We had higher totals in the late 70s & early 80s but only around 32-33 countries & completely different points system.
It may be difficult to gain much more in places this season but any eL club in europe next season will have at least 1.866 club ranking points compared with around 1.5 this season. That will go a long way towards helping teams be seeded in the 1st qualifying rounds.
Latest rankings just in
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...crank2007.html
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