This year's Super League competition system

Due to the late start of this year's Super League, it is impossible to complete 240 leagues in the whole year, considering the top 40 national teams and the AFC Champions League. Therefore, from a fair point of view, China Football Association decided to divide 16 Chinese Super League teams into two groups according to the principle of snake arrangement, and first play 14 round of double-cycle group matches to produce the ranking within the group.

Subsequently, the second-stage competition system and schedule will be determined according to the epidemic prevention and control situation, and the second-stage competition system schedule will be announced according to the epidemic prevention and control situation in the first-stage competition.

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The requirements of the competition system for venues and related facilities are much higher than those of the league. Considering the tight schedule and high temperature in the Super League, there are extremely high requirements for venue maintenance, supporting facilities and athletes' rehabilitation medical care. It is not easy to find venues, hotels, hospitals, especially high-standard training grounds that meet the training and competition needs of eight teams in each division.

China Football Association made a field trip to 9 cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and Dalian. Considering the epidemic prevention requirements, hardware facilities, human resources and weather conditions, from the perspective of alleviating the local epidemic prevention pressure, it is considered that the competition venues and training venues in Dalian and Suzhou are in good condition, but some renovation or maintenance work is needed to meet the requirements of the Chinese Super League.

People's Daily Online-Super League is about to officially open: the schedule rules have been greatly adjusted.