NEW FORMAT EUROPEAN FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1999/2000
Number of participants based on: 1993/1998-UEFA-ranking
Grouping of clubs based on     : 1994/1999-UEFA-ranking
Number of participants         : 16+18+17+22=73

group1 (16) UCL-holders + 9 highest ranked countries' league champions
            + 6 highest ranked countries' runners-up
group2 (18) 10th-15th ranked countries' league champions
            + 7th-9th ranked countries' league runners-up
            + 6 highest ranked countries' numbers 3
            + 3 highest ranked countries' numbers 4
group3 (17) 16th-26th ranked countries' league champions
            + 10th-15th ranked countries' runners-up
group4 (22) 27th-48th ranked countries' league champions
* Liechtenstein (49) and Andorra (50) won't participate in the UCL

Thougts on the playing scedule
Q1: 11x group4-group4
Q2: 11x group3-group4
     3x group3-group3(24.1/25.1/26.1)
Q3: 14x group2-group34
     2x group2-group2(15.1/15.2 or 14.2/15.1 or 14.1/15.1)
*1st round: 8 poules of 4 clubs (group1,group234)
*2nd round: 4 poules of 4 clubs
*QUARTER FINALS (one match?)
*SEMI FINALS (one match?)
*FINAL (one match)

Thougts on the playing sceme
(all dates are wednesday's, there will be played on thurday also)
Q1:14/07,21/07(17/07,24/07)
Q2:28/07,04/08
Q3:11/08/1999,25/08/1999
Pa:08/09?,15/09/1999,22/09?,29/09/1999,06/10?
Pb:13/10?,20/10/1999,27/10?,03/11/1999,10/11?
PA:24/11/1999,08/12/1999,01/03/2000
PB:08/03/2000,15/03/2000,22/03/2000
QF:05/04/2000,19/04/2000
SF:03/05/2000,10/05/2000
F :24/05/2000

UEFA CUP 1999/2000
Number of participants based on: 1993/1998-UEFA-ranking
Grouping of clubs based on     : 1994/1999-UEFA-ranking
Seeding in R1 and R2 based on  : 1994/1999-club-coefficients
Number of participants         : 8+16+39+82=145

group1 (8)  numbers 3 of UCL-first round groups
group2 (16) losers of the UCL-final 3rd qualifying stage
group3 (39) 17 highest ranked countries' cup-winners
            + nrs.6 from 1-3, nrs.5 from 1-8, nrs.4 4-8, nrs.3 7-8
            + three UEFA Intertoto Cup "winners"
            + UEFA-Cup holders
group4 (82) nrs.3 9-21, champion Andorra, three Fair-play winners
            + cupwinners from countries 18-49
            + runners-up of countries 16-48

Thougts on the playing scedule
Q : 41x group4-group4 [FP(max1),FP(max2),FP(max3),9-15,2*(16-17),3*(18-21),2*(22-48),49-50]
up to the Finnish champion [3xFP,9-15,2*(16-17),3*(18-21),2*(22-28),29]
R1: clubranking decides



Thougts on the playing sceme
(dates are tuesdays, except SF and F are wednesdays)
Q :10/08/1999,24/08/1999
R1:14/09/1999,28/09/1999
R2:19/10/1999,02/11/1999
R3:23/11/1999,07/12/1999
R4:29/02/2000,07/03/2000
QF:14/03/2000,21/03/2000
SF:04/04/2000,18/04/2000
F :17/05/2000

UEFA INTERTOTO CUP 1999
Number of participants based on: 1992/1997-UEFA-ranking
Grouping of clubs based on     : 1994/1999-UEFA-ranking
Number of participants         : 8+12+40=60

group1 (8)  1st teams of countries 1-9
group2 (12) 2nd teams of countries 1-8
            + 1st teams of countries 9-12
group3 (40) 2nd teams of countries 9-12
            + teams of countries 13-48

Thougts on the playing scedule
R1: 20x group3-group3
R2: 12x group2-group3
     4x group3-group3
R3:  8x group1-group23
     4x group23-group23
R4:  6x group123-group123
R5:  3x group123-group123

Playing sceme
R1:19+20/06/1999,26+27/06/1999
R2:03+04/07/1999,10+11/07/1999
R3:17+18/07/1999,24/07/1999
SF:   28/07/1999,04/08/1999
F :   10/08/1999,24/08/1999

Prepared and maintained by Bas Kammenga and Pawel Mogielnicki