What happens if Liverpool win the Europa League? How Champions League qualification works for Premier League teams in 2024

Liverpool are in a fantastic position in the Europa League as they thrashed Sparta Prague to reach the quarterfinals. 

In the quarterfinal draw on March 15, they were paired with Atalanta from Italy.

The semifinal draw also took place, with a Xabi Alonso vs. Jurgen Klopp final in Dublin remaining a possibility.

With Klopp's men fighting at the top of the Premier League, their qualification for the Champions League next season is all but confirmed as they're set to finish in the top four. 

The Sporting News takes a look at what would happen if Liverpool were to win the Europa League and finish in the top four. Would that see another English side in the UCL next season?

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If a Premier League club were to win the UEFA Europa League, that would see them automatically qualify for the group stage of next season's competition regardless of their league finishing position.

Given that Liverpool have almost certainly clinched a Champions League place by qualifying through the top four in the Premier League this season, it's more important to look at what happens if they were to win the Europa League as well. 

The complete #UEL draw ✊ pic.twitter.com/24I130jZEx

According to the Premier League's official website, if a club win the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League and finish in the top four of the Premier League, their qualification spot for the UCL through their league position is not transferred to a team that finishes outside of the top four. 

UEFA rules on the situation allow for a tiered system, with the Conference League winner stepping up to the Europa League, and the Europa League victor to the Champions League, if either fail to secure a domestic pathway into