UEFA confirmed the decision to introduce a 3rd club competition starting from 2021.
The name of the competition is yet to be decided but among circles it is called ''Europa Lague 2''.
The competition will be played annually from 32 European teams coming from 34 countries. The number difference comes from the teams that will fall to ''Europa League 2'' from the bigger leagues. The scheme includes a group stage followed by the round of 16, an additional knockout round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The final will be played in the same week together with the finals of Europa League and Champions League. (Wednesday Europa League 2, Thursday Europa League, Saturday UEFA Champions League).
It will feature 141 matches over a period of 15 weeks, exactly like the UEFA Europa League.
''Europa League 2'' matches will be played on Thursdays. The UEFA Champions League will continue to be played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the UEFA Europa League and the new competition will be played on Thursdays with one additional kick-off time that should be earlier than Europa League's kick-offs times.
It is our belief that this new competition will contribute to significant bigger betting volumes as many clubs will have to play more games per year. Combine it with the next World Cup that will be played in Winter 2020 and the puzzle is completed.
We are talking about years of unstoppable action and big volumes.
Good news for everyone.
UEFA to introduce a 3rd European club competition in 2021
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Actually that means that Thursday's work will become like Saturday's work or even more. We will have to start in the afternoon and finish late at night unless it is an NBA night so we go next morning for hang over.