No games: Why pauses the Bundesliga until February 4th

After the winter break is before the winter break: only about two weeks after the second half of the return is resting in the Bundesliga again the ball. In the 1st and 2nd league lies between the 20th and the upcoming 21. Match day a play-free weekend on 29./30. January.

A normal international space break? Not quite. The German national team, for example, does not carry out any lots during this time, it increases only at the end of March in the country of the country 2022. And so it is also happening to all other European nations.

The background of the unusual international border break: While no international games are scheduled in the catchment area of ​​UEFA, in all other continental associations from 24 January to 1 February, World Cup qualifiers on the program, in Africa also the final phase of the Africa Cup.

Only in Europe do not rise any international matches - 2020 it was the other way around

This plague window had already granted FIFA to the associations from Asia, Africa, South America, North / Central America / Caribbean and Oceania in August 2020, as it was clear that the then forthcoming country play period (31 August to 8 September 2020) was the Corona Pandemic to fall victim.

However, because the UEFA nations were allowed to deny internationals at that time - Germany had returned with a 1-1 against Spain from the long Lockdown - the European national players now receive a rare breather in the middle of the season if their national coaches do not become one Invite special course. Only the 3rd league may play through in German professional football.

The frame identifier 2022/23