{"id":222,"date":"2022-09-30T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=222"},"modified":"2022-09-30T09:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T08:18:01","slug":"uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UEFA<\/strong> is considering staging <strong>Champions League<\/strong> matches and<strong> Super Cup <\/strong>outside of Europe in order for clubs to make meaningful games more accessible to their global fanbases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are open to fixtures taking place in markets such as the US, China, or the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea was pitched after European clubs conducted successful pre-season tournaments in Asia and the USA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s understood that early Champions League group matches, rather than high-stakes knockout games, would be the target while the Super Cup could also be in line for a move abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both ideas were reportedly well received by some of the more powerful club executives, including <strong>PSG <\/strong>president <strong>Nasser Al-Khelaifi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, UEFA is considering replacing the Super Cup with a four-team mini-tournament \u2013 which would include the Champions League winners and three other leading teams in what would be referred to as the &#8216;Opening Tournament&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BHW1zr\">Telegram-channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFA is considering staging Champions League matches and Super Cup outside of Europe in order for clubs to make meaningful games more accessible to their global fanbases. Authorities are open to fixtures taking place in markets such as the US, China, or the Middle East. The idea was pitched after European clubs conducted successful pre-season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,12],"tags":[313,655,649,650,90,149,652,658,656,66,653,651,654,657,230],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-news","category-sport","tag-asia","tag-champions-league","tag-china","tag-clubs","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-middle-east","tag-nasser-al-khelaifi","tag-psg","tag-sbc-cis","tag-sport","tag-super-cup","tag-uefa","tag-union-of-european-football-associations","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UEFA is considering staging Champions League matches and Super Cup outside of Europe in order for clubs to make meaningful games more accessible to their global fanbases. Authorities are open to fixtures taking place in markets such as the US, China, or the Middle East. The idea was pitched after European clubs conducted successful pre-season [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SBC EURASIA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"539\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ana Kobakhidze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ana Kobakhidze\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\"},\"headline\":\"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Asia\",\"Champions League\",\"China\",\"clubs\",\"Europe\",\"Football\",\"Middle East\",\"Nasser Al-Khelaifi\",\"PSG\",\"SBC CIS\",\"sport\",\"Super Cup\",\"UEFA\",\"Union of European Football Associations\",\"USA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Football\",\"News\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\",\"name\":\"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg\",\"width\":810,\"height\":539},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SBC EURASIA EN\",\"description\":\"SBC EURASIA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7\",\"name\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ana Kobakhidze\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/ana\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN","og_description":"UEFA is considering staging Champions League matches and Super Cup outside of Europe in order for clubs to make meaningful games more accessible to their global fanbases. Authorities are open to fixtures taking place in markets such as the US, China, or the Middle East. The idea was pitched after European clubs conducted successful pre-season [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/","og_site_name":"SBC EURASIA EN","article_published_time":"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":539,"url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ana Kobakhidze","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ana Kobakhidze","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/"},"author":{"name":"Ana Kobakhidze","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7"},"headline":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe","datePublished":"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/"},"wordCount":163,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg","keywords":["Asia","Champions League","China","clubs","Europe","Football","Middle East","Nasser Al-Khelaifi","PSG","SBC CIS","sport","Super Cup","UEFA","Union of European Football Associations","USA"],"articleSection":["Football","News","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/","name":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe - SBC EURASIA EN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-09-30T08:18:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-30T08:18:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/resourcesen.sbceurasia.com\/sbccisen\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/UEFA-considering-moving-Champions-League-matches-outside-of-Europe.jpeg","width":810,"height":539},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/30\/uefa-considering-moving-champions-league-matches-outside-of-europe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UEFA considering moving Champions League matches outside of Europe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/","name":"SBC EURASIA EN","description":"SBC EURASIA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1444eb87c339a10fb03044577ed751a7","name":"Ana Kobakhidze","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de1bcdebf9170fcbf2a73110f63eb70750628be2119912115fb952562818bd4d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ana Kobakhidze"},"url":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/author\/ana\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}