Sportscliffs: Where will the Europa conference league winner get qualification to?
Just like the winner of the Europa League get automatic qualification into the Champions League, where will the winner of the Europa conference league play next season?
The Europa conference league was created by the UEFA to give opportunities for smaller teams in Europe to play European football.
The tournament started in the years 2021/2022 which the first final will be played this year between Roma and Feyenoord.
This is the first of its kind and the final will take place at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania.
How do team get qualification into the Europa conference league?
The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL), colloquially referred to as the UEFA Conference League, is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. It is the third tier of active European club football competitions, after the Champions League and the Europa League.
First contested in the 2021–22 season, the league serves as the bottom level of the existing UEFA Europa League competition, which was reduced from 48 to 32 teams in the group stage. The competition is primarily contested by teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations. No teams qualify directly to the group stage, with 10 teams eliminated in the Europa League play-offs and the rest coming from the Europa Conference League qualifiers.
Where will the winner of the Europa conference League play next season?
Just like the winner of the Europa League will have a chance to play in the UEFA Champions League next season, the winner of the Europa Conference League will get an automatic qualification into Europa League next season unless they qualify for the Champions League.
