Sweden won additional UEFA Cup place.... Sweden have gained an additional UEFA Cup place in 2004/05 after the national association topped the UEFA Fair Play rankings for the 2003/04 campaign. Swedish Superettan (1st division) club Östers IF will therefore go into the UEFA Cup qualifying round after coming fourth in the country's domestic Fair Play competition. The Allsvenskan clubs IF Elfsborg, Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup. The 11 other countries, with a Fair Play coefficient of 8.0 or over, are in contention for two additional "Fair Play" UEFA Cup spots and will go into a draw, which will take place during the half-time interval at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final in Bochum on 8 June. Code: UEFA Fair Play-ranking Final standings (June 2004): (Nations with an 8 point average) 1 Sweden 8,314 2 Denmark 8,231 3 Norway 8,206 4 England 8,204 5 Germany 8,135 6 Ukraine 8,134 7 Ireland 8,108 8 Finland 8,089 9 Spain 8,056 10 Albaniea 8,032 11 Armeniea 8,023 12 Iceland 8,008 The clubs nominated by their associations to go into the draw are as follows: Denmark: Esbjerg, winners of Denmark’s domestic fair play competition. Norway: SK Brann, runners-up in Norway's fair play competition to UEFA Champions League qualifiers Rosenborg BK. England: Charlton Athletic FC, third in England's fair play ranking. First and second-placed Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League respectively. Germany: SC Freiburg, fifth in Gemany's fair play ranking. First, second and third-placed VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum 1848, SV Werder Bremen and Bayer 04 Leverkusen have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup. Ukraine: The Ukrainian league season runs until 19 June. Therefore the team enters the draw as 'Representative of Ukraine'. Rep of Ireland: Cork City FC, runners-up in the domestic fair play competition to UEFA Cup qualifiers Bohemian FC. Finland: FC Lahti, winners of Finland's domestic fair play competition. Spain: RDC Mallorca, fourth in Spain’s fair play ranking. First, second and third-placed Valencia CF, RC Deportivo La Coruña and FC Barcelona have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Albania: KS Teuta, fourth in Albania's fair play ranking. First, second and third-placed KS Tirana, KS Dinamo Tirana and FK Partizani have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup. Armenia: FC MIKA, third in Armenia's fair play ranking. First-placed FC Banants are already qualified for the UEFA Cup and second-placed FC Kotayk did not receive a UEFA licence. Iceland: Throttur Reykjavik, winners of Iceland's domestic fair play competition. .
I sure hope Brann gets the spot. With this years rooster (Olofinjana, Kvisvik, Winters, McAllister, Soma) we can really accomplish something. Isn't it group play in the uefa cup this year like in the CL? I heard of something like that last year.
Mika handed UEFA Cup Place.... Armenia's FC Mika and also a Ukrainian team will compete in next season's UEFA Cup after gaining a place during the fair-play draw made at the half-time in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.