UEFA met on Thursday to notably take stock of the European club cups next season. If no date has yet been formalized for the end of the season and the next, the Union of European Football Associations has specified the system for allocating seats next season in the event of the championships being stopped due to the pandemic. of coronavirus.
The best classified in qualified championship
Tickets for the Champions League and the Europa League must be allocated by the National Leagues to “sporting merit” on the current year. Clearly, it will be necessary to refer to the current classification of Ligue 1. PSG (1st), Marseille (2nd) and Rennes (3rd) would get their sesames for the Champions League. Lille (4th) will qualify for the group stage of the Europa League. The other two places in the Europa League returning to Reims (5th) and Nice (6th).
Nothing for Saint-Etienne and Lyon
Contrary to the scenario mentioned a few weeks ago, the finalists of the national cups will therefore not be qualified in the Europa League next season even if PSG, their opponent in the final, is already qualified in the Champions League by the championship. In other words, Saint Etienne (17th) finalist of the French Cup and Lyon (7th) finalist in the League cup will be without European qualification in the event of failure to resume from Ligue 1.