EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE. The draw for the Europa League Conference play-offs was made on Tuesday 2 August.
The draw for the Europa League Conference play-offs took place on Tuesday 2 August from UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon. For the second edition of the European competition, only one French club is involved, theOGC Nice. Fifth in the French Ligue 1 championship, the Aiglons have to go through the play-offs.
If the men of Lucien Favre could take very heavy with Villarreal, quite simply the last semi-finalist of the Champions League, they are doing rather well by taking either Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) or Aris Salonika. A long trip whatever happens for the Aiglons.
The group stage of the Europa League Football Conference is played from Thursday September 8, 2022 to Thursday November 3, 2022 while the knockout stage will be played from Thursday February 16, 2023 to Thursday May 18, 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:
- Qualifications
- Third qualifying round: 4 and 11 August 2022
- Play-offs: August 18 and 25, 2022
- Groups
- Day 1: September 8, 2022
- Day 2: September 15, 2022
- Day 3: October 6, 2022
- Day 4: October 13, 2022
- Day 5: October 27, 2022
- Day 6: November 3, 2022
- 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)
When is the draw date for the Europa League Conference group stage?
The draw for the group stage of the 2022-2023 Europa League Conference is scheduled for next august 26 from Istanbul in Turkey.
Which teams qualify for the Europa League Conference?
For the moment, no team is qualified for the Europa League Conference. The clubs will play the last qualifying rounds as well as the play-offs where five clubs are already known:
- West Ham United (England)
- Villarreal CF (Spain)
- ACF Fiorentina (Italy)
- FC Köln (Germany)
- OGC Nice (France)
Which French teams have qualified for the Europa League Conference?
After finishing 5th in Ligue 1 during the 2021/2022 season, OGC Nice will know the identity of their opponent on August 2 during the draw for the play-offs.
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 are in the competition over the whole season, with 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 stage (eight groups of four) is therefore organized before a knockout stage (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.