The new Champions League makes everyone richer

The Europa League and Conference League prize money is also growing

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Uefa is serious about it. Starting next season, the new Champions League will kick off. There will be 36 participating teams. In the first phase, each club will play eight matches against eight different teams. At the end of the first phase, the top eight in the standings (single round) will go directly to the knockout stage. The next 16 to the play-offs. Then classic tennis scoreboard.

A completely revamped Champions League, including economically. As highlighted by Gazzetta dello Sport, the prize money dedicated to Europe’s top club competition will be 2.5 billion euros. Compared to the current version, we are talking about as much as 500 million more;. Winning the cup with big ears will bring as much as 150 million into the corporate coffers.

There'è one significant fact. With the new Champions League, the more you win, the more you earn, so much so that every match will matter. Champions League for nabobs, but the Europa League and Conference League also have something to smile about. The Europa League's prize money has been increased by 100 percent (565 million) while that of the Conference League by 50 percent (285).