Find out which Premier League teams have qualified for Europe

The Premier League play is over, with places successful the UEFA Champions League (UCL), UEFA Europa League (UEL) and UEFA Conference League (UCoL) decided.

Yet determination were a full big of clauses and considerations that affected wherever the places person gone.

First of all, the Premier League will person 5 teams successful the UCL adjacent season aft it secured 1 of the other places for show by clubs crossed the 3 competitions.

But what happened with the places reserved for the home cups?

What does it mean that Tottenham Hotspur won the UEL? And what if Chelsea assistance the UCoL trophy?

Here's your usher to European qualification successful the Premier League.

What's the accustomed allocation for the Premier League?

At the commencement of each season, the Premier League's European allocation is for 7 teams:

Champions League: Places 1-4
Europa League: 5, FA Cup winners
Conference League: Carabao Cup winners

But present there's an other spot successful the Champions League?

The two leagues with the champion acceptable of corporate results successful European contention get a 5th squad successful the Champions League done the European Performance Spots (EPS).

It was confirmed connected April 8 -- done Arsenal's 3-0 win implicit Real Madrid -- that the Premier League volition get 1 of the 2 EPS.

The other spot goes to 5th successful the league.

For 2024-25 season, to suffice for Europe the allocation is now:

Champions League: 1-5 (Liverpool and Arsenal are confirmed)
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: Carabao Cup winners

What happens to the EPS if a Premier League squad wins a European competition?

The EPS is applied aft each considerations related to the winners of home cups and the 3 European competitions.

In each circumstances, the EPS provides a plus-1 to a league's allocation -- truthful the Premier League volition person 9 teams arsenic it stands. It could yet beryllium 10...

So 9 due to the fact that Spurs won the Europa League?

Yes, Spurs bushed Man United 1-0 successful the last of the Europa League, with the winners earning a spot successful the Champions League for adjacent season.

Spurs finished 17th, truthful not a European presumption domestically, and they person the close to play successful the UCL arsenic UEL titleholders. This is not astatine the disbursal of different Premier League team, it's successful addition.

This guarantees determination volition beryllium nine Premier League clubs successful Europe, and six successful the Champions League.

Champions League: 1-5, Tottenham arsenic UEL winners
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: Carabao Cup winners

What does Newcastle winning the Carabao Cup mean?

Newcastle United were guaranteed astatine slightest a spot successful the Conference League aft they bushed Liverpool 2-1 successful the Carabao Cup last connected March 16.

However, due to the fact that they finished fifth, to suffice for the UCL, the Conference League spot is fixed to seventh.

Champions League: 1-5, Tottenham arsenic UEL winners
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners
Conference League: 7

How astir the FA Cup?

Crystal Palace bushed Manchester City successful the FA Cup final. (stream a replay connected ESPN+ successful the U.S.)

Palace suffice for the Europa League and arsenic they are successful 12th, the league places are unaltered:

Champions League: 1-5, Tottenham arsenic UEL winners
Europa League: 6, Crystal Palace arsenic FA Cup winners
Conference League: 7

If Man City had won the FA Cup and finished successful the apical six, the Europa League spot for the FA Cup would person transferred to seventh successful the league.

What if Chelsea triumph the Conference League?

As Chelsea finished successful 4th place, triumph implicit Real Betis successful the Conference League last connected Wednesday cannot interaction the Premier League's European allocation.

The winners of the Conference League get a spot successful the Europa League, but Chelsea volition beryllium successful the Champions League.

Isn't determination a clause successful lawsuit Chelsea suffice for the Champions League?

Yes. If Chelsea triumph the Conference League, they tin take which contention they play successful adjacent season: The UCL oregon the UEL arsenic European titleholders.

Of course, there's nary uncertainty that Chelsea volition instrumentality up the spot successful the Champions League, truthful wherefore does this clause exist?

It's to screen a squad from 1 of Europe's lower-ranked leagues winning the Conference League. If they instrumentality up their home UCL spot successful the qualifying rounds they wouldn't beryllium guaranteed to play successful the UEL, oregon adjacent a European league signifier astatine each depending wherever they commencement qualifying. If they consciousness making the UCL league signifier done qualifying is tough, they tin opt to instrumentality the automatic spot successful the UEL league signifier earned by winning the Conference League.

So what's the last breakdown?

Champions League: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle
Europa League: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace
Conference League: Nottingham Forest

Hypothetical: How determination could beryllium 7 English teams successful the Champions League

Seven:
The apical 4 spots (4)
The other spot for the EPS (1)
The winners of the Champions League (1)
The winners of the Europa League (1)

The winners of the UCL and UEL would person to decorativeness extracurricular the apical 4 to make the other UCL allocation.

As determination is nary Premier League squad successful the Champions League final, the maximum this play is six.

Hypothetical: How 11 Premier League clubs could suffice for Europe

Each European titleholder is guaranteed a spot successful Europe. As above, if immoderate squad finishes successful a European spot domestically, determination is nary further place. However, if a squad does not suffice from home competition, it's an other spot for the titleholders connected apical of the league allocation -- adjacent if each 3 were to bash so.

So that means it's possible, though highly improbable, for the Premier League to person 11 teams successful Europe, including the EPS.

Champions League: 1-5, UCL winners, UEL winners
Europa League: 6, FA Cup winners, UCoL winners
Conference League: Carabao Cup winners

Hypothetical: How ninth, 10th and 11th could suffice for Europe

For this to hap a European rubric victor would request to decorativeness eighth.

So, the Conference League winners decorativeness successful eighth spot -- 1 beneath the Conference League spot earlier the EPS is added. The squad plays successful the Europa League arsenic Conference League winners, and the Premier League has 8 teams successful Europe.

Champions League: 1-4
Europa League: 5, 6, UCoL winners (8)
Conference League: 7

Now the EPS is applied with 5th successful the UCL, and arsenic this creates the plus-1 successful each scenarios determination are present 9 teams successful Europe. The European places driblet down one, but arsenic the Conference League winners already person a spot successful the Europa League, the Conference League spot "jumps" implicit them and goes to ninth.

Champions League: 1-5
Europa League: 6, 7, UCoL winners (8)
Conference League: 9

The aforesaid EPS logic tin beryllium applied to propulsion the allocation down 2 oregon 3 places successful the league.

It requires aggregate European titleholders to beryllium successful consecutive places extracurricular the home spots, to make 2 oregon 3 "jumps."

This is the effect of 2 teams winning European titles and finishing eighth and ninth -- 10th gets the Conference League spot aft the EPS is applied.

Champions League: 1-5, UEL winners (9)
Europa League: 6, 7, UCoL winners (8)
Conference League: 10

Add successful the UCL winners finishing successful a consecutive place, and 11th gets the Conference League.

Champions League: 1-5, UCL winners (8), UEL winners (10)
Europa League: 6, 7, UCoL winners (9)
Conference League: 11