Chiqui Tapia unveils new pro tournament with teams from all provinces | OneFootball

In a meeting with leaders from the country's interior, Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), announced the creation of a new professional tournament that will have representatives from all 24 provinces.

During a weekend in which Argentine football is on strike in protest against ARCA's complaint of alleged tax evasion, Claudio Tapia once again emphasized the federal nature of the king of sports in our country.

Towards the end of the meeting, he informed those present about the creation of a new championship: “With great pride we say that we have a Professional League of 30 teams. We have taken on the commitment to be supportive of all divisions. Let me tell you that the rights of Argentine football once again belong to the clubs of Argentine football. To conclude, thank you to each of the leaders who represent clubs from all over our country. And there’s a second piece of news: we are going to play a new federal professional tournament.”

“Each province will have a team playing in the new professional tournament that we will launch this year. Each team representing its province will have eight professional contracts paid by the AFA, as happened with women’s football when its professionalization began. We are going to help women’s football by professionalizing it; we have been contributing for five years so that women’s football continues to grow,” he explained.

Although he did not give further details about the brand-new championship, it is expected that in the coming months the governing body of Argentine football will explain what the format will be and which teams will participate.

“We set out to make football federal, to be by the side of every club that needed it, for federalism to give everyone an opportunity. That’s why we have a tournament with 30 teams, a Primera Nacional with 36 teams, because we defend federalism. That’s why we have the Copa País, so that all the provinces from the interior are represented,” Tapia concluded, emphasizing the importance of football that is not centralized.

After this weekend’s strike, activity will resume this Tuesday with the start of the tenth round of the Primera División Apertura Tournament. The lower divisions, meanwhile, will return next Friday with the match between Atlético Rafaela and San Martín de San Juan, which will open the fifth round of the Primera Nacional.

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