On July 11, at Mundo Deportivo, we previewed the new Champions League for the 2024-2025 season, a competition in which both the number of teams and the format of the competition are changing. This change also affects the Europa League and Conference League. With all of them, the number of teams that have participated so far from the group stage has increased by four, from the current 32 to the future 36.
This increase also implies a change in the format of the competition, where the group stage will be replaced by a league with these 36 teams divided into four groups of nine in the Champions League and Europa League, while in the Conference they is divided into six. group of six
The other great novelty is in the Champions League, where an intermediate round appears at the end of this first league. Well, all the dates of this new Champions League 2024-25 are here in MD. The season begins with the European Super Cup, which is scheduled for Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
The new league starts on September 17, a week without the Europa League and Conference, and will be played over eight days: October 1-2, October 22-23, November 5-6 and November 26-27 , 10- December 11, 21-22 and January 29. This means that this first part will end a month and a half later than the current one.
The new intermediate round will be held on February 11-12 and 18-19. From there the eighth 4-5 and March 11-12, the quarters are on April 8-9 and 15-16. The two semifinals will be played at the end of April (29-30) and the beginning of May (6-7). The grand finale of the 2024-2025 season is on May 31.
The Europa League final, on May 21
And then there are the other two club competitions. In the case of the Europa League, this new group starts a week later, running from September 25-26 to June 30. The dates will be October 3, October 24, November 7, November 28, December 12, January 23 and January 30. The round of sixteen will be played on February 13 and 20. The round of 16 will be played in March (6 and 13), the quarterfinals in April (10 and 17) and the semifinals in May (May 1-8 ). The final is on May 21.
In the Conference’s case, October 3 is when its new league format will begin, which will be spread over six dates: October 3, October 24, November 7, November 28, December 12 and 19. The playoffs dates are the same in the Europa League. The final will be played just one week after the Europa League, on May 28.
Source: La Verdad
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