Today, the preparation team of China's professional soccer league elaborated on the overall preparations for the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League, the schedule and system of matches, as well as anti-epidemic measures, and had an in-depth exchange of views with the media on the recent focus issues. Shi Qiang, head of the preparatory team, Liu Jun, deputy head of the team and chairman of the Chinese Super League, Guo Bingyan, head of competition, and Liu Jie, head of operations, were all present at the meeting.
The new season of the Chinese Super League will be opened simultaneously on June 3 in the three major cities of Haikou, Meizhou and Dalian, and the tournament will be divided into four phases, which are expected to run from June 3 to July 12, July 21 to August 21, August 30 to September 30, and October 9 to November 9, with the total schedule of 10+8+8+8 scheduled.
Regarding the arrangement of the FA Cup matches, Guo Bingyan revealed that the FA Cup matches are planned to be played after the league tournament, while the FA Cup matches will also be held in the country during the World Cup.
As to whether to resume home and away matches this year, Shi Qiang responded that the original plan to resume home and away matches was adjusted to the match system due to the epidemic, and the first phase of the Chinese Super League matches used the match system. Once the conditions allow, the preparatory team will try to restore the home and away system, even if it can not be fully restored, will try to select some of the matches to try home and away, for the future of the epidemic home and away matches to accumulate experience.
