Thanks to Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 victory over PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals this Wednesday, Germany secured second place in this season’s UEFA rankings, which ensures a fifth place next season. edition of the main European club tournament.
With Bayern Munich’s 2-2 draw against Real Madrid on Tuesday and this victory for Dortmund, Germany has 18,357 points and can no longer be caught by France (which can reach a maximum of 18,000) nor by England (in maximum 18,250).
Italy is the leader of this classification with 19,428 points and had already secured the fifth spot for the ‘new Champions’, the updated version of the tournament.
With the change in formula, the Champions League will go from 32 to 36 teams next season in its first phase, which will be made up of a single group with eight rounds. Two of the four additional places are awarded to the two best nations of the European season.
The fifth place in Germany could precisely benefit Borussia Dortmund, which currently occupies fifth place in the Bundesliga, four points behind fourth place (RB Leipzig) and seven points behind third place (Stuttgart), at a time when there are only three left. rounds to the end of the championship.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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