{"id":8876,"date":"2023-09-18T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/?p=8876"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:44:58","slug":"issue-22-which-leagues-will-earn-an-extra-champions-league-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/issue-22-which-leagues-will-earn-an-extra-champions-league-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 22 &#8211; Which leagues will earn an extra Champions League place?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='background: #ffffff; padding:30px; background-color:#ffffff; border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible pop-up av-styling-no-styling    avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-8511 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8511 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header.png\" alt='' title='The Gauge header' height=\"558\" width=\"3882\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header.png 3882w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-1030x148.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-768x110.png 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-1536x221.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-2048x294.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-1500x216.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Gauge-header-705x101.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3882px) 100vw, 3882px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#0a0a0a;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Which leagues will earn an extra Champions League place?<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#0a0a0a'><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:20px; color:#0a0a0a; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36 teams will compete in the 2024\/25 UEFA Champions League\u2019s newly-formed \u2018league stage\u2019, four more than today. Two of these new places will be awarded to the associations with the best collective performance by their clubs this season in Europe, meaning clubs face the tantalising prospect of an unexpected \u2018back door\u2019 qualification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very likely that England will secure one of these spots. Our modelling estimates a 91% chance that fifth place in the Premier League will qualify a team for the Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second spot is up for grabs, but Italy and Germany are currently front runners at around 40% each. Spain\u2019s chances have been hurt by Osasuna\u2019s early exit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An extra spot opens the door for overachieving clubs like Brighton and Freiburg to access Europe\u2019s riches, with UEFA forecasting a roughly 30% increase in prize money as well as distributions less weighted to historic performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-8877 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8877 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='champ' height=\"2023\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-1030x814.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-1536x1214.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-2048x1618.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-1500x1185.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/champ-705x557.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:30px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;\"><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aurelnazmiu\/\">Aurel Nazmiu<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;\">Data Science\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-circle    avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-left '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-8873 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8873 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9c88ae20-395f-f147-bd75-52758c8335f8.png\" alt='' title='9c88ae20-395f-f147-bd75-52758c8335f8' height=\"100\" width=\"100\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9c88ae20-395f-f147-bd75-52758c8335f8.png 100w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9c88ae20-395f-f147-bd75-52758c8335f8-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9c88ae20-395f-f147-bd75-52758c8335f8-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>36 teams will compete in the 2024\/25 UEFA Champions League\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Issue 22 - Which leagues will earn an extra Champions League place? 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