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๐Ÿ“ˆ 13 teams with the highest chances to reach ANY league stage of UEFA competitions (๐Ÿ”ต UCL ๐ŸŸ  UEL ๐ŸŸข UECL).

Of teams shown, only ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Fenerbahรงe are ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Benfica are NOT champions of their leagues.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ A double safety net makes it very unlikely that any champion of a Top 30 league that reached UCL Q2 will miss out on league stage football.

*teams that are already 100% qualified are not shown

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full details on projected paths and seedings for all 237 teams available in our ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Simulator

๐Ÿšจ Updated daily in real time
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โ˜ ๏ธ Teams with the highest risk of experiencing โŒโŒโŒ triple elimination and missing out on league stage football entirely:

52% ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Lincoln Red Imps
50% Larne
35% ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Egnatia
33% ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Iberia
30% ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Gornik Zabrze
27% ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Kauno ลฝalgiris
18% ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Hearts
16% ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด KI Klaksvik
...

๐Ÿ“Š Chart shows the probability to reach the league stage, so the risk to miss out is = 100% - probability shown.

*The fact that someone has >50% chance of reaching league stages doesn't mean they will be enter our final league stage projections. Those projections look each round separately as a deterministic cascade ๐Ÿ‘‰ assume Top 50% in each round to progress, and Bottom 50% to be eliminated.

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Gornik Zabrze is one example of that. They are currently an underdog in all of the rounds they could play, but overall have 70% that they'll pass at least one.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full details on projected paths and seedings for all 237 teams available in our ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Simulator

๐Ÿšจ Updated daily in real time
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Following teams are already 100% they will be seeded in ๐ŸŸ  UEL PO draw (happens before Q3 is played):

โœ… ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Salzburg
โœ… ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Rangers
โœ… ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Viktoria Plzen
100% ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jagiellonia*

There are multiple teams that will be 100% seeded if they survive ๐ŸŸ  UEL Q2 round:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Benfica
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Qarabag
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Midtjylland
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท PAOK
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Pafos
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Maccabi TA
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Anderlecht
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Ferencvaros
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sheriff

*There is a theoretical scenario in which Jagiellonia could end up unseeded in UEL PO but it would require an extraordinary number of high coeff teams losing in UCL Q2 + Jaga drawing Ferencvaros/Twente + Twente winning. That series of scenarios happened exactly 0 times in tens of thousands sims we ran.

PO draw is before Q3 is played, so all teams that end up in ๐ŸŸ  UEL Q3 (champions or main path) and ๐Ÿ”ต UCL Q3 (champions path only) will 100% participate in ๐ŸŸ  UEL PO draw.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full details on seeding probabilities for all 237 teams available in our...

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Who said 3rd place matches are boring?
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Harry Kane ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ could have won the Golden Boot had he started this match.
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It's a tradition that 3rd place matches on ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US soil are 4-0 at half time.
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Absolute cinema of the game!

England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ earn their first podium finish since 1966. ๐Ÿฅ‰
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Mbappรฉ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท with two goals and one assist jumps firmly to the top of the โšฝ Golden Boot rankings!

To win the Boot ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Messi now needs:

1๏ธโƒฃ a hattrick in the final OR
2๏ธโƒฃ two goals + one assist OR
3๏ธโƒฃ two goals in less than 55 mins on the pitch

To win the Golden Boot :
96% ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Mbappรฉ
4% ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Messi
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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Michael Olise ends the World Cup with a whopping seven assists, breaking ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Pele's World Cup record!

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Messi would need to get 3 assists in the final to overtake him.
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Only ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท v ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ left to be played.

Winner of the final will get the ๐Ÿ† and appropriately the #1 place in official world ranking for July 2026.

๐Ÿ’ฅ Live FIFA ranking (as of 19 July):

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท 1970
2๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 1966
3๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 1949 ๐ŸŸฐ
4๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 1923 (โž• 33.4)
5๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท 1805
6๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 1804
7๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น 1788
8๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช 1778
9๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 1776
1โƒฃ0โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ 1754
1โƒฃ1โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด 1740
1โƒฃ2โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 1726
1โƒฃ3โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท 1723
1โƒฃ4โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 1711
1โƒฃ5โƒฃ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 1705
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Position map of Olise's 20 shots at this World Cup from Fotmob.

Remarkable how none of them finished in the net.
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๐Ÿ EURO 2028 qualifying pots will be determined by positions in UEFA Nations League 2026.

๐ŸŒ Projected pots:

Pot 1: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท
Pot 2: ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Pot 3: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑโ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช
Pot 4: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Pot 5: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ (Pot 5 locked ๐Ÿ”’)

โœ… 12 group winners and 8 best runners-up qualify directly.

โณ Remaining 4 runners-up and 4-9 UNL group winners that finished outside Top 2 in qualifying will go to Playoffs.

๐ŸŸ๏ธ Hosts ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช WILL participate in qualifiers, two automatic spots are reserved for them in case they don't qualify directly.

How many automatic spots they use will determine the number of UNL teams that enter the Playoffs.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full analysis of seeding probabilities for EURO 2028 in our ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Simulator
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xG after 64 mins:

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 0.34
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท 0.00
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Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท had 0 shots in 90+ minutes of regulation time in the World Cup final.
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Of the last 6 World Cup finals, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท v ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia (2018) is the only one decided in 90 minutes.
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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain once again hold the title of World and European champions simultaneously! ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†

This was one of the most one-sided World Cup finals in history.
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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain's path to the World Cup title ๐Ÿ† :

๐Ÿค 0-0 v ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป CPV
โœ… 4-0 v ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ KSA
โœ… 1-0 v ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ URU
โœ… 3-0 v ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น AUT
โœ… 1-0 v ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น POR
โœ… 2-1 v ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช BEL
โœ… 2-0 v ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท FRA
โœ… 1-0 v ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ARG
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Luis de la Fuente's record since becoming head coach of ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain:

2023 ๐Ÿ† UEFA Nations League
2024 ๐Ÿ† UEFA EURO
2025 ๐Ÿฅˆ UEFA Nations League
2026 ๐Ÿ† FIFA World Cup

He lost only 2 of his 49 matches as the coach of ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ.

Absolute masterclass.
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Kylian Mbappรฉ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท is the winner of the Golden Boot!

v ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ โšฝโšฝ
v ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ โšฝโšฝ
v ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ
v ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช โšฝโšฝ
v ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ โšฝ
v ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โšฝ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ
v ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ โž–
v ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โšฝโšฝ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ
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For the first time since the reform of European cups in 2021 there will be no pre-draw groupings in ๐Ÿ”ต UCL Q3 champions path draw!
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Unlike UCL Q3, UEFA decided to keep the groupings for ๐ŸŸ  UEL Q3 draw.

Here they are.