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The finale of the Premier League European Games? 6 teams play in the Champions League + 3 teams lock in the seat, and 10 teams play in the three major cups

12:13am, 19 May 2025【Football】

Because the Premier League's European competition technical points dominate the top of the five major leagues this season, they won 5 direct UEFA Champions League places. In addition, two Premier League teams advanced to the UEFA Champions League finals and obtained another direct UEFA Champions League place. That is to say, next season, there will be 6 teams participating in the Champions League at the same time. This is the first time in the history of the Champions League. The Premier League has created a new history. I remember that in the 2017/18 season, five teams participated in the Champions League for the first time. It was also the Premier League that set a record and all reached the top 16 knockout stages. The strength of the first league in football is so domineering. Although there are only the last two rounds of the Premier League this season, only two teams have qualified for the Champions League in advance. One is Liverpool, which has locked the Premier League champion in advance. The second is one of the two Premier League teams in the UEFA Cup final (the winner of Manchester United and Tottenham, ranked fourth and fifth from the bottom in the league). Because the UEFA Cup champion directly enters the Champions League group stage.

Currently, the teams with the second to eighth points in the Premier League have only 6 points, and 7 teams compete for the last 4 Champions League seats. In theory, which teams may be eliminated or advanced, so let's see which teams can stay in the top five points at the end of the season; the final sixth is to play in the Europa League, and the seventh is to play in the Europa League. The league ranking will not be announced until the last round.

As Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final, it won the championship in an upset, and according to the rules, it directly won an Europa League place, that is, the UEFA Cup place will be participated by the FA Cup champion + the sixth in the Premier League. On May 17, the Premier League officially confirmed that 9 teams have been confirmed to be qualified for the European competition in the new season (6 seats in the Champions League + 2 seats in the Europa League + seventh in the Premier League), and in theory, this number may be extended to up to 10 teams! The European stage next season may be held in the grand event of the Premier League’s “Ten Nations Melee”.

However, we must obtain almost impossible conditions at the same time, namely, the top eight in the Premier League + FA Cup champion + UEFA Champions League. Originally, the seventh place in the Premier League plays into the Europa League, and the eighth place in the Premier League (and to meet this condition, Newcastle and Chelsea join forces to complete it). First, Newcastle won the British League Cup championship, so it was qualified to go directly to the Europa League. The league was finally ranked seventh (the eighth place in the Premier League plays into the Europa League), and Chelsea ranked sixth; second, Chelsea entered the Europa League final, if they won the championship, they would get a direct qualification for an Europa League; if these three conditions were met at the same time, then the Premier League would get an extra UEFA quota, and there would be a feat of 10 teams participating in the European Games at the same time. Will such a miracle happen?