Clever idea that! Comment posted by rtz62, at 9 Apr rtz Dot com. I'm sorry Dave Not a pointless article at all. If you are a supporter of any of the clubs 'in the mix', and I'm not - Lincoln City , this is good stuff. Comment posted by U, at 9 Apr U Comment posted by ruaridh, at 9 Apr ruaridh. Its laughable countries like England get four automatic places in the champions league but teams who have won their domestic league still have to play 4qualifiers to even make it to the group stage.
Comment posted by nikki7luc, at 9 Apr nikki7luc. Top 4 ideal situation.. Comment posted by 8lade, at 9 Apr 8lade. That would be funny This is the only thing I want to see in football now.
Just like life its full of whats and ifs and only. Comment posted by It does not matter what my name is, at 9 Apr It does not matter what my name is. What this all means is Leicester, Wolves, Watford, Everton and maybe even West Ham still have something to play for in the league. I actually think this is a useful article, it gives you an idea of some things to look out for.
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The tournament adopted an initial group stage in the season, with teams being drawn into eight groups of five. Unlike the Champions League, the UEFA Cup group stage was played in a single round-robin format, with each team playing two home and two away games rather than home and away double-headers. The top three teams in each of the eight groups qualified for the main knockout round along with the eight third-placed teams in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
From then on, a series of two-legged knockout ties were played before a one-off final, traditionally held on a Wednesday in May a week before the Champions League final. For the —10 season, the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in an attempt to increase its profile. An extra eight teams entered at the group stage to make 48 teams in total , which meant 12 groups of four playing in a double round-robin format, with the group winners and runners-up advancing to the round of 32 along with the eight third-place teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Qualifiers would then continue the usual knockout stage process through the round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. How Are The Teams Selected? Qualification has changed significantly since All participants of the Europa League qualify either through their respective final standing in the domestic leagues or their performance in domestic cup competitions.
Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients , the later its teams start in the qualification process there are four qualifying rounds in total. Apart from the teams that qualify directly for the Europa League, each side eliminated from Champions League qualifying is given a second chance of European competition by being added to Europa League qualification.
The six losing teams in the Champions League play-off round are automatically transferred to the Europa League group stage. The qualifying teams are split into four different 'pots', with each pot being ranked from No. The highest-rated club coefficients go into Pot 1, the next highest rated in Pot 2 and so on. As well as showing the matches on TV, the broadcaster will stream games for their subscribers on the BT Sport website and app.
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