UEFA is planning to reform the European Cup qualifiers and may learn from the experience of the Champions League or the UEFA Nations League.

Hupu News on October 12th: The President of UEFA confirmed that the European Football Championship (European Cup) may usher in major reforms aimed at making the event more "interesting". UEFA President Alexander Ceferin admitted that he is considering optimizing the European Cup qualifying mechanism.

Last year, the England team easily qualified for the European Cup with an unbeaten record in the qualifying rounds, during which they easily defeated Malta at home and away. Fans also had to watch many "abusive" games with disparity in strength, such as Portugal versus Liechtenstein and France versus Gibraltar - Gibraltar failed to score a goal in 8 qualifying games and conceded 41 goals.

Ceferin has no plans to reform the European Cup main competition, but he admitted at the 2025 Portuguese Football Summit that the qualifying matches can bring more highlights to fans. He said: "Perhaps the qualifiers can be different. The number of games will not increase, but the competition format will be more attractive. We are currently advancing this idea."

As part of the internal evaluation of competition system reform, UEFA is considering a number of options. Details of the plans have not yet been announced, but it is likely to be based on models from other UEFA competitions such as the UEFA Nations League or the UEFA Champions League (Champions League).

In the European Nations League, fans can often see top national teams competing on the same field. This event has a promotion and relegation system. After the Champions League reformed the competition system, the club no longer played home and away double-circuit matches with three opponents in the group stage, but conducted six single-round duels in the league stage, which also gave rise to many exciting duels.

UEFA is planning to reform the qualifiers this time at a time when the outside world is increasingly dissatisfied with the international match day. In the first three months of this season, fans have experienced three two-week international breaks. From next year, the current October international match day will be cancelled. FIFA plans to merge it with the September match day and extend the duration so that the national team can arrange four games in three weeks.