Italy leads Uefa’s coefficient rankings by a wide margin, thus Germany and England are fighting it out for the second of the two open berths.
Germany had a slim advantage going into this week, despite England having five teams remaining in the quarterfinals of the three European club competitions, while Germany only had three.
With both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund making it to the final four, that stance has just become stronger.
This meant that the two scored three coefficient points apiece this week—two for winning and an additional point for making it through. After dividing those points by the number of German clubs who qualified for Europe this season—seven—the result is 17.642.
Because penalties are not taken into account when calculating coefficients, England has only accrued one point this week—a point that must be divided by eight—despite the fact that their chances of qualifying for the Champions League were ended by Manchester City’s loss to Real Madrid. The match came to a deadlock at the end. At 16:875, it leaves England.
