Hebei soccer's "financial cold wave" is not a day cold, like a leaky house meets a cloudy rain, the predicament of the Chinese Super League is not unique to Hebei, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other teams have faced a similar situation, but the problem has not yet been properly resolved. Whether the Chinese Super League can keep the existing lineup intact this season is not yet known.
Under the current situation, the possibility of Hebei's withdrawal from the next stage of the Chinese Super League can not be ruled out, which will not only have a direct impact on the Chinese Super League's championship and relegation pattern, but also have a major impact on the Chinese soccer, which is at an all-time low.
Hebei club's decision to suspend training and vacation is actually sending a distress signal to the outside world, hoping that Langfang Municipal Sports Bureau and other departments can solve the current problem as soon as possible. The club has no intention of withdrawing from the game, and the next stage of the league at the earliest until the beginning of December to start, the club still has plenty of time to save themselves. However, if the "worst plan" unfortunately comes true, the pattern of this season's Chinese Super League will change dramatically.
According to the past rules of the Super League, if a team quits halfway through the season, the score of all games played by that team during the season will be counted as a 0-3 loss; if the actual score is more than 0-3, the score will be counted as the actual score. Under this rule, all matches include both completed and unfinished matches. Therefore, if Hebei finally chooses to withdraw from the tournament due to unresolvable problems, its record of 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in the 14 rounds of the first stage of the league will be nullified and recalculated with a score of 0-3. The first 14 rounds of the Suzhou Division standings will be recalculated according to the rules, and the top four positions and order will be changed. Changchun Yatai, Shanghai Seaport and Beijing Guoan will see their standings change, with Shanghai Shenhua, previously fifth, re-entering the top four and qualifying for the Champions League.
At that time, Hebei will have 0 points and fall directly into the relegation group, and the second stage of the game that can not be completed will also be 0-3 awarded a loss. According to the relegation rules at the beginning of the season, the Chinese Super League will expand to 18 teams in the 2022 season, so the 15th and 16th ranked teams in this season's Chinese Super League will need to play a play-off against the third and fourth ranked teams in the Chinese League. If Hebei withdraws from the competition, the rules related to elevation may also change.
This year, due to the epidemic, investors withdrawal, the introduction of new policies and equity reform and other multiple factors, encountered economic difficulties in a few teams, the league's prospects are not optimistic, China's soccer is currently in the trough seems to see no end.
