CL draw Automated

East Level 2 said:
uefa.com suggests otherwise. The Europa Conference draw structure implies top eight qualify then play-offs for 9th to 24th. That means 16 teams, and the next round is "round of 16" so there is nowhere to insert the CL cast-offs. This also applies in the Europa League.
It looks like teams losing the play-offs go out along with teams finishing 25th to 36th.
Teams losing qualifying games before the league stage drop into other competitions.
Please note: uefa.com doesn't specifically say those losing in the post-league play-offs go out, but there is nothing to suggest they drop to another tournament.
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There is no dropping into any other competition if you go out of the CL groups from now on.
 
East Level 2 said:
uefa.com suggests otherwise. The Europa Conference draw structure implies top eight qualify then play-offs for 9th to 24th. That means 16 teams, and the next round is "round of 16" so there is nowhere to insert the CL cast-offs. This also applies in the Europa League.
It looks like teams losing the play-offs go out along with teams finishing 25th to 36th.
Teams losing qualifying games before the league stage drop into other competitions.
Please note: uefa.com doesn't specifically say those losing in the post-league play-offs go out, but there is nothing to suggest they drop to another tournament.
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This is correct.

They don't drop into another tournament from the league stages, but they did from the qualifying rounds.

1-8 go to the last 16, 9-24 go to a play-off round for the right to join them. The bottom 12 are out and have no fall-back. All three competitions run to that same format.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
That's right. Top 8 will automatically qualify for the round of 16 with the teams who finish 9th-24th entering a two legged playoff for the reminding 8 places.

The teams who lose the playoff go into the Europa league knockouts while teams finishing 25th and below are kicked out of Europe all together.

Round of 16 will be seeded so if you finish top of the league phase you will play the 16th seeded team 2nd will play 15th and so on
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And the rest of the route to the final is also known, bit like the World Cup draw, Wimbledon, etc. The incentive is to finish as high up the 36 team league as possible to get the easiest knock out draw.

Also, some teams may have to play more than one fixture against teams from the same country, there's provision for than depending on how the draw goes.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Really? That not how sky reported it(daft fuckers)

So we only play a team once in the group stage and we face 2 teams from pot 1 pot 2 ect?
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Yes. No benefit in being in pot 1 - everyone plays two teams from each pot, one at home and one away.
 
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