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This season’s Scottish Premiership runners-up will still enter the Champions League in the second qualifying round.
If they win their first qualifying match, they will be guaranteed at least a place in the Europa League.
This will change from 2026-27.
Second place will only get a place in the second qualifying round of the Conference League.
The Scottish Cup carries a place in the Europa League, which will move to runners-up if the winner finishes in the top two.
But that will be in the first qualifying round in mid-July, that is, before two rounds of this season and four matches in the league stage.
It will become more difficult for the heroes as well.
Currently, they join the play-off round and only need to win one tie to reach the Champions League. If they lose it, they will be guaranteed a place in the Europa League.
Next season’s champions are scheduled to enter the second qualifying round in the 2027-2028 season, which means they must win three matches to reach the league stage.
There is no automatic safety net for the Europa League either.
It would be possible for the champions to lose in successive qualifying rounds for all three competitions.
That will be the second round of the Champions League, the third round of the Europa League and then the playoff round of the Conference League.
The champions could miss out on league football altogether.
Cyprus and Denmark are set to benefit, as their coefficients this season have been boosted by their best ever European campaigns.
They will get two places in the Champions League instead, with Austria being the other country to fall out of the top 15.
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