At today's preparatory meeting for China's professional soccer salon federation, not only the latest
China Super League (soccer league)
Schedule and format changes unveiled for 2021
soccer league
The Cup schedule was also unveiled together.
Based on the published schedule.
soccer league
The Cup will first kick off the Central B preliminaries on July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 3 and 4, which will produce six Central B teams that will advance to the main round. The Central League preliminaries are scheduled for Aug. 18-20, with nine teams advancing. This year's
soccer league
The Cup proper will feature 32 teams, including the
China Super League (soccer league)
16, 9 in the Central League, 6 in the Central B and 1 in the Central Championship.
China Super League (soccer league)
The team will debut in the first round of the main tournament on October 16-19, followed by the second round on October 20-23, with the first leg of the quarterfinals taking place on October 25-27 and the second leg on October 29-31. The two rounds of the semifinals are scheduled for Nov. 4 and 8, while the final will be held on Nov. 13 or 14, respectively.
Compared to 2020, this season's
soccer league
The number of teams participating in the Cup has increased. Due to the epidemic, the last
soccer league
The cup is limited to
China Super League (soccer league)
and Central League One teams are involved, with only 16 teams competing in the main stage of the tournament, and the duration of the tournament has been drastically reduced to 24 days.
Although the current year's
soccer league
The internationals may not all be able to make it to the Cup, but the tournament has been relatively normalized and has managed to fill the period between September and November
China Super League (soccer league)
League Gap.
