Comments On Coefficients For The Clubs In The 2010-2011 Champions League Qualifying Rounds

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  1. EvanJ

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    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All coefficient references are to 2005-2006 through 2009-2010 for clubs and 2004-2005 through 2008-2009 for countries. A * denotes pairings where the worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum coefficient for any club from the country of the better club.

    First Qualifying Round (2 pairings):
    Club from Andorra (better country) seeded over club from Malta
    Club from San Marino (worse country) seeded over club from Montenegro

    The club from the better country was seeded 1 out of 2 times (50.0%).
    The worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum for any club from the country with the other club 0 out of 2 times (0%).

    Second Qualifying Round (17 pairings):
    Club from Czech Republic (better country) seeded over club from Latvia*
    Club from Kazakhstan (worse country) seeded over club from Georgia
    Club from Hungary (better country) seeded over club from Estonia
    Club from Serbia (better country) seeded over club from Armenia*
    Club from Poland (better country) seeded over club from Azerbaijan*
    Club from Croatia (better country) seeded over club from Slovenia*
    Club from Bulgaria (better country) seeded over club from Montenegro*
    Club from Slovakia (better country) seeded over club from Malta*
    Club from Moldova (better country) seeded over club from Albania*
    Club from Israel (better country) seeded over club from Bosnia-Herzegovina*
    Club from Cyprus (better country) seeded over club from FYR Macedonia*
    Club from Austria (better country) seeded over club from Faroe Islands*
    Club from Republic of Ireland (better country) seeded over club from Wales*
    Club from Belarus (better country) seeded over club from Iceland*
    Club from Sweden (better country) seeded over club from Luxembourg*
    Club from Norway (better country) seeded over club from Northern Ireland*
    Club from Lithuania (worse country) seeded over club from Finland

    The club from the better country was seeded 15 out of 17 times (88.2%).
    The worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum for any club from the country with the other club 14 out of 17 times (82.4%).

    Third Qualifying Round (15 pairings of which 10 are for Champions and 5 are for Non-Champions):
    Champions:
    Club from Czech Republic (better country) seeded over club from Poland
    Club from Israel (better country) seeded over club from Kazakhstan*
    Club from Croatia (better country) seeded over club from Moldova
    Club from Bulgaria (better country) seeded over club from Slovakia
    Club from Switzerland (better country) seeded over club from Hungary*
    Club from Norway (better country) seeded over club from Sweden
    Club from Serbia (better country) seeded over club from Finland (who took club coefficient of club from Lithuania they beat in the previous round)*
    Club from Denmark (better country) seeded over club from Belarus
    Club from Belgium (better country) seeded over club from Wales (who took club coefficient of club from Republic of Ireland they beat in the previous round)*
    Club from Austria (better country) seeded over club from Cyprus

    Non-Champions:
    Club from Netherlands (better country) seeded over club from Greece
    Club from Ukraine (better country) seeded over club from Belgium*
    Club from Turkey (better country) seeded over club from Switzerland
    Club from Portugal (better country) seeded over club from Scotland
    Club from Russia (better country) seeded over club from Romania

    The club from the better country was seeded 15 out of 15 times (100.0%).
    The worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum for any club from the country with the other club 5 out of 15 times (33.3%).

    Playoff Round (10 pairings of which 5 are for Champions and 5 are for Non-Champions):
    Champions:
    Club from Israel (worse country) seeded over club from Austria
    Club from Denmark (better country) seeded over club from Norway
    Club from Switzerland (better country) seeded over club from Moldova*
    Club from Czech Republic (better country) seeded over club from Slovakia
    Club from Belgium (better country) seeded over club from Serbia

    Non-Champions:
    Club from England (better country) seeded over club from Switzerland*
    Club from Spain (better country) seeded over club from Portugal
    Club from Germany (worse country) seeded over club from Italy
    Club from Russia (worse country) seeded over club from France
    Club from Netherlands (worse country) seeded over club from Ukraine

    The club from the better country was seeded 6 out of 10 times (60.0%).
    The worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum for any club from the country with the other club 2 out of 10 times (20.0%).

    The club from the better country was seeded 37 out of 44 times (84.1%) in all four rounds combined.
    The worse club had a worse coefficient than the minimum for any club from the country with the other club 21 out of 44 times (47.7%) in all four rounds combined.
     

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