Europa Conference League fixtures and odds
The Europa Conference League is a brand new competition which has been devised by UEFA and it will involve clubs from many European countries during the 2021-22 season, with this providing teams with an opportunity to go further in a competition than they might find with the Champions League or Europa League.
Indeed, the Europa League is reducing from 48 teams to 32 teams when it comes to the group stage and this means that some clubs will instead participate in the Europa Conference League, with clubs qualifying for the competition based on performance in national leagues.
How Many Teams Will Be In the Europa Conference League?
There are going to be 32 teams in the Europa Conference League group stage although there are hundreds of clubs who are eligible to be involved from the beginning and the sides will come into this competition through a number of different avenues.
Ten teams from the Europa League play-offs will go into the Conference League group stage, with the rest qualifying from the Conference League play-offs and the winners of this particular competition will go straight into the Europa League the following season.
There will be a Champions Path and a League Path, with the former being contested by teams that lost the qualification when it came to the Champions League group stage. UEFA will also use country coefficients to determine how many sides are in the competition per nation.
Which Countries Will the Conference League Teams Come From?
As opposed to the Champions League and Europa League where you will see a large number of teams coming from countries such as England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France, the aim of the Europa Conference League is to see teams from lesser nations line up and have a realistic chance of making progress.
Therefore, the nations ranked one to five by UEFA will only have one team participating, while the countries ranked six to fifteen will have two teams and the nations who are ranked between sixteen and fifty will have three teams, while the nations between 51 and 55 will have two teams.
There will be eight groups of four teams who line up at the beginning of the competition and the top two clubs from each section will go through to a knockout stage which will be contested on a home and away basis.
Europa Conference League Fixture Dates and Times
There are going to be 141 matches over 15 match weeks, with the Europa Conference League match dates to be announced for the 2021-22 football season and the games will largely be played on a Thursday night, with the times of the kick-off dependent on the teams involved although the games will be staggered.
How to Bet on the Europa Conference League
There will be an opportunity to bet on the Europa League Conference winner on a regular basis. We firstly need to establish which teams are participating and the football betting sites will then price up the outright betting market and attach betting odds to all the teams competing.
There is also going to be the chance to bet on all the Europa Conference League matches and the football bookmakers will have a huge range of pre-match and In-Play betting markets available for the games, with punters getting the chance to pick out the games which interest them the most.
You can also place football accumulator bets on the Europa Conference League and we recommend looking through the coupon during the group and knockout stages to determine the best way forward when it comes to putting together a multiple bet.
Some bookies will offer you a Europa League Conference Bet Builder where you can place a Same Game Multi on the matches, while there is often the chance to Cash Out for a profit and take the money early.