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  • UEFA to begin use of computer for Champions League draws

    UEFA to begin use of computer for Champions League draws

    UEFA has concluded arrangements to conduct its first computerized Champions League draw starting  from next season due to its new format.

    There will be four pots of nine teams, determined by UEFA’s five-year performance coefficient, with a club facing two opponents from each pot.

    According to UEFA  drawing each club’s opponents manually, as was the case under the old format, would take up to four hours and require up to 900 balls due to the complex considerations within the draw.

    It means the only manual aspect will be the ceremonial part of choosing the team whose fixtures are to be decided. The computer will then allocate that team’s opponents automatically from all four pots, and decide which fixtures are home and away.

    UEFA insists that its computer systems are robust and audited by Ernst & Young to underpin fairness.

    Each club will play eight games, four at home and four away.

     

     

  • Carabao Cup: Chelsea, Fulham, Middlesbrough book semi-final ticket

    Carabao Cup: Chelsea, Fulham, Middlesbrough book semi-final ticket

    Two Premier League clubsides and a Championship side have secured qualification to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup following Tuesday’s fixtures that took place across different centers in England.

    The three already qualified teams  are Fulham, Middlesbrough and Chelsea.

    Fulham made it through to the semi-final of the Carabao cup by seeing off fellow Premier League side Everton 4-2 on penalties, after  the game ended 1-1 at regulation time.

    Middlesbrough booked their place with a 3-0 thrashing of Port Vale.

    Mykhailo Mudryk scored a loss time goal for the Blues to cancel out  Callum Wilson’s 16th minute effort to push the game to penalties which Chelsea eventually won.

    Liverpool will slug it out with West Ham tonight in the last quarter-final fixture.

    After Liverpool versus West Ham  game this evening, the draw for the last four will be conducted.

     

  • AFCON 2024: Super Eagles to know group opponents October 12

    AFCON 2024: Super Eagles to know group opponents October 12

    The super Eagles of Nigeria will know its group AFCON opponents come Thursday, October 10, 2023.

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) are gearing up for the draw ceremony of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

    The draws is billed to take place at Parc des Expositions in Abidjan, one of the most iconic and impressive buildings in Cote d’Ivoire’s economic hub.

    On Tuesday, CAF will start revealing some key individuals involved during the Final Draw, including Draw Hosts, Draw Assistants, and notable musical and cultural performers.

    CAF and the host Nation, Côte d’Ivoire, have been working together to produce a world-class event for the Final Draw.

    2024 AFCON will run from January 13 to February 11, 2024.

  • Gusau hails IMC after colourful NPFL draw in Abuja

    Gusau hails IMC after colourful NPFL draw in Abuja

    President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has applauded the Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League for its efforts to reposition the Nigeria League, following the conduct of the Draw for the new Season in Abuja on Wednesday.

    At the colourful ceremony held inside the press conference hall of the Sandralia Hotel, the 20 NPFL teams were calibrated into two different groups for the purpose of the abridged League season, already approved by the NFF.

    “Let me state clearly that the NFF is satisfied with the efforts the IMC headed by Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has been making to rebrand and reposition the NPFL since its inauguration. The NFF commends the IMC Chairman and all his members for the highly successful pre-season tournament held earlier in the month, and also for the actualisation of this Draw Ceremony.

    “The commitment to engineer changes that will deliver a vibrant Nigeria League and a viable football economy in the country remains as firm as ever. The NFF will continue to provide the necessary support to the IMC to fulfill its terms of reference in flying colours,” Gusau said. He was represented at the event by the NFF’s Director of Communications, Mr. Ademola Olajire.

    The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare was represented by his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Abdullahi Yola.

    Chairman of the IMC, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye revealed that the organizers have secured a sponsor to foot the indemnities of match officials for the next three years, with the payments to be done directly from the company to the appointed match officials.

    “We are committed to eradicating the malaise of indebtedness to match officials, which compromises them and lowers their morale to do the right thing.

    “The IMC has also increased the winner’s prize for the season to the sum of N100 Million, which is a hundred percent increase on what was in place previously.”

    The Draw Ceremony grouped the 20 teams into two pools of A and B, with Matchday 1 set for 8th January 2023.

    GROUP A

    Kwara United

    Nasarawa United

    Plateau United

    Gombe United

    El-Kanemi Warriors

    Enyimba FC

    Akwa United

    Bendel Insurance

    Shooting Stars

    Remo Stars

    GROUP B

    Niger Tornadoes

    Doma United

    Wikki Tourists

    Lobi Stars

    Rivers United

    Abia Warriors

    Dakkada FC

    Rangers Int’l

    Sunshine Stars

    Bayelsa United

    MATCHDAY 1 (A)

    Nasarawa United Vs Enyimba FC

    Akwa United Vs Bendel Insurance

    Plateau United Vs Shooting Stars

    Kwara United Vs Gombe United

    Remo Stars Vs El-Kanemi Warriors

    MATCHDAY 1 (B)

    Bayelsa United Vs Dakkada FC

    Wikki Tourists Vs Niger Tornadoes

    Doma United Vs Sunshine Stars

    Rivers United Vs Lobi Stars

    Rangers Int’l Vs Abia Warriors

  • UEFA Champions League: How the round of 16 draws will be made

    UEFA Champions League: How the round of 16 draws will be made

    For the November 7 Champions League round of 16 draws, UEFA has made it clear that teams from the same country will not face each other in the round of 16, it could happen as from the quarter-finals of the competition.

    Teams that finished first in their groups will face teams that emerged runners-up from other groups.

    The unseeded teams for the round of 16 draws are Liverpool, Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Borussia Dortmund because they finished second in their groups.

    Chelsea face the prospect of facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16 following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures on Wednesday.

    The Blues finished top of Group E after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.

    Graham Potter’s side could face PSG in the last-16 after the French Ligue 1 champions finished runner-up in Group H.

    Liverpool could be drawn with any of Bayern, Real Madrid, Porto, Benfica in the round of 16.

    PSG appeared to be on course to finish top of their group, but Benfica’s 6-1 win away to Maccabi Haifa means that Christophe Galtier’s side have been forced to settle for the runners-up spot.

    Also, PSG could also face Manchester City or Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League last-16 draw after a dramatic late twist on Wednesday evening as both Premier League clubs finished top in their respective Groups.

    Elsewhere, Real Madrid finished top of Group F and joined the likes of Bayern Munich, Napoli and FC Porto in the seeded pot for the draw.

    The Los Blancos could meet the likes of Liverpool, Club Bruges, Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, while Tottenham could face Borussia Dortmund, Club Brugge, Inter Milan plus Group E, F and H runners-up.

    The UEFA Champions League will resume in February 2023.

    All the 16 teams that qualified

     

    Liverpool,

    Porto,

    Club Brugge,

    AC Milan,

    Real Madrid,

    RB Leipzig,

    Manchester City,

    Borussia Dortmund,

    Benfica,

    PSG

    Bayern Munich,

    Inter Milan,

    Tottenham,

    Napoli,

    Eintracht Frankfurt,

    Chelsea,

     

     

     

     

  • UEFA Champions League 2019/2020 draws released

    The draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League was conducted today.
    The two teams entering in this round (the champions of the 14th and 15th-ranked nations, Ajax and PAOK), are joined by the 10 winners from the second qualifying round champions path, which ties conclude on 30/31 July.
    The six sides boasting the best UEFA coefficients were seeded (the second qualifying round winners take the coefficient of the seeded team from those ties).
    Clubs defeated in this round, drop into the UEFA Europa League champions path play-offs.
    These matches will be played August 6th & 7th and 13th.

    Champions path
    CFR Cluj (ROU) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Celtic (SCO) / Nõmme Kalju (EST)
    Sutjeska (MNE) / APOEL (CYP) v Dundalk (IRL) / Qarabağ (AZE)
    PAOK (GRE) v Ajax (NED)
    Saburtalo (GEO) / GNK Dinamo (CRO) v Ferencváros (HUN) / Valletta (MLT)
    Crvena zvezda (SRB) / HJK Helsinki (FIN) v The New Saints (WAL) / København (DEN)
    Maribor (SVN) / AIK (SWE) v BATE Borisov (BLR) / Rosenborg (NOR)
    League path
    İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Olympiacos (GRE)
    Krasnodar (RUS) v Porto (POR)
    Club Brugge (BEL) v Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
    PSV Eindhoven (NED) / Basel (SUI) v LASK (AUT)