EUROPA LEAGUE 2022. The draw for the Europa League took place this Friday, March 18 and Lyon, the last French representative, will face the English of West Ham.
[Mis à jour le 18 mars à 13h44] Last French representative in the Europa League, Olympique Lyonnais will face the English of West Ham in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. Winner of the Portuguese FC Porto in the round of 16, OL have big ambitions for the rest of the competition and simply hope to go all the way to obtain a qualifying place for the next Champions League since the task promises to be compromised. via Ligue 1. Beautiful posters are on the program with in particular an enticing Leipzig – Atalanta or a Frankfurt – Barcelona. Note that we could attend a semi-final Lyon – Barça if the two teams pass…
- RB Leipzig (GER) – Atalanta Bergamo (ITA)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) – FC Barcelona (ESP)
- SC Braga (POR) – Rangers FC (ECO)
- West Ham (ENG) – Lyon (FRA)
- RB Leipzig (GER) – Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) VS SC Braga (POR) – Rangers FC (ECO)
- West Ham (ENG) – Lyon (FRA) VS Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) – FC Barcelona (ESP)
Qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League after their success in Switzerland against FC Basel on Thursday evening (2-1 first leg, 2-1 return), Olympique de Marseille will also know their next opponent today. today at 3:00 p.m. during the draw which will follow that of the Europa League. The Olympians will not be able to face the Rennais, who came close to achieving a feat at home against Leicester after losing 2-0 in the first leg. In an atmosphere worthy of the greatest matches, Bruno Génésio’s players won 2-1, insufficient to continue the competition.
The list of qualifiers for the quarter-finals of the Europa League Conference:
- Olympic Marseille (FRA)
- Leicester (ENG)
- Bodo Glimt (NOR)
- PSV Eindhoven (HOL)
- Slavia Prague (RTC)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam (HOL)
- PAOK Thessaloniki (GRE)
- AS Roma (ITA)
The results of the knockout stages of the Europa League
- rangers 4-2 Red Star Belgrade (3-0 first leg, 1-2 return)
- Braga 3-1 Monaco (2-0, 1-1)
- Porto 1-2 Lyons (0-1, 1-1)
- Atalanta 4-2 Bayern Leverkusen (3-2, 1-0)
- Sevilla 1-2 West Ham (1-0, 0-2)
- Barcelona 2-1 Galatasaray (0-0, 2-1)
- Leipzig – Spartak Moscow (cancelled)
- Betis 2-3 Frankfurt (1-2, 1-1)
The group stage was played from Thursday, September 16, 2021 to Thursday, December 9, 2021 while the knockout stage will take place from Thursday, February 17, 2022 to Thursday, May 5, 2022. As for the final, it is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18. 2022 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville. The calendar was then drawn up as follows by UEFA:
- Round of 16 will take place on March 10 and 17
- Lyon – Porto at 9 p.m., Thursday March 17
- Frankfurt-Betis at 9:00 p.m., Thursday March 17
- Red Star Belgrade – Rangers at 6:45 p.m., Thursday March 17
- Monaco – Braga at 6:45 p.m., Thursday March 17
- Bayer Leverkusen – Atalanta at 6:45 p.m., Thursday March 17
- West Ham – Sevilla at 9:00 p.m., Thursday March 17
- Galatasaray – Barcelona at 6:45 p.m., Thursday March 17
- The quarter-finals of the Europa League will take place on April 7 and 14
- The semi-finals will be April 28 and May 5 while the big final is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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.
What is the Europa League conference schedule?
- Groups: September 16 and 30, October 21, November 4 and 25 and December 9
- Knockout stage play-off draw: December 13
- Play-offs for the knockout stage: February 17 and 24
- Round of 16 draw: February 25
- Round of 16: March 10 and 17
- Quarter and semi-final draw: March 18
- Quarter-finals: April 7 and 14
- Semi-finals: April 28 and May 5
- Final: May 25
The TV rights battle continued to rage for this new 2021/2022 season. UEFA has awarded the French Europa League TV rights to RMC Sport, M6 and Canal+ which will ensure the broadcast from the 2021-2022 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 May 18, 2022.