Last French representative in Europe, OGC Nice will play against Basel for the quarter-finals of the Europa League Conference.
Nice were impatiently waiting to know their opponent for the quarter-finals of the Europa League Conference. After their fine qualification against the Sheriff on Thursday March 16, the Aiglons are the last French representatives in Europe and their career is decisive for the UEFA index with the growing threat from the Netherlands. With a table open enough to afford the right to dream, theOGC Nice will still have to pass obstacle xx after the draw made this Friday, March 17. The first leg is scheduled for April 13 while we will have to wait an additional week, on the 20th, to attend the return match.
- Lech Poznan – Fiorentina
- Gent – West Ham
- Alkmaar – Anderlecht
- Basel – Nice
Semi-finals:
- Lech Poznan – Fiorentina VS Basel – Nice
- Gent – West Ham VS Alkmaar – Anderlecht
Nice is approaching the last four of the Europa League Conference. The Aiglons with their success will play the quarter-finals of the C4. The next round will be intense, however, as some great teams have managed to reach this stage of the competition. Discover the cumulative scores of the round of 16.
- Larnaca- West Ham : 0-6
- Anderlecht – Villarreal: 2-1
- Sheriff Tiraspol – OGC Nice : 1-4
- Fiorentina – Sivasspor: 5-1
- Lech Poznań – Djugardens: 5-0
- FC Basel – Slovan Bratislava: 5-4
- Gent – Basaksehir: 5-2
- Lazio- AZ Alkmaar : 2-4
Canal + Football owns the majority of the rights to this competition. The only French team still in Europe, W9 will broadcast the match between Nice and Sheriff Tiraspol.
The knockout stages of the Europa League are over. The quarter-finals will take place from April 13 to April 20, 2023. As for the final, it is scheduled for June 7, 2023 at the Eden Arena in Prague (Czech Republic). The calendar was then drawn up as follows by UEFA:
- Direct elimination
- Knockout stage play-offs: February 16 and 23, 2023
- Round of 16: March 9 and 16, 2023
- Quarter-finals: April 13 and 20, 2023
- Semi-finals: May 11 and 18, 2023
- Final: June 7, 2023 at the Eden Arena in Prague (Czech Republic)
As last season, UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the 2022/2023 Europa League Conference to RMC Sport, M6 And Canal+ which will ensure the broadcast until the end of the 2023/2024 season. Canal + will co-broadcast with M6 the poster for each Thursday and RMC Sport offers all the remaining matches. M6 will broadcast the final scheduled for June 7, 2023 in clear. During the 2024-2027 period, this is Canal + who bought the broadcasting rights.
The Europa League Conference 2021-2022 is the new European competition launched by UEFA and therefore the third international competition for European clubs after the Champions League and the Europa League. Its first edition was launched for the 2021-2022 season. It groups European teams according to their results in the league or in the national cup. The winner of the Europa League Conference qualifies for the Europa League the following year.
184 teams play in the competition throughout the season, including at least one from each of UEFA’s 55 member associations and 46 from the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League according to the UEFA website. ‘. The group stage consists of:
- 17 teams from the UEFA Europa Conference League main path
- 5 teams from the UEFA Europa Conference League Champions Path*
- 10 teams eliminated in the UEFA Europa League play-offs
A group phase (eight groups of four) is therefore organized before a knockout phase (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final). The eight group winners qualify for the round of 16. A play-off is played between the eight runners-up and the teams that finish third in their UEFA Europa League group.