Serie A is already guaranteed – but the Bundesliga may also be represented by five clubs in the “new” Champions League. There is only one last hope for the Premier League.
The team in fifth place in the Bundesliga can expect to participate in the Champions League – that is BVB at the moment.
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die Premier League regarded as the best league in the world – yet it risks being outnumbered when 36 teams are represented in the Champions League for the first time new season. On the other hand, the Bundesliga has the best chances of fielding at least five participants.
One of the two bonus tickets that UEFA is awarding to the two teams with the best European Cup record this season as part of the Champions League reform has already been secured with Italy on Thursday night. And because for the first time since 1995 If there are three Bundesliga teams in the semi-finals of the European Cup, a lot would have to go wrong for Germany not to get the second one.
With 17,928 points, the Bundesliga is behind Serie A (19,428), which also has three semi-finals: Atalanta Bergamo, AS Roma (both Europa League) and AC Florence (Europa Conference League), but still ahead of the Premier League (17,375). And while FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund (both CL) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (EL) made it to the last four, England only have Aston Villa (ECL) in the running.
The Bundesliga is still three points short of staying ahead of England
Basically, wins in all three competitions give two points and draws one, which is then divided by the total number of European Cup clubs in an association represented at the start of the season – seven for Germany and eight for England. Regardless of competition, UEFA awards one bonus point for reaching the final.
This means: To stay ahead of England, the Bundesliga needs three more points regardless of Villa’s performance (eg three draws or wins and a draw or win including a place in the final). If Villa lose the final – even with a win in the first or second leg – the German clubs could even allow themselves to stop collecting points.
The extra ticket will not automatically go to the fifth person
France, in fourth place with 16,083 points, is still there with Paris Saint-Germain (CL) and Olympique Marseille (EL) and, like England, has little chance of capturing the Bundesliga. Since the points of Ligue 1 clubs “only” have to be divided by six, the German clubs are still four points short of keeping France away, regardless of the performance of PSG and Marseille.
The worst placed team in the fifth place would be awarded the Champions League ticket The last Bundesliga table who have not yet qualified for the main class. Usually this is the fifth one. However, there is still a possibility that BVB will win the Champions League but finish in fifth place at the most. Since the defending champion is automatically allowed to participate, The Bundesliga would even have six Champions League participants. If BVB comes in fifth, sixth place would receive a UEFA bonus ticket.
2024-04-19 07:22:49
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