This Friday, the Portuguese League approved a new format for the League Cup starting in the 2024/2025 season, which will have only eight teams.
to what TSF discovered, the first qualifying rounds of the competition, as well as the group stage, ceased to exist. The competition will be played by the first six classifieds of the I Liga and the first two of the second division of the previous season, in knockout format only.
The quarterfinals will be played in one game and will determine the four teams that will be present in the final four, a format that will remain in the same mold that currently occurs, that is, with the semifinals and the final. to play in the same stadium.
This decision still needs to be confirmed at the general meeting of the Liga Portugal.
Source: TSF
