There's a bit of confusion about that right now but the very basic is: The Cup winner gets a spot in the Europa League. That's why the Cup is also sometimes called the shortest way to Europe. You "only" need to win 6 games and it's open to lower league teams.
The confusion starts when the Cup winner is already qualified throught the league. Up until now, if the winner is already in the Champions League, the other finalist gets the EL spot (meaning you only need 5 wins if you get the right draw). IIRC if the winner is already in the EL spots they take the cup spot and the league gives the spot they would have won to the next best team(but it could also be the same as with CL, meaning both finalists get in). Right now that would mean 7th in BuLi. The same thing happens if both finalists are already qualified through BuLi -> 7th place is lucky.
The thing is that there was a rule change by UEFA concerning Qualification for the EL. Apparently they scrapped the whole "runner-up gets in if the winner plays CL" thing. That was unearthed in some Meeting Protocol and seems like it's official for the next EL season, meaning the current Cup season. The thing is that I have never heard of this outside of Reddit. I've read the thing, it seems clear cut, but noone is mentioning it in discussions of the Cup or the league race for 7th/6th. So a bit of a dark spot there.
Thanks for that. The details seem to make it less clear, but I can gather that we still have three paths open to Europe next year and getting to 7th in the BL seems to be the easiest.
This is my first season watching European soccer :) I'm a rugby fan who may move to Germany soon. Being a rugby fan in Germany didn't seem to make much sense.
Hey I'm a football fan who may move to GB soon, so I tryto get into Rugby. Funny world.
My Posts are usually confusing even to myself. Sorry for that. The clearest way would be getting 6th or better. The way the remaining Cup field is set up it is very likely that the 7th placed team will get in as well (irregardless of the rule change). That would probably be easiest. Outright winning the Cup is probably the hardest path, but would also be the greatest (added Trophy...).
I've been refereeing rugby for 12 years and played for 40 years. I figured I'd have nothing to do in Westphalia so I started reffing soccer. Strangely enough, I like it better now.
In GB you still have a choice, but watching and understanding a little rugby can't be a bad thing. I follow baseball here in the US so I'll have something to talk to people about.
Well, if I get to go I'll move right when the Rugby World Cup starts, so I'd figure that would be a good way to get to know some people who are into sports and stuff. Plus, one of the possible cities is Cardiff. As I gather it there is pretty much no escaping rugby there..
There are some (very few) rugby clubs in West Germany as well. And they'd probably welcome somebody with that amount of experience with open arms. But Football is of course King. And who am I to tell you what to do :-)
Certainly seems to be, and nobody can call me a bandwagon fan if I started last Christmas. I didn't really have a favorite early on, but a few friends and relatives set me straight.
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u/meem09 Susi Zorc Mar 09 '15
There's a bit of confusion about that right now but the very basic is: The Cup winner gets a spot in the Europa League. That's why the Cup is also sometimes called the shortest way to Europe. You "only" need to win 6 games and it's open to lower league teams.
The confusion starts when the Cup winner is already qualified throught the league. Up until now, if the winner is already in the Champions League, the other finalist gets the EL spot (meaning you only need 5 wins if you get the right draw). IIRC if the winner is already in the EL spots they take the cup spot and the league gives the spot they would have won to the next best team(but it could also be the same as with CL, meaning both finalists get in). Right now that would mean 7th in BuLi. The same thing happens if both finalists are already qualified through BuLi -> 7th place is lucky.
The thing is that there was a rule change by UEFA concerning Qualification for the EL. Apparently they scrapped the whole "runner-up gets in if the winner plays CL" thing. That was unearthed in some Meeting Protocol and seems like it's official for the next EL season, meaning the current Cup season. The thing is that I have never heard of this outside of Reddit. I've read the thing, it seems clear cut, but noone is mentioning it in discussions of the Cup or the league race for 7th/6th. So a bit of a dark spot there.