Thanks to the elimination of the Russian teams, the winner of the Czech Cup can head to the Europa League qualifiers! Under what conditions?

Although the Cup is secondary in the Czech Republic, it is still very important. Again, there is a chance that the winner of the cup will not only play in the Europa League qualifiers, but also in the Europa League. Under what conditions?

The MOL Cup is reviled by many fans. It lacks quality promotion and the matches are often impossible to watch on TV.

But it is often important, as in this edition. Why? Because it can provide an easier route to the European Cups. Russian teams have been eliminated as expected, which will result in some shifts.

The winner of the Czech Cup should therefore play one preliminary round later, so they will go to the third round of the European Conference League.

But it could turn out better, and much better. In fact, under certain conditions, there is also the option of the Cup winner moving to the Europa League.

This would happen if the EKL is won by a team that secures the Champions League or Europa League from its own league, or if the Europa League winner secures direct promotion to the Champions League from its own league.

The chances of this are quite high, with Feyenoord, Marseille and AS Rome close to fulfilling these conditions in the EKL, Rangers and Leipzig in the EL. If the conditions are met, the winner of the MOL Cup would start in the 3rd round of the EL.

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