It's official, a few hours after the announcement of a European Super League, UEFA has decided on a new formula for its Champions League. Present at a press conference on Monday, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin presented the reform of the Champions League. This new Champions League will come into force from the 2024-2025 season.
Champions League: A new format
This reform of the Cup with big ears does not happen by chance. Indeed, after the announcement of the creation of a Super League UEFA somehow counterattacked. It officially changes its Champions League formula. After months of reflection, the star of club competitions will change faces for the 2024/2025 season. The Executive Committee of 19 April so decided. "UEFA has approved a new format for club competitions from the 2024/25 season. The reforms come after extensive consultation within the football family. The changes made aim to ensure the positive future of European football at all levels," the body's statement said. Within three years, the new C1 formula will begin with 36 clubs, compared to 32 today, divided into four nine-team hats.These hats will be determined by the UEFA coefficient. The champions will be installed in the first hat, then the well-ranked teams in the hat 2 and so on, according to their recent history in European cups. Just like in the current system. A mini-championship of 10 days (5 at home, 5 away, without home-and-away matches) will then begin. Pot 1 will group the best in the UEFA index and so on. The top eight teams will advance directly to the knockout stages. The clubs ranked between 9th and 24th place will play play-offs this time in return to reach the Top 16 while the clubs ranked from 25th to 36th place will be eliminated. Germany, England, Spain and Italy retain four automatic qualifiers, while France will now have three places assured. The winner of the Champions League and the winner of the previous season's Europa League will automatically qualify.
☑️ The #UEFAExCo has approved a new format for club competitions as of the 2024/25 season.
⚽ The reforms come after an extensive consultation across the football family. The changes made are designed to secure the positive future of European football at every level.#UCL #UEL
— UEFA (@UEFA) April 19, 2021
Matches and more matches…
18 matches will be available on each day of the Champions League. In total, from September to January, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there will be 180 games. It will also take 17 to 19 games to win the Champions League against 13 currently. UEFA wanted to increase the number of matches to give a chance to the largest number of participants, and encourage TV to pay more in the process. There will also be more shocks in the first round as a champion will face two other champions, plus three teams from hat 2, three from hat 3 and two from hat 4. This system seems difficult to read where interest in football is decreasing, as evidenced by TV audiences. But also European clubs believe they play too many matches, this Champions League accentuates this trend. When we see the accumulation of games, injuries, we still have trouble imagining this new LDC. 
This reform, under long-standing study, and several times postponed, was initially designed to satisfy the biggest clubs, some of which have now joined the dissident camp. We are obviously talking about the European Superleague project. In presenting his reform on the LDC, Aleksander Ceferin obviously did not escape questions about this Superleague. He said: "UEFA and the football world are united against this horrible proposal, which has been put forward by a few European clubs who only follow the idea of greed. The world of football united, governments united, all united against this project that makes no sense," Ceferin said.
