The format of the Europa Tournament has been changed: the top 8 advance to the Round of 16 and play a play-off for places 9-24[suchunfei]

In the early morning of September 26, Beijing time, the new season of Europa matches began. There are many giants such as Manchester United, Tottenham, Biba, Roma and Lazio in the Europa Competition. This article will focus on the analysis of the new season's Europa promotion rules for everyone to quickly understand!

League stage: 36 teams play each of the eight rounds of the first eight direct promotion

In the new season, the 36 teams in Europa will be divided into four tiers, each with nine teams. Each team will draw two teams from each of the four brackets, one at home and one away. This means that each team will play eight different teams in the main stage, four at home and four away.

There are eight rounds of the league stage, with the first round starting on September 26 and ending at the end of January the following year. The ranking of the league stage, in the case of the same points, according to the goal difference, the number of goals, the number of away goals, the number of wins, the number of away wins, etc., to determine the final ranking.

Play-off stage: Teams ranked 9-16 and teams ranked 17-24 compete for eight places

At the end of the league stage, the top 8 teams qualified directly for the knockout stage, while the teams ranked 25-36 were eliminated directly. Teams 9-24 are required to play in the play-offs and still have a chance to advance to the knockout stage.

The teams ranked 9-16 in the league stage will face the teams ranked 17-24 in a two-leg knockout match. If the two legs are tied, it will go to extra time or even a penalty shootout, and the final eight winners will be qualified.

Knockout stage: Except for the final, all two-leg finals are played in a neutral position

The final 16 teams will be determined according to the draw, the quarter-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals of the three categories, play two legs of home and away games, the final will be played on the neutral ground. The 24/25 Europa League final took place on 21 May 2025 at the SAN Mames Stadium in Athletic Bilbao, Spain.