On May 10, 2022, the proposal was officially approved, which they say will start with the 2024-2025 sports year.

How will the teams play?

All the teams that have reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, will play eight (8) different teams, where the team will play four games with different teams at home and play another four away with different teams, after which they will count the points they have. This means that no team will play two more games, but will play the same team only once. Otherwise, they will be sorted based on the points each team has, regardless of the group they are in, but they will be sorted from 1 to 36.

The matches between all the teams in the same tournament will be played between September 2024 and January 2025, both in the Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, which will also be attended by 36 teams where each team will play eight games. eight different teams.

How will the draw be conducted?

UEFA divided the teams into four groups, depending on the position of the team in the European games, which means that each group contains 9 teams. The team in the first group will receive 2 teams in each group. the computer. All teams will be divided into what we call groups otherwise they will start playing against each other.

The pot of draw

The draw will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. First Pot includes Real Madrid (ESP), Manchester City (ENG) Bayern München (GER), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Liverpool (ENG), Inter (ITA), Dortmund (GER), Leipzig (GER) and Fc Barcelona (ESP)

Pot 2, including: Leverkusen (GER), Atlético de Madrid (ESP) ,Atalanta (ITA), Juventus (ITA), Benfica (POR), Arsenal (ENG), Club Brugge (BEL) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), AC Milan (ITA)

Pot 3, including: Feyenoord (NED), Sporting CP (POR), PSV Eindhoven (NED), GNK Dinamo (CRO) Salzburg (AUT), Lille (FRA), Crvena Zvezda (SRB), Young Boys (SUI), Celtic (SCO)

Pot 4, including: Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Monaco (FRA), Sparta Praha (CZE), Aston Villa (ENG), Bologna (ITA), Girona (ESP), Stuttgart (GER), Sturm Graz (AUT), Brest (FRA)

How will the teams reach 1/8?

As usual, the first two teams in each group would reach the 1/8 finals, but now because points will be counted, the first eight teams will automatically get a ticket to enter the 1/8. The other teams from the ninth to the 24th place will play the arbitration games to choose the other eight teams to join the other eight who continued to be the first 16 and start to be eliminated in 1/8. The team that comes in 25th to 36th place will be worthless and will be automatically relegated.

Coaches, players and others close to football say this approach will increase profits in the business model. But Players will be rewarded because they will play more games than expected.