Union Berlin currently occupy that position, with no hope of catching Bayer Leverkusen above them. Germany: After Borussia Dortmund won the DFB Pokal last week, seventh place in the Bundesliga will secure a Conference League berth. If the standings don’t change and Villarreal beat Manchester United in the Europa League final next week, Villarreal will go into the Champions League and no Spanish club will go to the Europa Conference League party.īig Weekend: Battle for Europe, Arteta, Kane, last-day deciders One point separates fifth-placed Real Sociedad, Real Betis and Villarreal. Spain: La Liga’s representative will be the seventh-placed team after this weekend. Here’s the state of play in the other bigger leagues ahead of the final weekend… We’ve qualified for the Conference League □□□ But the others are all actual teams who are waiting for Spurs, Arsenal, Everton or even Leeds if Marcelo Bielsa’s side do an absolute madness on Sunday. Whichever side qualifies, here are some of the sides they could be facing:Īlready qualified: Aberdeen, Hibernian (could qualify for Europa League via Scottish Cup), Vitesse Arnhem, Basel, AEK Athens, Rubin Kazan, BATE Borisov, Rosenborg, Pacos Ferreira, Trabzonspor, Kolos Kovalivka, Santa Clara, Sochi, Mechelen, Sivasspor, Wolfsberger, Aarhus, Vorskla Poltava, Feyenoord, Jablonec, Slovacko, AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Anorthosis Famagusta, Servette, Aris Thessaloniki, PAOK, Partizan, Vojvodina, Cukaricki, Osijek, Gorica, IF Elfsborg, BK Hacken, Molde, Valerenga, Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Ashdod, Shakhter Karagandy, Tobol, Astana, BATE Borisov, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, Qarabag, Sumgayit (we are all free to choose), Lokomotiv Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Arda, FCSB, Universitatea Craiova, Pogon Szczecin, Rakow Czestochowa, Dunajska Streda, Inter Yermum. Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France all get one place Scotland, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia and Belgium get two. In all, all 55 UEFA associations will have at least one club, with another 46 clubs dropping in from the Champions League or Europa League. In UEFA’s new competition, there will be 184 clubs involved from the start of the four qualifying rounds, with the Premier League representative entering at the last of those qualifying rounds. Tottenham are currently clinging on to that position, but Everton and Arsenal could both pip Spurs to the post on the final day. And some not-so-big teams…Īmong the many things to play for on the Premier League’s final day is the single place for next season’s Europa Conference League.īecause Manchester City won the Carabao Cup, England’s representative in the new UEFA competition will be whichever team finishes seventh in the Premier League. Vitesse will play Rapid Vienna in the knockout round.There are some big teams waiting for the Premier League’s representative in the Europa Conference League. 5 on Sunday when they drew 2-2 with Liverpool in the Premier League. Spurs had three games called off in all competitions due to the outbreak and only played their first match since Dec. UEFA had said earlier the game would not be played as it was unable to find a viable solution to reschedule Thursday's match in London. Rennes later criticised that decision, saying it was taken unilaterally by Spurs and that they reserved the right to appeal to UEFA. The match was called off a day before the fixture after Spurs manager Antonio Conte said eight players and five members of staff had tested positive for covid-19. Spurs were vying with Vitesse Arnhem to finish second in Group G and secure a spot in the playoff round but remained third on seven points after the forfeiture, while Rennes advanced as group winners with 14 points. UEFA said the match would go down as a 3-0 defeat for Spurs, which means they finish third in the group. Tottenham Hotspur have been knocked out of the Europa Conference League after UEFA said on Monday the English club must forfeit their final group game against Rennes following the cancellation of the match due to a covid-19 outbreak at the London side. Tottenham Hotspur have been knocked out of the Europa Conference League after UEFA said on Monday the English club must forfeit their final group game against Rennes.
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