What happens if you win the Conference League?

The winners of the UEFA Europa Conference League will take home a brand new trophy weighing 11kg. Qualification to next season's superior UEFA Europa League is also on offer to the Conference League winners.

What is the point of the European Conference League?

The Europa Conference League is Uefa's new third tier European competition. The idea is to give more clubs from more countries the chance to play European football.

Do you qualify for Champions League if you win the Conference League?

UEFA Europa Conference League prize

The winner will gain a place in the following season's UEFA Europa League group stage if they have not qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their domestic competition.

What happens if Leicester win Conference League?

Winning that competition qualifies them for the Champions League group stages. If Leicester win the Europa Conference League they will automatically qualify for next season's Europa League - another additional European spot.

Is there a Conference League trophy?

The UEFA Europa Conference League trophy stands 57.5cm tall and weighs 11kg. It consists of 32 hexagonal spines – one for each team in the group stage of the competition – that twist and curve from the trophy base.

How does Europa Conference League look like?

The format sees eight groups of four teams, followed by the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. An additional preliminary knockout round is played before the round of 16 between teams ranked second in their groups and the third-ranked teams of the UEFA Europa League groups.

What happens if West Ham win Europa League?

What happens if West Ham win the Europa League and Leicester lose? If West Ham win the Europa League, they will automatically qualify for the Champions League group stage, regardless of where they finish.

Who qualifies for Champions League?

At the start of the season, the top four in the Premier League qualify for the Champions League, while fifth place and the FA Cup winners enter the Europa League. The winners of the Carabao Cup qualify for the Europa Conference League.

Can 8 Premier League teams qualify for Europe?

A maximum of five Premier League teams are eligible for UEFA Champions League qualification.

Does 5th get Champions League?

Champions League and Europa League: Who will qualify in various scenarios? The top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the Champions League, while the FA Cup winners, the Carabao Cup winners and the fifth-placed side in the top flight go into the Europa League.

What happens if a championship team wins FA Cup?

The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup; from its launch in 1960 until 1998, they entered the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup instead). This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight.

What happens if Chelsea win Champions League and finish 5th?

Well, if Chelsea win the Champions League and finish fourth, nothing happens. But if they finish fifth, they would join the top four in next season's competition.

What happens if you finish 3rd in Europa League?

There is another option, which if you finish 3rd in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, you will qualify for the last 32 in the Europa League, and the 3rd option is when a club which being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League 3rd round (Into the UEFA Europa League Playoff Round).

What happens if you win Europa League?

Reward for winning the Europa League is a place in the Champions League group stages the next season. There are several ways English sides can qualify for the Europa League. A fifth-placed finish in the Premier League guarantees a place in the group stages, as does victory in the FA Cup.

Is Europa Conference League better than Europa League?

The Europa Conference League marks an opportunity for more teams around Europe to play one another. It is essentially a third-tier European Competition, behind the Champions League and Europa League.

Can England get 5 Champions League places?

The maximum any country can have playing in the Champions League is five. Only England, Spain, Germany and Italy can possibly enter five teams as they are the top four associations in Uefa and are awarded the four coveted spots.

How does UCL draw work?

A club is drawn from each pot to determine what the matchups would be, with the conditions that a winner and runner-up who played in the same group in the previous round cannot be drawn together again and that clubs from the same domestic league cannot play one another.

What happens if a team wins the Champions League and gets top 4?

Chelsea win the Champions League, but finish outside the top four. Chelsea would qualify for the Champions League, and England would have five teams in next season's competition. The fourth place team in the Premier League would retain their qualification to the Champions League.

Are West Ham still in the Europa League?

A sixth-placed finish in the 2020/21 Premier League earned West Ham a first appearance in the group stage of a UEFA competition. In each of their last two continental campaigns, in 2015/16 and 2016/17, they were eliminated in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase by Romanian club Astra Giurgiu.

Does Europa League losers go into Conference League?

As mentioned by ChronicleLive, clubs that lose in the play-off round of the Europa League enter the Europa Conference League group stage, whilst clubs who finish third in their Europa League group also enter the competition in the knockout stage.

Is Tottenham out of the Conference League?

However, due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the club, UEFA did not reschedule the match and later ruled it a Tottenham forfeit, logging it as a 3-0 loss for the English side. That left Spurs stuck in third place and officially out of the inaugural Conference League.