The CL qualifying includes some teams that shouldn't be in the competition, and a reworking of the qualification process will lead to a better tournament.
First, the runners up of leagues ranked 10-15 do NOT belong in the CL. They are not champions, and they are not from big leagues, and most years they do not qualify for the group stage. I would assign them to the Europa League playoff round (there will be ample room for them when I change the CL qualification).
So in review, the access list:
Leagues 1-3: 4 teams
Leagues 4-6: 3 teams
Leagues 7-9: 2 teams
Leagues 10-54 (excluding Liechtenstein): 1 team
Automatic Group Stage Participants (26):
CL/EL winner
Champions (1-12)
Runners up (1-6)
3rd place (1-4)
4th place (1-3)
Qualifying (46 teams fighting for 6 spots):
Playoff Round (6 losers drop into EL group stage):
Champions (13)
3rd place (5-6)
9 winners from previous round
3rd Qualifying Round (9 losers drop into EL playoff round):
Champions (14-16)
Runners up (7-9)
12 winners from previous round
2nd Qualifying Round (losers are out of Europe):
Champions (17-27)
13 winners from previous round
1st Qualifying Round (losers are out of Europe):
Champions (28-54, excluding Liechtenstein)
The Europa League qualification will remain roughly the same.
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