Given the current tense situation with the domestic epidemic, the new season of the
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The league is likely to continue with the conference system in the first stage.
Previously, the Chinese Football Association had sent a document to all professional soccer clubs to solicit opinions on the resumption of home and away matches in the new season of the three-tier league, and the resultant feedback was all in favor of the proposal.
However, plans are not set in stone. Since March, the domestic epidemic situation has been so severe that the CFA is currently unable to realize the late April
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The league has a home-and-away system, so it is likely to revert to a conference system.
Chinese Football Association and CFF for the new season
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Three packages were prepared for the league opener.
Option 1: Start on time and resume home and away for clubs that are in a position to do so, while clubs that are not in a position to do so will continue with the match system and resume home and away when conditions allow.
Option 2: Start the tournament on time, implement the conference system in the first phase, and resume home and away matches in subsequent phases according to the situation. Taking the "10+8+8+8" scenario as an example, if the first 10 rounds of the tournament system is implemented, after the completion of the tournament system, it will be around the middle of June, then the home and away matches will be resumed in July, and according to the experience of the past years, the pressure on prevention and control should not be too great at that time.
Option 3: Postpone the start time. The purpose of postponing the start time would be to simply revert to home and away.
Currently, the most positive response has been to Option 2, where the 18 teams will be evenly divided into three groups and play the first 10 rounds of matches in each of the three zones.
To this end, the selection process for the three regions needs to be initiated urgently. Selection conditions include: 1. local government support for the tournament; 2. candidate cities should preferably have a
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Teams; 3. Epidemic prevention and control in candidate tournaments must be effective to ensure the health and safety of tournament participants.
It has been revealed that the Chinese Football Association has contacted the Guangzhou Football Association this week in the hope that Guangzhou can host the
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The first phase of the tournament continues the success of last year's Guangzhou tournament. The Guangzhou Municipal Government has just approved the declaration for the resumption of home and away matches, but now the Guangzhou Sports Bureau and the Municipal Football Association can only re-declare to the Guangzhou Municipal Government.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Preparatory Team of the Chinese Football League (CFL) are actively promoting the new season in accordance with the date of "April 23rd kick-off".
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league's preparations, they all want to protect the overall interests of domestic professional soccer, ensure the integrity of the season, guarantee the fairness of the game, and strive for a season of
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Play all 34 rounds of the league and restore the home-and-away system to the tournament as soon as conditions permit.
