ECA: Special General Assembly on the future of European Cups to be held in Malta from 06-07/06/2019

"The ECA Executive Board has decided to call for a Special General Assembly, to be held on 06-07/06/2019 in Malta, which will focus on consultation on the topic of UEFA club competitions post 2024," announced the European Club Association on 25/04/2019.

"This meeting fits into the Board's clear intent to maintain a process around UEFA club competitions post 2024 which is undertaken in a transparent, direct and engaged manner," said the ECA.

An "informal brainstorming session to exchange views and ideas around UEFA club competitions post-2024" took place between the UEFA Executive Committee and ECA Executive Board at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon (SUI) on 19/03/2019. The 32 Champions League clubs could, from 2024-25, be divided into four groups of eight teams (instead of eight groups of four), with 14 guaranteed matches and the assurance that the top five in each group (20 clubs) will participate in the next edition, regardless of their national league results. The sixth and seventh of each group would play in play-offs for the last four places in the following Champions League…