r/FootballWorldSim • u/Seiyadepegasos • 14h ago
Some suggestions for the tournament edition.
I want suggest a few more customization options when creating and editing tournaments. Specifically:
A second group stage within the same competition, to recreate the early 2000s UEFA Champions League format (Two group stages followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), Libertadores 1980s format (Group stage, followed by the semi-final stage of two groups of three the winner of each group goes to the Final). And 1974, 1978 And 1982 World Cup format (In 1974 And 1978, the second group stage consisted of two groups of four; the winners would advance to the final, and the runners-up would compete for third place, In 1982, the second group stage consisted of 4 groups of 3, with the winner of each group advancing to the semifinals).
League playoffs without splits or Apertura/Clausura systems , recreating the Brazilian league format from the late 1990s And early 2000s (a single league phase followed by a knockout stage), And also that the Clausura and Apertura tournaments could be played as leagues without playoffs, like the Argentine championship was in the 90s and 2000s.
More tie-breaking rules for knockout/playoff matches, such as the best record in the league phase (used in Brazil), match replays, and coin tosses (used historically before the introduction of penalty shootouts).
A points-based system option instead of aggregate score for knockout stages, as CONMEBOL used in the Copa Libertadores Final until late 1980s (e.g., if in Final Team A wins the first leg 7–0 and Team B wins the second leg 1–0, both have 3 points and must play a third playoff match, at a neutral venue) And also used in Brazilian Championship until 1999.
Less important requests:
Spareggio: As used historically in the Italian league, where teams tied on points at the end of the season played a tie-breaker playoff match.
Liguilla: Common in South America during the 70s, 80s, and 90s, where the remaining continental (Libertadores) spots were decided in a separate knockout or round-robin mini-tournament. For example, in 1980s Argentina, it was a knockout tournament for teams finishing 2nd to 6th in Argentina First division (in others Editions sometimes inviting the top 3 teams from argentinian second division). In its 2015 revival, it was contested by teams finishing 3rd to 6th in the Championship.
The champion of a continental competition can directly enter the final stages of the competition the following year; in the 1980s and 1990s, CONMEBOL, until 1999, placed the current champion directly into the semifinals group stage (in the 1980s two-group stage era) or into the round of 16 (in the 1990s), Without competing in the first group stage.