Europa League, the abbreviation of UEFA European League, is an annual elimination tournament organized by UEFA and contested by European clubs. UEFA is an annual knockout tournament, organized by union of european football associations and attended by European clubs. It's a three-level European club competition of UEFA.
June 5438+February 65438+May 2023, the group matches of the European Union and UEFA all ended. Among them, eight teams in the Europa League directly advanced to the knockout stage, and the teams in the second group of eight teams competed with eight teams in the Champions League for another eight places in 16. The top eight teams of UEFA advanced directly, and the second team of the eight teams competed with the third team of the Europa League for the other eight places in the previous 16. On February 18, 2023, at 20: 00, the draw ceremony of UEFA and UEFA knockout was held in Nyon, Switzerland.
Introduction of EU rules and EU system
1, UEFA competition rules
The Europa League is divided into three parts: the qualifying stage, the play-off stage and the main stage. There are 32 clubs participating in the group competition, which are divided into 8 groups; The Europa League finished second against the Champions League group in the Europa League play-off, and the winning eight teams won the first game of the Europa League final with a score of 1/8. The UEFA group stage was third against the UEFA group, and the winning eight teams participated in the UEFA knockout stage.
2. Rules of the UEFA Competition System
The UEFA League includes qualification stage, play-off stage and main stage; The qualifying stage is divided into three rounds, and from the second turn to the play-off, it is divided into "champion path" and "main path"; Whether it is the qualifying stage or the play-off stage, it is a home and away two-round competition system.
A total of 32 teams participated in the group competition, which was divided into 8 groups with 4 teams in each group. There are six rounds of home and away games. The first group went straight to the front 16, and the second and third groups played in the Europa League. The winner of the home and away play-offs will participate in the final of 1/8. The following 1/8 finals, 1/4 finals and semi-finals are both home and away rounds. The final will be a single game, without three or four games.