Uefa Europa conference league 21/22

Jackal is right IMO. A tournament that excludes teams from the top 10-15 leagues would be more beneficial to football development in Europe. 40% of PL teams are in European Competitions now next year. Yet not a single team from Ireland is gaurenteed a spot in the group stages of any of the 3 European competitions in comparison.

Spain Italy and England dominating the finals this year. Add in Munich from the recent past aswell. Its becoming a more closed shop and being dressed up as widening the franchise to more nations. All nonsense and all to generate more money.

But teams from smaller, and less successful leagues are making it into the group stages. Latvia, Lichtenstein, Kosovo, Lithuania and Cyprus all had representatives in the group stages of the tournament this year. Last year, Gibraltar, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan had representatives in the group stages. That provides for more meaningful European football into the winter, and an opportunity for gradual development at a European level. A team actually winning the tournament, from a smaller league, would have negligible benefits for Europe, on a broader level. It would be a big day out for the fans of the club, but it wouldn't do much for the teams that went out in the earlier rounds. The Conference League is bringing European football to a wider franchise.