On July 5th, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Professional League Working Conference was held at the Oriental Mandarin Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai. The Chinese Super League format was officially determined at the conference. The original 30 rounds of the league were compressed into 22 rounds, and the first 14 rounds were The national football training will be completed in mid-August, and the remaining 8 rounds will be held in December this year. The last 8 rounds of the league will no longer adopt the knockout system of last year, but will be divided into the championship group and the relegation group based on the results of the first 14 rounds. The 4 teams of Group A and the 4 teams of Group B will face each other in two rounds. The points of these 8 games are added to the points of the previous 14 league rounds, and finally a total point is obtained to determine the final ranking of the league.
The club voted on the shrinking plan
The top 12 world preliminaries officially started on September 2. Not surprisingly, the national football team will start training on August 17. Affected by the epidemic control, the Chinese Super League is facing a relatively large impact. The professional league has come up with two plans. Let the Chinese Super League clubs vote to decide that one plan is that the league will still play 30 rounds and the national football team will miss the league, and the other is the current set of 22 rounds. Although the schedule is compressed, the international football team will not miss the league.
It is reported that the Football Association is actually more inclined to the league plan that the international team does not participate. On the one hand, the impact on the league is relatively small. On the other hand, once the national team temporarily recruits newcomers to play in the world preliminaries, the player’s state is more secure. Once the league is completely interrupted, the national football team will also face certain difficulties if it wants to transfer players.
In the end, the clubs chose this 22-round plan through negotiation. This means that from mid-August to the end of November, these three and a half months, the Chinese Super League will be suspended, and the Chinese Football Association will arrange the Football Association Cup during this period.
Super League faces New Year’s Eve for the first time
According to this schedule, the Chinese Super League will face the New Year’s Eve for the first time in its history. According to the announced plan, Guangzhou and Guo’an will take the lead on July 15 to complete two supplementary matches in the Super League. To complete the first 14 rounds of the league before the 12th, this also means that within 25 days, the clubs will have to complete 9 rounds of the league. The intensity of the schedule is staggering. The last 8 rounds of the league will start on December 1st and end on January 3rd. Although it is only three days after the new year, because many players’ contracts are signed on December 31, many clubs may still need to face a lot of coordination and communication work. It does not rule out the possibility that some foreign players will miss the game at the critical moment of the league championship or relegation.
In addition, the Football Association Cup schedule has also been officially announced. The second half of the preliminary round will be held from July 31 to August 1. Each division will complete 8 goals and 4 knockouts. On August 3-4, the second half will complete 12 goals and 6 knockouts, with 6 second goals. The team will qualify for the FA Cup. The preliminaries of the Chinese League will be held from August 18th to 20th. 18 Chinese League teams will fight each other, and finally 9 teams will qualify for the FA Cup. The Football Association Cup kicked off on October 16, including 16 Chinese Super League teams, 9 Chinese Super League teams, 6 Chinese League teams and one Chinese Champions League team. A total of 4 rounds will be held from October 16th to November 8th, and the final will be held on November 13th/14th. Due to the suspension of the league from September to November, if the national team adjusts personnel, the FA Cup is likely to be the only platform for players to maintain their competitive state.
Points system replaces the two-round elimination system
In addition, the last 8 rounds of the league will be changed from last year’s knockout system to points. The first 14 rounds of leagues are divided into championship and relegation groups based on their results. Then they will be divided into different regions for two rounds. The points of these 8 rounds will be counted into the total. Points determine the final ranking of the league, and teams from the same region will no longer play against each other.
Compared with the knockout system of last season, this greatly reduces the chance risk and avoids the unreasonable situation that a team can still be relegated in the regular season of last year’s league. It can better reflect the situation of a team in the league. Annual performance. The only regret is that each team is destined to rub shoulders with the four teams in different regions and different points this season, and there will be no hand-offs throughout the year. But in the current situation, this is also a no-brainer. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)Return to Sohu to see more
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