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UEFA Champions League Entry Has Not Satisfied Strategyproofness in Three Seasons

Published:2019-02-28 Issue:7 Volume:20 Page:975-981
ISSN:1527-0025
Container-title:Journal of Sports Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Sports Economics

Author:

Csató László¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory on Engineering and Management Intelligence, Research Group of Operations Research and Decision Systems, Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), Budapest, Hungary

2. Department of Operations Research and Actuarial Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE), Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

This article investigates the qualification for the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League (CL), the most prestigious club competition in European football, with respect to the theoretical property of strategyproofness. We find that in three seasons (2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018), the UEFA Europa League titleholder might have been better off by losing its match against the CL titleholder in their domestic championship. A straightforward solution is suggested in order to avoid the occurrence of this paradox. The use of an incentive compatible rule would have a real effect on the qualification in these three seasons of the UEFA CL.

Funder

OrszÃ¡gos TudomÃ¡nyos KutatÃ¡si Alapprogramok

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1527002519833091

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