The 2021 European Cup has entered the knockout phase, and the strength of each team is gradually emerging. At the same time, the voice of the reform of the competition system of the European Cup is also getting higher and higher to improve the competitiveness and enjoyment of the competition. Experts have put forward a series of reform proposals, hoping to make the European Cup more exciting. As one of the highest level national team events in the world, the European Cup is held every four years and attracts hundreds of millions of fans around the world. However, with the differentiation of European football strength, the competitiveness of the European Cup is also gradually declining.
The 2021 European Cup has entered the knockout phase, and the strength of each team is gradually emerging. At the same time, the voice of the reform of the competition system of the European Cup is also getting higher and higher to improve the competitiveness and enjoyment of the competition. Experts have put forward a series of reform proposals, hoping to make the European Cup more exciting.
As one of the highest level national team events in the world, the European Cup is held every four years and attracts hundreds of millions of fans around the world. However, with the differentiation of European football strength, the competitiveness of the European Cup is also gradually declining. The champions of recent European Cups almost all come from a few strong teams, and the competitiveness of other teams is obviously insufficient.
According to statistics, among the champions of the last 10 European Cups, Spain, Germany and France won the championship three times respectively, and Italy and Portugal won the championship one time respectively. These five teams almost monopolized the championship of the European Cup. Other teams, such as the Netherlands, England, Belgium and so on, although their strength is good, they have never won the championship.
In order to improve the competitiveness of the European Cup, experts put forward some suggestions. First of all, they suggested increasing the number of participating teams from the current 24 to 32. In this way, not only can more teams participate in the game, but also can increase the suspense and enjoyment of the game.
Secondly, experts suggested changing the competition system of group matches. The current group competition adopts a three round round robin competition system, with the top two players in each group being promoted. This competition system has some problems. In many cases, the team has locked the promotion quota in the first two rounds of the game, and the last round of the game often becomes uncompetitive. Therefore, the experts suggested that the elimination competition system should be adopted, and the top four of each group should be promoted to increase the suspense and competitiveness of the competition.
In addition, experts also suggested increasing the number of European Cup matches. At present, the European Cup has a relatively short duration, only about one month, with fewer matches. Experts believe that increasing the number of matches can enable more teams to participate in the game and also increase the viewing experience of fans.
In general, as one of the highest level national team events in the world, the European Cup needs continuous reform and innovation to improve the competitiveness and enjoyment of the game. The reform suggestions put forward by experts, such as increasing the number of participating teams, changing the competition system of group matches and increasing the number of matches, are expected to make the European Cup more exciting.
Champion team |
Number of championships |
Spain |
3 times |
Germany |
3 times |
France |
3 times |
Italy |
Once |
Portugal |
Once |