The UEFA Executive Committee this Thursday approved a new system of national competitions in women’s football, which includes the creation of a League of Nationswhich will ultimately lead to qualification for European Championship or World Cupand that will be played for the first time in the previous phase of Euro 2025.
The new competition system, which was approved following the conclusions made by a working group composed of representatives of the various national federations and following a recommendation of UEFA Women’s Football Committee, connect the Nations League and European Qualifiers in a bid to ‘offer more competitive matches’, according to the European organisation.
The first opportunity to play this newly approved format is in the initial stage of UEFA European Women’s Championship 2025. So, starting in the autumn of 2023, it will offer promotion, relegation and the final stages of the League of Nations, in between, as well as play-off qualifiers.
The new league format will divide the national associations into three levels. Within each level, the national teams will play in groups of four (or three) and at home and away against each of the rivals in their group, it is indicated in the statement of UEFA.
At the end of League of Nations, the final stages will determine the winner here and, every four years, the three European teams that will qualify for the Olympic Games. The final standings of the Nations League (with automatic promotion and relegation), as well as the promotion and relegation matches, will also determine the starting position of the national teams in the European Qualifiers.
Also, the final ranking after the European qualifiers will determine the teams that qualify directly for UEFA European Women’s Championship or FIFA Women’s World Cupand the national teams that can qualify through the ‘play-offs’ of the European Qualifiers.
In addition, the final rank of European Qualifiers (with automatic promotion and relegation) will be used to determine which league the national associations will start in the next round of competition.
for the president of UEFA, the Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin“after a historic UEFA Women’s EURO, the time has come to further develop women’s team football.”
“We have built an open, competitive and continuous system where every game counts, a true reflection of the European sports model. .” “, he added Ceferinin the statement of the body he leads.
Source: La Verdad
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