MILAN (AP) — Plans for a shake-up in the European qualifying process for the World Cup and European Championship will be revealed within six months, but UEFA was adamant Friday it won’t follow a Champions League-style format.

The new-look Champions League was a success last year as a single-standings 36-team league was more unpredictable than the traditional group stage had been. Eventual title holder Paris Saint-Germain and 2023 winner Manchester City risked elimination in the last of eight rounds.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin was asked at a Football Business Forum in Milan if that could also be the way forward for national team qualifying which often sees mismatches and heavy losses for the smallest countries.

“No,” he said firmly.

When pressed on when the new plans would be

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