Village Idiot Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It would follow a league format, and be played in current friendly dates. Pro-rel and play-offs. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/league-of-nations-new-uefa-tournament-will-see-countries-win-qualifying-places-for-world-cup-9216138.html Uefa's new 'League of Nations' tournament will see some countries win qualifying places for the World Cup and European Championships, it has emerged. The new tournament, which would be played biennially in odd-numbered years on the dates currently reserved for friendlies, is expected to be given the go-ahead by Uefa's Congress in Kazakhstan on Thursday after receiving backing from the body's ruling executive committee on Wednesday. The exact format has still to be confirmed, but Uefa sources said European countries would be split into four divisions, with England set to be in a top division of 14 teams along with Spain, Germany, Italy and Holland. The Nations League would begin after the 2018 World Cup and have a climax of semi-finals and final at a neutral venue, while in the lower divisions there would be a final to decide on promotion and qualification places for the World Cup and European Championships. The new tournament would not replace the current qualifying competitions for those major events, but it would award the four qualification spots that are currently decided by the play-offs. There would also be some friendly dates kept to allow smaller countries to arrange high-profile fixtures with the big names in European football, and for countries to play friendlies against others from outside of Europe. The Football Association has already backed the idea of the Nations League. FA chairman Greg Dyke said earlier this month: "In principle, we'd be quite interested. The hard thing about that is the detail but I think a Nations League where we played the top nations would be very attractive." Uefa has been working on the new competition for some time - Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet revealed back in October that European football's chiefs were engaged in discussions to change the format of friendly games. Friendlies suck, so I'm willing to give this a chance. Not sure how they can shoehorn a whole league competition in the current international dates, while still keeping some for friendlies against non-UEFA teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Sounds interesting. Probably purely designed to make money though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Sounds good to me if it's taken more seriously than the current international friendly matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Are there enough spare international dates available? Sounds like a lot of games potentially Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hopefully it will be more successful than the last League of Nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hopefully it will be more successful than the last League of Nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2589313/Platinis-secret-plan-alienate-England-faithful-plot-change-way-YOU-watch-football-doesnt-care.html According to that article, they are talking about playing all international football (all confederations and all tournaments) in two blocks: Nov/Dec and June/July. That would leave domestic football to played during the rest of the year but without any internationals breaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It's just a way to gain money from international friendlies instead of the revenue being gathered by nations. Bang goes inter-continental friendlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 My only "but" - besides the fact that I'm not sure where they'll get enough dates from for a proper league competition - is that seeing competitive games between the likes of Germany, Spain, England, Italy, etc... every year would be great, but it can diminish the EC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2589313/Platinis-secret-plan-alienate-England-faithful-plot-change-way-YOU-watch-football-doesnt-care.html According to that article, they are talking about playing all international football (all confederations and all tournaments) in two blocks: Nov/Dec and June/July. That would leave domestic football to played during the rest of the year but without any internationals breaks. Thats the most daily-mail-esque url ever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It's just a way to gain money from international friendlies instead of the revenue being gathered by nations. Bang goes inter-continental friendlies. Who cares? apparently it replaces friendlies and seeing as you have to win the games to be successful, each game will matter. So there would be a competitive nature to these games and eliminate the pointless nature of friendlies. Its a good thing IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtm_92 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I can picture it now san marino vs lichtenstein for a place in the world cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hopefully it will be more successful than the last League of Nations. It's an odd name choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I really like idea if it replaces friendlies with competitive games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I really like idea if it replaces friendlies with competitive games. Same here, I'm never arsed about friendlies but would be a lot more interested in something like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Bit of an ugly idea imo, something thatll never catch on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 sounds stupid and a waste of time to me, just scrap international friendlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Is there still going to be intercontinental games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 More games at Wembo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The League of Nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The League of Nations. Will be reorganized as the United Football Nations after the Germans and Italians leave and try to take over FIFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 This just stinks of UEFA not wanting the bigger nations to have to play against other non-big nations. Kinda like how they want a European Super League for the best club teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 This sounds pretty cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Been given the official go-ahead now, all member FAs support the project: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uefa-approve-launch-nations-league-replace-major-international-friendlies-1442043 I like the idea of giving out 4 EC berths through it. All big FAs will already secure it through normal QF, so it will give an incentive to smaller FAs to give this tournament a go in order to secure a place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Did Cauley Woodrow set this up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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