the new format of the Champions League! Both the number of teams and matches are increasing

UEFA will be valid from 2024 Champions Leaguedetermined the new format of.

In the new format that will be valid from 2024, the number of teams will increase, from 32 to 36. Parallel to this, the number of matches will also increase. UEFA will send its draft to the federation of 55 member countries. The final form of the format will emerge after the latest requests from the federations.

THE NUMBER OF MATCHES WILL INCREASE TO 225

The number of matches to be played in the first round will increase from 6 to 10 per team. Instead of the classical system consisting of 8 groups in total, where 4 teams are distributed to each group, a league system where 36 teams are distributed from 9 to 4 groups will be replaced. With the Swiss system, the number of matches will increase from September-December to 10, and the total number of matches from 96 to 180. The number of matches will increase by 100 to 225.

In the group stage, where a team will play against 10 different opponents, these matches will be determined by taking the seeded status into consideration. The first eight teams went directly to the final 16 rounds, while the second 8 teams play off to be determined by. The teams that finished the league between 9 and 16, and the teams ranked 16-24 will play this play off phase.

ADDITIONAL QUOTA COMES

The increase in the number of participants from 32 to 36 means the creation of additional 4 quotas, but UEFA has not been able to determine how the new quota will be distributed for now.