The
Premier League has retained four places in the Champions League for
another year after Juventus, Roma and Lazio all crashed out of Europe last
week.
England's
top flight was in danger of losing a spot after being just three points
ahead of Serie A in last season's rankings, which determined the allocations
for the 2016-17 campaign.
However, Manchester
City's progression to the Champions League quarter-finals at the
expense of Dynamo Kiev – coupled with Liverpool making the Europa League
– means the Premier League has 12.750 points this season compared to
Italy's 11.500.
Italy's
hopes of jumping to third in UEFA's coefficient rankings were dashed when last
season's Champions League finalists Juventus were knocked out at the last-16
stage by Bayern Munich.
Roma
also exited the competition after losing their two-legged tie against Real Madrid,
while Lazio's hopes in the Europa League were ended by Sparta Prague.
Russia's
hopes of leapfrogging France or Portugal into the top six, therefore giving
them two automatic Champions League places, came unstuck after Zenit failed to
progress past Benfica in Europe's top competition.
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