Compared with the UEFA Cup before the reform, the biggest change of UEFA's European League is that the first stage is divided into 12 teams, and each team has 4 teams to play round robin. The top two teams (***24 teams) of each team will join forces with 8 teams in the Champions League for the third place, and ***32 teams will advance to the knockout stage.
The top two teams in each group of the Europa League will participate in the knockout round of the top 32 in the spring together with the third team in the eighth group of the Champions League.
Extended data:
Rules for drawing lots:
The 12 team ranked first in the European League group and the four teams ranked third in the Champions League group stage with relatively good records belong to the first file, and the draw will be made with the 12 team ranked second in the group stage and the remaining four teams in the Champions League.
The following rules apply: 1. Teams in the same group will not meet in the knockout round of the top 32. Teams from the same country will not meet in the knockout round of the top 32. The second leg of the first team will be played at home.
Ranking rules:
The top two teams in each group of the Europa League will participate in the knockout round of the top 32 in the spring together with the third team in the eighth group of the Champions League.
If two or more teams have the same score, the following rules will be adopted for promotion:
1, ranking of the winning-losing relationship with each other;
2. The goal difference ranking of the two teams;
3. Teams with many different scores;
4. Teams with more goal difference in the group stage;
5. Teams with more goals in the group stage;
6. In addition, according to the performance of the first five seasons, the team with higher team coefficient score will be promoted.
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