Europa Conference League
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Topic: Europa Conference League
Posted By: Daragho
Subject: Europa Conference League
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 3:33pm
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So, this new third-tier competition....I've had a bit of a read and it seems a few of our clubs will qualify for this next year. Anyone figure out who exactly, and whether we still will have clubs entering the Europa League proper qualifying rounds?
Edit: Further investigation reveals that Rovers will going into the Champions League Qualifying Round 1 Dundalk go into Europa Conference League QR1 Bohs go into Europa Conference League QR1 Sligo Rovers go into Europa Conference League QR1, because Dundalk were third but their FAI Cup victory gives them a Conference League spot. And no Irish team goes into the Europa League because we are ranked 42 out of 55 nations in Europe.
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Posted By: RobsYourUncle
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 4:50pm
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Read up on this a while ago and from what I understand, if Rovers lose their CL 1st round tie, they skip the Europa League and go straight down into the Conference League 2nd round qualifying. If they get knocked out in the CL 2nd qualifying round then they would then drop into the Europa League 3rd round, and if they lost that they'd go into the Conference League playoff round. In other words, if they win their first tie, they have three more chances to win a tie to get into a group stage at least.
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Posted By: Daragho
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2020 at 12:46pm
| Yeah, I had the impression it would make it 'easier' for LoI teams to get group stage European football. Presume the Conference qualifying rounds would feature weaker teams than the Europa qualifying rounds. In general, this is probably positive - it might mean more regular group stage qualification = more money. |
Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2020 at 1:09pm
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Its definitely an Improvement on the Intertoto Cup. For our best sides its arguably there level but will the competition get the same TV Coverage and Media Exposure? A Competition like this is just covering up UEFAs biggest Scandal by giving 4 automatic spots to England, Spain, Germany and Italy making the CL next to Impossible for smaller leagues like in Ireland to ever qualify.
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Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2020 at 2:10pm
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No teams qualify for this directly 1 team from the top 5 leagues has to enter this!! I’m sure they will be delighted.
The 3rd place teams in the Europa league drop down into this after the group stage and play the RU in each group before the round of 16. Edit: matches would be on a Thursday at 6 and 8 ...same time as the EL. EL now has 32 teams (instead of 48). ------------- |
Posted By: Daragho
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 2:26pm
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Matches being on the same time as the Europa League is not ideal. It really relegates the competition to an after thought. Surprised that there has been little to no coverage of this in the Irish sports media. It's quite a change for LoI clubs in terms of financial reward potentially on offer.
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Posted By: Dugs
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 3:06pm
| so does anyone know how much our clubs will receive in the 1st games they play. i haven't a clue how it works at present. |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 3:24pm
I think initially they were going to be on at 4pm. Champions league will always get top billing on Tuesday/Wed nights. What they could do to maximise revenue is to split the weeks the champions league and EL/ECL are on: Champions league on Tue/wed/thur. EL & ECL the following week ------------- |
Daragho wrote:Posted By: ringerbell
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2021 at 9:23am
Is this were ollie and the boys will be playing next season #harpsforeurope  ------------- the closest i will ever come to playing for ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_7w4JyvI4 |