Greece is finally in 20th place

The “16” stage in the Champions League, the European League and the Conference League has been completed with matches on Thursday and on Friday (18/3) the “8” draw will take place.

With the teams remaining in the three institutions and continuing their European adventure alongside those that have completed their existence, Greece now also knows where they stand in the UEFA standings in which they will finish the 2022-23 season.

That would be the 20th place no country below ours can now reach as only Lech Poznan from Poland continues in the European Conference League but even if they reach the final of the competition the very difficult thing will not collect 5000 points behind Greece.

Of course, this is not a success, nor does it change anything dramatically for Greece, from the 18th to the 28th place, nothing has changed in terms of which teams go to Europe.

Perhaps the only positive has to do with the fact that Greece will start next year, with five teams going to Europe, from 20th with the initial aim of rising above 18th and then reaching as high as possible given 2024-25. season.

Waiting for announcements from UEFA

UEFA aims to make a lot of changes to its competitions from the 2024-25 season, so no one knows what will happen to the standings, how many teams and in which competition each place will be placed. In fact, not even the simplest script has been revealed about what will happen next.

So we cannot make assumptions. But let’s look at the data for the next season, 2023-24, to understand approximately what will happen.

What each site means for the 2023-24 season

Eleventh and twelfth places

• Champion in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers
• The second in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• Cup winner in the Europa League qualifiers
• Third in the third qualifying round of the European Conference League
• Fourth in the second qualifying round of the European Conference League

Places 13 and 14

• The champion in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• The second in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• Cup winner in the third qualifying round of the Europa League
• Third and fourth places in the second qualifying round of the European League

Fifteenth place

• The champion in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• The second in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• Cup winner in the third qualifying round of the Europa League
• Third and fourth places in the second qualifying round of the European League

The sixteenth and seventeenth places

• The champion in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• Runner-up, third place and cup winner in the second qualifying round of the European Conference League
  * We won’t have a fifth team in Europe and we won’t have a team in the Europa League either

The eighteenth place and below (until the twenty-eighth place, nothing changes)

• The champion in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
• Runner-up, third place and cup winner in the second qualifying round of the European Conference League
  * We won’t have a fifth team in Europe and we won’t have a team in the Europa League either
  * If the cup winner gets a place in the Champions League, the ticket goes to the team that finished higher in the standings.