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Yes, according to the ASEAN zonal association's tweet, that's what the higher-ranked AFC members disliked, so many games against Asian opponents (this is what they said the disagreement was over). It'll be interesting to see what compromise is agreed upon. I suspect the majority agreed to vote to ...

I remember when Poland played most of their games in Chorzow and they were usually well supported there; I hope they will be as well this year.

I am not sure whether it is a good idea that Asian Cup is held only a few months after World Cup. They are the only two major tournaments that AFC teams can participate (excluding being guest teams in Concacaf Gold Cup/Copa America). This gives a large gap that AFC teams have no major ...

These qualifying groups are strange, they're dragging them out unnecessarily. 5 windows to play 6 games. Even AFC WCQ will be finished before then, except for the intercontinental playoffs team.


The play-off round, which eliminated the worst three teams, finished in September 2024. The last ...

I enjoyed watching the Conference League league phase review show on uefa.tv, excellently produced it shows how valuable the competition has become for European club football.

I see, so you would base the new Access List on a combination of the 5-year league and club rankings.

Would the 8 clubs directly qualified for the UEL be the Cup Winners of leagues ranked 1-8? At the moment no club can qualify for UCL by winning its domestic cup.

With a total entry of 236 clubs according to the current Access List and discounting 28 which qualify automatically via domestic competitions we are left with 208 clubs which would enter qualifying lasting 8 weeks, as it does now.

The clubs automatically qualified for the three LPs would be:

UCL ...

Ah yes, it must not to clash with the Women's EURO.

Thanks.

Suprisingly the U19 EURO is being held from 13 to 26 June, simultaneously with the U21 EURO from 11 to 28 June.

Previously it's always been held in July.

1. Does that mean clubs would qualify for the three LPs based on the final qualifying LP ranking? If so, how would the places be allocated?
2. and 3. are not viable solutions.

Thanks for the information, I was wondering how the Women's European Qualifiers leading to the WWC would be formatted with the NL-style qualifying.

Thanks for the explanation.

The one problem I can see is dates: you would need 9 weeks - one week more than present - to complete the 2 home-and-away preliminary rounds, qualifying LP and single-leg PO round.

If I have understood your idea correctly - and it appeals to me - after 2 x preliminary rounds for the clubs ranked lowest in the 5-year ranking - or for the clubs from the countries ranked lowest in the 5-year ranking? - an 80-club UCC qualifying LP would be played with each club playing 4 games ...

Would those 80 clubs in joint qualifiers play in 4 groups of 20 each?

Not nearly enough to keep the interest alive among fans imo, especially in seasons dominated by one team since the early stages.
Alternatively, a "NBA style" Play-off system could make the last month or two of the season interesting, but the rest of the season would be almost pointless.


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