Football.London have provided a detailed explanation of the new ‘Swiss Model’ that will be implemented in the Champions League starting from the 2024-25 season, with each team playing a minimum of ten games.
Five games into the season, Ange Postecoglou’s team seemed to have a decent chance of rejoining Europe’s most illustrious club competition, the Champions League, despite the fact that Spurs were largely written off from the race for qualification at the beginning of the year.
Tottenham might advance to the Champions League in fifth.
Teams from the two top-performing nations will receive an additional slot in the competition for the following year, therefore a top-five finish might be sufficient to reenter the event (ESPN).
Tottenham will play a minimum of 10 matches if they are successful in qualifying, as opposed to the clubs’ current requirement of six in the group stage.
Football.London explain that the new-look 36-team competition (up from the current 32) will see a ‘swiss’ format, with each team playing five home matches and five away games.
All teams are ranked in a league table, with the top eight going straight into the quarterfinal stage of the competition while teams who finish from ninth to 24th would be competing in a two-legged playoff.
The bottom 12 teams will exit the tournament instead of entering the Europa League. As the tournament progresses, the last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will remain in the the same format as previous editions of the competition.
Spurs Web Opinion
It will be vital for clubs to have enough bench strength to rely upon during the first half of the upcoming season because the additional games will cause squads to be somewhat strained.
Daniel Levy will be pleased with the more games since, in addition to paying a higher participation fee, Spurs will be able to generate more money on game days.