UEFA has made the final disposition of the Champions League official as a result of the dispute between the two finals of the Champions League and the Europa League. Since the held on June 1 at Wembley and marked the victory of real Madrid he is new Borussia Dortmund.
The white team has direct access to the league stage of the next 2023-2024 edition of the Champions League as winners, leaving vacant the place they previously reserved as champions of the Spanish LaLiga.
According to the competition regulations, and as we explained at the time, this vacancy is filled by the champion of the domestic league with the highest individual coefficient from the eleventh to the 55th UEFA federation. And that position, as planned, is for Shakhtar Donetsk, which added a total of 63,000. In this way, the Ukrainian club enters the league stage directly instead of entering the playoff round of the future Champions League.
This change causes another chain movement. According to the regulations of the Champions League, it is balanced by giving way to the club with the highest individual coefficient of all the clubs in the previous round and in the following way.
Dinamo, Qarabag and Ferencvaros, also benefited
On the one hand, the club with the best coefficient in the second qualifying round, the Dynamo Zagreb The Croatian, who has 50,000 points, will enter the competition in the playoff round where the Shakhtar instead of the second qualifying round.
And with this movement, two more clubs benefit as a result of having the best coefficient in the first qualifying round. It’s about Ferencváros Hungarian (35,000 club coefficient points) and the Qarabag from Azerbaijan (33,000 points). The two will participate in the competition in the second qualifying round, instead of the first qualifying round.
But it is also happening Atalantachampion of the Europa League and therefore with a direct place for the Champions League, finished fourth in the Italian Serie A. According to the regulations, the vacancy left by the Bergamasco team will be occupied by the club with the best individual coefficient of all of clubs classified for the champion path and the league path, provided that this club is the best classified nationally of their association that has not yet directly qualified for the league stage of the competition.
Three beneficiaries of the Atalanta title
And this position is for him Benfica Portuguese, with a total of 79,000 and will occupy the vacant place in the Champions League league stage left by Atalanta for finishing fourth in his country. In this way, the Portuguese team avoided playing in the third qualifying round.
But this movement also affects and favors the other two clubs with better coefficients in the second qualifying round. It’s about Slavia Prague Czech, with 53,000 points, and the Salzburg Austrian, with 50,000 points. They will both enter the competition in the third round instead of the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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