Groups who qualify for the league part of the Ladies’s Champions League will now not take part within the League Cup, beneath new plans geared toward revamping the competitors.
The format change is deemed needed to assist ease scheduling points and to guard participant welfare.
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BBC Sport understands golf equipment voted in favour of the proposal to be launched for the 2026-27 season, which nonetheless must be authorised by the Soccer Affiliation.
Groups from the highest two divisions of ladies’s soccer presently contest the competitors.
Subsequent 12 months that quantity is about to extend following the enlargement of the WSL to 14 groups.
Eradicating the groups who function within the Champions League will assist scale back the variety of minutes of their gamers.
The Champions League expanded to 18 groups this season with extra matches.
Manchester United, Chelsea and holders Arsenal are within the prime European competitors this season.
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Underneath the proposals for the League Cup, a Swiss model league format will change the present group stage, that means all groups are ranked in a single league desk with fixtures being dictated by area.
The knockout part of the competitors will stay the identical, with the highest eight groups within the league desk qualifying for the quarterfinals.
League Cup matches will likely be performed on the identical nights that Champions League matches are as a consequence of be scheduled.
The proposals observe a WSL Soccer-led complete session course of with a contest working group, which included golf equipment and the Soccer Supporters’ Affiliation.
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