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Nice try by HTownND

I appreciate the effort.

I brought up the PL for two reasons

1) Arsenal is in the PL (along with Chelsea). And qualifying usually, is tied to your league and table position based on the strength of the league.

2) The example that everyone thinks of, when a "specific" team was pushed out of the UCL was when Chelsea won the UCL and pushed Tottenham, the specific team that finished 4th in the PL that year and had, by definition, qualified for the UCL qualifying rounds because of that. When Chelsea won, it took away the 4th spot for the PL.

That's why I brought the PL up, because I'm assuming that the OP was referencing that specific example.

However, as has been noted, UEFA changed the rules after that happened.

So now, if Arsenal wins, no one is affected, and everyone goes to the spot they qualified for based on their league position, thus answering his question. I didn't read it wrong, I referenced the previous example that his question was addressing.

But hey, I'm game to keep going here. The question and answer are clear here.