Creating a United Europe of Football by Philippe Vonnard

Author:Philippe Vonnard
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030423438
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Associations not yet wishing to answer: France, Italy, Luxembourg and Northern Ireland;

Associations agreeing to participate: Austria, East Germany, Ireland, Romania, Scotland and Turkey.

Twenty-one of UEFA’s thirty-one members replied to the consultation, which shows that most of Europe’s national associations took UEFA’s communications seriously. However, there was less support for the competition than the executive committee had expected, because 11 associations were unwilling to enter teams in the competition. And because it had been agreed that the competition would go ahead only if 10 associations or more were in favour, the executive committee did not take the idea forward.

The cup winners’ cup project is interesting because it shows both the executive committee’s desire to expand UEFA’s activities and some associations’ reluctance to move forward too quickly, despite the success of the Champion Clubs’ Cup in increasing exchanges in European football. This contrast was made even clearer by the difficult birth of the European Cup of Nations.

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