The European Football Confederation has officially confirmed that it will launch a new tournament in 2021, called the European Conference League. The UEFA said the European Conference League will play in parallel with the Champions League and Europa League. In addition, the European Conference League will bring the opportunity to compete in the European Cup for more clubs.
This is only initial information, UEFA has not yet announced in detail about which clubs are eligible to participate in the tournament and how to compete in the tournament. The regulations, name, and ranking of participating clubs are still a big secret. Daily Mail news source said that the top 5 European professional leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1) will only have 1 representative to participate in the European Conference League.
Currently, the 4 Premier League leaders are officially participating in the Champions League group stage. Meanwhile, with 3 spots in the Premier League's Europa League (maximum), the English League champions will have to participate in the second qualifying round.
Thus, in the future, the English League Cup champions may go straight to the European Conference League group stage from 2021. At that time, the teams ranked 6th or 7th in the Premier League will replace them in the second preliminary qualifying round of the Europa League.
According to experts' predictions, this third tournament could be a second opportunity for clubs that have won domestic cup competitions such as the League Cup or FA Cup (UK), King's Cup ( spanning) or Coppa Italia. At the same time, it will be a place for clubs from countries with underdeveloped football backgrounds such as Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales to compete... If as predicted, the European Conference League will help the champions of these sub- cups escape the Europa League qualifying round, go straight to the group stage.
Detailed information about the new tournament will be announced by UEFA in the near future.
