Victories for Napoli and Juventus within the Champions League on Tuesday night time have pushed Italy up the UEFA Coefficient , that are used to find out which nation receives an additional spot in subsequent season’s competitors.
Juventus and Napoli wins enhance Italy in UEFA rankings
A Scott McTominay-inspired Napoli picked up , whereas Juventus got here from behind to document within the sub-zero temperatures in Northern Norway on Tuesday night time.
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Because of the victories for the 2 Serie A sides, Italy have moved up UEFA’s season affiliation coefficient rating and now sit in third place behind Germany and England. As issues stand, England prepared the ground on 10.166 factors, Germany sit in second on 9.428 and Italy in third on 8.714. Spain are presently fourth on 8.500 factors.
Solely the nations that end the season within the high two will obtain an additional spot in subsequent 12 months’s Champions League.
The scenario might nonetheless change by the top of the week relying on the ends in Wednesday’s Champions League video games and Thursday’s Europa and Convention League fixtures.
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How does the race for an additional Champions League spot work?
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 11: The UEFA Champions League trophy is cleaned as it’s displayed on a plinth together with the pitch previous to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Spherical of 16 Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and Feyenoord at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 11, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Every season, two nations will obtain an extra spot within the following season’s Champions League.
Italy and Germany had been the primary to profit from this variation in rule, and had 5 groups – Inter, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta and Bologna – concerned within the 2024-25 marketing campaign. This season, England and Spain have 5 groups competing within the Champions League, versus their common quota of 4 groups.
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The nations that end the season within the high two of UEFA’s season affiliation coefficient obtain an extra spot within the following version of the Champions League.
The rating is calculated as follows: Every nation will obtain two factors for each sport that one in every of their groups wins, plus some extent for a draw throughout the Champions League, Europa League and Convention League. Half-points are additionally awarded for victories and attracts in qualifying and play-off matches, and bonuses are additionally awarded relying on league desk finishes and development at every knock-out stage.
These factors tallies are then divided by the variety of taking part groups that every nation has competing. For Italy, this season, that quantity is seven. Italy presently has a complete of 61 factors, which, divided by 7, equals their present rating rating of 8.714.