Seeding
Seeding is the placement of clubs so that the strongest are kept apart in the draw and the bracket. It follows the coefficient and the league phase table, and it decides which opponents a club can meet and when.
Why it matters
Seeding matters because it protects the later rounds. By separating the strongest clubs, it keeps the biggest fixtures for the stages where they matter most, and it ensures that a high finish in the league phase is rewarded with a kinder path.
Where it is used
It is used in the league phase draw and in the knockout bracket. The order of the final table becomes the seed list, and the bracket arranges the ties so that the top seeds meet weaker sides where the structure allows.
How to read it
Read seeding as a reward for consistency. It follows the ranking and the table rather than luck, so a club that finishes high earns the protection that seeding brings, and the bracket reflects the season that produced it.
What it means
the placement that keeps the strongest clubs apart in the draw
Seeding is one of the working terms of the competition. This entry explains it as a mechanism that holds true from season to season, so it can be read on its own or alongside the other entries in the glossary of the tournament.
- Keeps the strongest clubs apart.
- Follows the coefficient and the table.
- Decides the bracket of the knockout rounds.
- Rewards a high league phase finish.
- The structure fixes the possible pairs.
- A reward for consistency across the season.