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Message: [QUOTE="shizzle787, post: 4308453, member: 6581"] For those of you who don't know: the Champions League format is going to dramatically change from 2024. Here is my official prediction of the new format based on the information gathered. The four additional places will go to: The third place team of association ranked 5 The champion of association ranked 11 The champion of association ranked 12 An additional champions path qualifying place Additionally, the fourth place team of association ranked 5 will start in the third qualifying round of league qualifying path. If the Europe League title holders qualify for the Champions League directly via league placement, the fourth placed team of league 5 will qualifying directly to the group stage. If the Champions League title holders qualify directly via league placement, the champion of association ranked 13 will qualify directly to the group stage. The league qualifying path will remain unchanged. The champions qualifying path will now allow for five teams to advance to the group stage. Those qualifiers will be as follows: Playoff Round: Champions (13-15) Seven winners from previous round 3rd Qualifying Round: Champions (16-18) Eleven winners from previous round 2nd Qualifying Round: Champions (19-26) Fourteen winners from previous round 1st Qualifying Round: Champions (27-55, not including Liechtenstein) The preliminary rounds will be no more. There will be eight league phase matches per team. The 36 teams will be drawn into four pots. Each team will face two teams from each of the four pots: one at home and away against each pot. Only the top 16 will advance to the knockout rounds. Clubs ranked 17-24 after the league phase will drop down into the Europe League knockout rounds. The new Final Four format will take shape as the two-legged semifinals will be scrapped in favor of one-off semifinals played the same week as the final in the same city (not necessarily the same stadium). The two semifinals will be played on a Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, and the Final will be played on a Sunday. The Europa League and Europa Conference League will both expand to 36. UEFA will find a way to get the representative from the top four leagues an automatic spot in the Conference League league phase. The Europa League and Conference League will have eight and six matches in the league phase, respectively. [/QUOTE]

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