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Champions League sprint, the UEFA ranking updated

Head between Italy and Spain to end up behind England and earn an additional place in Europe that counts. Here is the situation after the last games played – the war between Italy and Spain

A long sprint until May with an additional place up for grabs in the next Champions League, a true treasure both for those who will be able to grab the precious coupon and for the championship of origin. The first part of the season designed a UEFA ranking ranking that seems armored in the first place, in the hands of the English Premier League, which in the progressive detachment of the French and Ligue1 French Bundesliga.

In the middle there are Italy and Spain, engaged in a very hard head each. How does it work? The mechanism is simple: each game generates a score (2 points for the victory and one for the draw except in the playoffs in which the value halves) which is divided by the number of teams registered at the beginning of the year. In the case of Serie A there are 8 while for the Liga there are 7. The same goes for the passage bonuses on duty. The result is a ranking that updates after each round. Here is the one after the matches of April 9, 2025:

England – 24.535

Spain – 21,964

Italy – 20,187

Germany – 17,921

France – 16,500

Portugal – 16,250

Belgium – 15,650

Holland – 15,250

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