UEFA explores creating third European club competition
By ROB HARRIS Sep. 16, 2015 2:23 PM EDT
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Tankar kring detta? Skulle det vara positivt för fotbollen i mindre nationerna, och framförallt för den svenska fotbollen? Kommer det finnas ett tillräckligt intresse?
By ROB HARRIS Sep. 16, 2015 2:23 PM EDT
Citat:
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 second-tier Europa League.
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.
"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 Associated Press.
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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.
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 second-tier Europa League.
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.
"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 Associated Press.
...
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.
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Tankar kring detta? Skulle det vara positivt för fotbollen i mindre nationerna, och framförallt för den svenska fotbollen? Kommer det finnas ett tillräckligt intresse?
