++ [ originally posted by John #10 ] ++
Whats each nations coeficcient?
Why should the team be seeded on a basis of there teams in its nations??
From uefa.com
COEFFICIENTS
Associations, clubs, access list
• Calculation system
The allocation of places per association for both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup is made in accordance with a table of performances covering the previous five UEFA club competition seasons (ie. UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup).
This table (UEFA association coefficient rankings) is compiled annually, with the oldest season dropped each time for the purpose of the calculation. The table is compiled as follows: two points for a win (one point for qualifying round matches), one point for a draw (half point for qualifying round matches) and no points for a defeat.
Qualifying round results are taken into account only for the calculation of the association’s coefficient.
Until the 2003/04 season, clubs which reached the quarter-finals, semi-finals or final of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup were awarded an extra point for each round. In addition, one point was awarded for participation in the UEFA Champions League.
From the 2004/05 season, clubs which reach the first knock-out round, quarter-finals, semi-finals or final of the UEFA Champions League or the quarter-finals, semi-finals or final of the UEFA Cup are awarded an extra point for each round. In addition, three points are awarded for participation in the UEFA Champions League.
Results obtained in the UEFA Intertoto Cup do not count for the coefficient rankings determining the number of places in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
The points obtained each season by the clubs representing a national association are added, then divided by the combined number of clubs from the said association having taken part in the two UEFA club competitions in question to produce the coefficient value of the national association concerned. Points obtained in the UEFA Intertoto Cup are exempt from this stipulation. Coefficients are calculated to the thousandth, and not rounded up.
Points are awarded only for matches which have actually been played, in accordance with the results ratified by UEFA. Kicks from the penalty mark to determine which club qualifies or to determine the winners of a tie do not affect the actual result of the match.
• Club coefficient
The club coefficient, which is used for seeding purposes is made of the number of points obtained by the said club in the three UEFA club competitions over the last five seasons plus 33 percent of its national association coefficient. Qualifying round matches are not taken into account as far as individual club performances are concerned.
• Access list
The access list determines how many clubs per country will enter a club competition and at which stage.
Places in the UEFA Champions League are allocated as follows:
- title-holders
- three associations with four participants each
- three associations with three participants each
- nine associations with two participants each
- and the remaining associations with one participant each
Places in the UEFA Cup are allocated as follows:
- title-holders
- two associations with four participants each
- 12 associations with three participants each
- three associations with one participant each
- remaining associations with two participants each
- three clubs on the basis of UEFA’s Fair Play assessment
- as well as three clubs from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
- the 16 clubs eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, which join the UEFA Cup in the first round
- and the eight clubs which finish the first group stage of the UEFA Champions League in third place in their group, which join the UEFA Cup in the third round.
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