Today, the preparatory team of China's professional soccer league gave a comprehensive account of the preparations for the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL), its schedule, and preventive measures, and had an in-depth exchange of views with the media on the recent issues in the spotlight. Shi Qiang, the leader of the preparatory team of the CFL, as well as Liu Jun, deputy head of the team and chairman of the Super League Company, Guo Bingyan, head of competition, Liu Jie, head of operations and other key figures were all present at the meeting.
The much-anticipated 2022 Chinese Super League season will be unveiled simultaneously on June 3 in the three major regions of Haikou, Meizhou and Dalian, and the entire season will be divided into four phases, which are expected to span from June 3 to July 12, July 21 to Aug. 21, Aug. 30 to Sept. 30, and Oct. 9 to Nov. 9, with a schedule structure of 10+8+8+8.
Talking about this year's FA Cup tournament, Guo Bingyan revealed that the FA Cup tournament schedule will be carried out after the end of the league, when the Qatar World Cup will also be held in the country during the FA Cup tournament.
As to whether home and away matches can be resumed this year, Shi Qiang said that the original plan to resume home and away matches was adjusted to the match system due to the impact of the epidemic. The first phase of the Chinese Super League has already adopted the tournament system, once the conditions allow, the preparatory team will strive to restore the home and away system, even if it can not be fully restored, but also to choose some of the matches to try for the future of the epidemic home and away matches to accumulate experience.
