A new Champions League format is set to be approved on Monday (Mike Egerton/PA)A new 36-team Champions League format from 2024 is set for final approval by UEFA’s executive committee on Monday. The Champions League format the ExCo will vote on does away with the current group system – where 32 teams are split into eight pools of four – and replaces it with one 36-team league. The new format takes the Champions League from 125 to 225 matches, which would create a huge headache for domestic schedulers. Expand Close The new Champions League format is a concern to EFL chairman Rick Parry (PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp The new Champions League format is a concern to EFL chairman Rick Parry (PA)The encroachment of the competition into January – usually kept free for domestic club football – is understood to be another concern for the Premier League. A team could still qualify for the Champions League based on ‘historic co-efficient’ as long as they did enough domestically to finish in a Europa League or Europa Conference League position.

Source: Express April 16, 2021 16:35 UTC