Officially. The UEFA Executive Committee has made several important decisions on tournaments involving clubs and national teams
Today, September 24, a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee was held, a member of which is the President of the UAF Andriy Pavelko. A number of important decisions have been made for European football, he said the official website of the organization.
Following agreements with the Association of European Clubs and European Leagues, the UEFA Executive Committee has decided to make up for the matches of the national teams, which were canceled due to a break in March this year and the transfer of the Euro from summer 2020 to 2021. These matches will be played by extending the windows in the FIFA calendar in March and September 2021. In these segments, the national teams will play not two, but three matches.
If approved by FIFA, the calendar of matches of the European national teams will look like this:
- March 22-31, 2021: three rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers;
- May 31 - June 8, 2021: friendly matches in preparation for the Euro;
- August 30 - September 8, 2021: three rounds of the 2022 World Cup selection;
- October 4-12, 2021: two rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers;
- November 8-16, 2021: two rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers;
- March 21-29, 2022: butt matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The final tournament of the UEFA League of Nations will be held in October 2021: the semifinals will be held on the 6th and 7th, and the final on October 10. Three national associations, whose teams play in Group 1 (Italy, the Netherlands and Poland), have expressed interest in holding the final stage.
Five replacements
The UEFA Executive Committee has decided to maintain the rule of five substitutions in all matches of the UEFA League of Nations, women's Euro qualifiers, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League and European qualifiers until the end of this season. This decision was made in order to reduce the burden on players in the conditions of compaction of the national team calendar in the 2020/2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the number of players allowed in the match application will be increased to 23 (if it was not from the beginning).
The order of formation of the qualification calendar of the World Cup-2022
The UEFA Executive Committee approved Procedure formation in December 2020 of the calendar of European qualifications for the 2022 World Cup. It takes into account many different factors, including the presence of countries with a winter climate, the distance of departures, the order of matches at home and away, the number of teams in the group and so on.
Special events for Euro 2020 head-to-head matches
In connection with the pandemic COVID-19 were approved special events for Euro 2020 head-to-head matches, the results of which will determine the final composition of the participants of the final stage. Previously, similar events were developed for other tournaments.
UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches
Given the situation with COVID-19 approved special events on the organization of matches of the group stages of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
UEFA Women's Champions League matches
In accordance with the decisions adopted by the UEFA Executive Committee on 15 September to change the format and schedule of the Women's Champions League 2020/2021, the special regulations organization of matches, which regulate the process, consequences and responsibilities of the parties. They concern situations related to movement restrictions and obtaining positive tests for COVID-19.
The new format of the UEFA Youth League
Due to the reluctance of players to travel in the current situation and difficulties in organizing international matches, a new format for the UEFA Youth League 2020/2021 was approved.
The stage of relegation matches will start in the tournament from the 1/32 final.
The tournament will start in March 2021 after its final format is approved by the UEFA Executive Committee.
UEFA's corporate events will take place in Switzerland
The UEFA Executive Committee has also decided that due to organizational and operational difficulties in the current situation, all UEFA corporate measures will be taken by Switzerland in the next six months.
Accordingly, the meetings of the UEFA Executive Committee scheduled for December 2020 and March 2021, as well as the next UEFA Congress in March 2021, will be held in Nyon.
Andriy Pavelko: "It was extremely nice to meet with colleagues in Budapest and discuss key areas of European football development"
- The first live meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee took place after more than six months of forced break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, - said the President of the UAF, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko. - During this period, we met with colleagues exclusively in the format of video conferences. That is why today it was a great pleasure to meet in Budapest and discuss key areas of European football development and work plans for the future.
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Of course, the red thread through the agenda of the meeting were various aspects of football life in the conditions imposed by the pandemic COVID-19. It was a pleasure to hear from representatives of national associations of other countries compliments to the UAF on the successful completion of the championship and Cup of Ukraine in the 2019/2020 season on a sporting basis and the return of fans to the stands where the epidemiological situation allows.
Let me remind you that the prospect of returning the spectators to the stands in the matches of the Champions League, Europa League and League of Nations will depend on the success of holding today's match for the UEFA Super Cup in a test mode with the fans. Therefore, I very much hope for a decline in diseases in Ukraine and wish everyone good health and the opportunity to return spectators to international matches as soon as possible!
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