Portugal with six teams in UEFA
6/3/2010

Portugal has guaranteed the presence of six teams in the 2011/2012 UEFA European cups, after Sporting beat Everton last week, together with the elimination of all three Dutch teams and both Turkish ones.

Whilst FC Porto, in the Champions League, and Benfica and Sporting, in UEFA Cup, remain in the European competitions, Holland lost all three of its teams in one week, with Ajax, PSV and Twente being knocked out of the UEFA tournaments. Turkey were also left without representatives as Galatasaray and Fenerbache lost their fixtures.

After the final 32 of the UEFA Cup ended last week, Portugal kept its ninth position in the UEFA rankings, with 36,962 points, ahead of Holland (36,546) and Turkey (34,350), who no longer have teams competing in European championships this year. Greece are the closest followers of Portugal (12th position with 29,899 points) and still have teams competing in the UEFA tournaments, Olympiakos in the Champions League and Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup.

Portugal’s rankings can still progress further as Ukraine and Romania, seventh and eighth respectively, no longer have teams representing their countries in the UEFA tournaments.

In the 2010/2011 season, Portugal will only have five teams in the UEFA fixtures, but the country’s team successes this year has given Portugal six teams for the 2011/2012 season.

The Top 10 UEFA ranking is as follows: England 77,713 points (5 teams of 7 still competing); Spain 76,043 (5/7); Italy 61,910 (4/7); Germany 60,207 (5/6); France 51,573 (4/6); Russia 43,125 (2/6); Ukraine 39,550 (0/5); Romania 39,491 (0/6); Portugal 36,962 (3/6); Holland 36,546 (0/6).

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