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U.S. hosts new UEFA super-tournament before the Champions League
The tournament will bring together four of the best Champions League teams from each season, including the winner, and will launch in 2024
June 15, 2022 1:16pm
Updated: June 15, 2022 4:00pm
UEFA plans to create a summer tournament starting in 2024 , which would bring together four of the best teams from each edition, including the winner of the Champions League.
The idea is to create a "tournament of champions" to open each season of European soccer before the Champions League. The format has not yet been defined, but everything seems to point to semifinals and a final, with the winner of the Champions League of the previous season as the leading team, in addition to three other major European guests.
And rumors have it that the venue for this tournament could be the United States!
According to the French newspaper L'Equipe, the competition would be held in the United States. Additionally, it reported that the tournament would be held in the Final Four format with semifinals, a final and a match for third and fourth place.
INFO L'EQUIPE. À partir de 2024, l'UEFA va programmer un tournoi annuel, mi-août avant le démarrage de la Ligue des champions, sans doute aux États-Unis, mettant aux prises quatre grands clubs européens, dont le vainqueur de la saison précédente https://t.co/FNbg3j16uj pic.twitter.com/xQaoEkmwSQ
— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) June 14, 2022
This would be a different competition from the European Super Cup, in which the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League play against each other. However, UEFA is considering the possibility of the Conference League champion also participating in the Super Cup.
📊 ¿En qué lugar del ranking de coeficientes de clubes está tu equipo?#UCL
— Liga de Campeones (@LigadeCampeones) June 13, 2022
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It would be the alternative to the idea of a Champions League Final Four that has never come to fruition, but it would also mean a significant change.
From the beginning of this new tournament, the European Super Cup would not only include the Champions League champion, but only the winner of the Europa League and the Conference champion would play it. Thus, the tournament on U.S. soil would be the one with the highest cache.
🤔 ¿Las fechas clave de la #UCL 2022/23?
— Liga de Campeones (@LigadeCampeones) June 15, 2022
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The changes come in the wake of the implementation in 2024 of the new format that UEFA has scheduled for the Champions League, with 36 clubs in the fight for the continental title, which will already be in place for that season.
