Spiller Stoke seg til finalen, vil de automatisk kvalifisere seg for Europaligaen neste år. Den eneste betingelsen er at Man U og Man C kommer blant de 6 beste i Premier League. Akkurat det skal mye til at ikke skjer slik ståa er i PL pr. i dag. Dette i flg BBC sin blogg (og jeg tar intet ansvar for feil her):
Now then, the draw for the FA Cup semi-final also has another connotation... by our calculations, it looks very unlikely that sixth place will now be good enough for Europa League qualification. We think Bolton or Stoke are guaranteed a Europe League place courtesy of an FA Cup final appearance, provided their opponent - Man City or Man Utd - finishes in the top six of the Premier League. Now, England get an extra place in the Europa League if Man City or Liverpool win it, only if they don't qualify by some other means (i.e fifth place takes precedent over winning Europa League), while there is, of course, an extra Europa League place for the team that wins the Fair Play League. But, as it stands, you'll need to finish top five if you want to qualify for Europe this season. We, erm, think.
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