Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Ghent 0:1/Sport1
Maccabi Haifa beat Ghent last night (Thursday) 0:1 in the first of two games in the Conference League playoffs and did not only a significant service for themselves in the fight for the ticket to the round of 16, but also for the ranking of the State of Israel in UEFA - thanks to the victory that continues an extraordinary European season thanks to Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, Israel's chances of getting into the top 15 by the end of the season and thus earning another representative in the Champions League qualifiers in the summer of 2025 have
improved significantly. As early as August, we began to follow the fight to get another representative in the Champions League qualifiers, which in the coming weeks will reach the decisive moments. In addition to Maccabi Haifa, who achieved An advance towards the rematch on Wednesday in Belgium and possibly qualify for the round of 16, as mentioned there is also Maccabi Tel Aviv who has already secured their place among the last 16 in the factory and both will try to continue to accumulate additional points that may help the turnaround at the top of the ranking and obtain another ticket to the Champions Qualifiers - for this the two need to continue accumulating ranking points , which you get for draw results and of course also for victories.
Bring Israel closer to another representative in the Champions League in the summer of 2025/Reuters
According to Opta, the leader in sports statistics, Israel has a 58.6 percent chance of finishing in the top 15 at the end of the European season and gaining another representative.
Moreover, according to Opta's calculation, there is a greater chance that Israel will be ranked 12th than 15th, and if this happens Israel will also have two representatives in the European League and a representative in the Conference League in addition to the two representatives in the Champions League, instead of two representatives in the Champions League, one in the European and two in the conference league in case of screwing up in places 13-15.
This means that the company expects the qualification of Maccabi Haifa and victories of the Israeli team in the eighth as well.
According to the graph that can be seen above, in total Israel has 16.2 percent to finish in 15th place, 12.9 in 14th place, 9.8 in 11th place and surprisingly 19.2 percent to finish in 12th place - higher than Norway whose representatives Molda and Budo Glimt finished yesterday With a win and a tie in the conference playoffs.
If the Norwegians are eliminated next week, it will be significant news for Israel.
Denmark, which is in 14th place, is left with only one representative, and that is P.C.
Copenhagen that will likely be knocked out of the Champions League by Manchester City.
Switzerland, ranked 13, is left with Young Boys, who lost 3:1 at home to Sporting Lisbon yesterday in the Europa League playoffs, and with Serbet Geneva, who will host Ludogorets next week in the Conference League playoffs after a 0:0 draw in the first game, and Austria, ranked 12, is left with only one representative, Sturm Graz, who won Last night Slovan Bratislava 1:4 and should continue to the eighth of the conference league.
With a bit of luck, at least one or two of Israel's direct rivals can remain without representation, thus making it possible to try to bypass them and significantly improve the situation of Israelis in European factories.
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