UEFA Against the Champions? An Evaluation of the Recent Reform of the Champions League Qualification

László Csató
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Journal of Sports Economics, 2022, vol. 23, issue 8, 991-1016

Abstract: The paper evaluates the impact of the only reform in the Champions Path of UEFA Champions League qualifying system, effective from the 2018/19 season. In contrast to previous studies, our methodology considers five seasons instead of only one to filter out any possible season-specific attributes. The chances of some national champions decrease much stronger than suggested by the reduction in the number of available slots. Since the negative effects depend to a large extent on the arbitrary cutoffs in the access list, we propose to introduce some randomness into the determination of entry stages.

Keywords: football; simulation; sports rules; tournament design; UEFA Champions League MSC class: 62F07, 68U20 JEL Classification Codes: C44, C63, Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/15270025221074700

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