There is an obvious advantage given to eastern countries in terms of schedule. Every time I faced an asian or eastern russian manager, the schedule was obviouly favouring them (I played a couple of those finals at 4 am but never at 9 pm - which would be bad for them). If I am lucky enough to have a league game on that day, I put it at about 7 am so that "locks" the dreadful 4-6 am period. On the other hand, americans suffer a lot with these schedule.