Not quite
by HTownND (2019-05-28 16:44:15)
Edited on 2019-05-28 17:57:09

In reply to: Are you guy’s reading his question wrong?  posted by DakotaDomer

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See the link:

"Should Arsenal fail to claim the Champions League spot on offer for winning the Europa League, that place would then go to the third-placed Ligue 1 side who usually have to go through a qualifying round to reach the lucrative group stages.

The winners of the Europa League go straight into the group stages.

This wouldn’t be the first time that Lyon have benefitted this way, either. They also got straight into the group stages last season because Atletico Madrid won the Europa League."

Lyon is in, the only question is whether they go straight to the group stages or not.

If Lyon goes to the group stages, because Arsenal lost, then there are changes to the qualifying rounds.

I don't think someone gets bumped if Arsenal win, it just changes who jumps to the group stage and who stays in the qualifying stages.

There is also this, from Wikipedia:

Wikipedia Article on 2019/2020 UCL

"England (ENG): The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League will be a team from England. If the already-qualified Chelsea win, the following changes to the access list will be made:
Lyon (France) enter the group stage instead of the third qualifying round.
İstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey) and LASK Linz (Austria) enter the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round."


Right now, it's this
Chelsea - qualified for group stages because of 3rd place finish in EPL
Lyon - qualified for the third qualifying round by finishing 3rd in Ligue 1
Basaksehir and Lask Linz - qualified for the second qualifying round by finishing 2nd in the Turkish league and 2nd in the Austrian Bundesliga.

If Chelsea win
They have already qualified for the group stages. However, they'd move to Pot 1 as a result of winning. There would be an open group stage spot that would go to Lyon. Because Lyon would be moving out of the third qualifying round, it would bump up Basaksehir and Lask into that round.

If Arsenal win
Chelsea stays in the group stages (not pot 1)
Lyon stays in third qualifying round
Basaksehir and Lask stay in second qualifying round
Arsenal qualify for UCL group stage in pot 1


Basically, they have a blank group stage spot for the Europa Winner right now. If Chelsea win, it moves people up. If Arsenal win, they fill the spot. No one gets bumped out by Arsenal winning.



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