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Hey folks. Recently, I picked up the Fox Soccer Channel here in the States. I've found that football (our soccer) has been one of the few sports that I actually enjoy watching. I used to go to games all of the time when I lived in Baltimore, Maryland but this was part of the indoor soccer league. Now that I watch Premiere League football, I need to fill some ignorance gaps. How exactly does the Premier League fit in with the rest of the world's football leagues? For instance, two PL teams will play each other, but then compete against a team from Spain or Japan. I guess I don't understand the hierarchy. Can anyone help me with this one? Cheers.

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The Premier League (Premiership) is only made of English teams.

The top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top two teams directly entering the group phase. The third and fourth placed teams enter the competition at the third qualifying round and must win a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter the group phase. However, this has changed as of the 2008–09 season, so that the top three teams enter the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League at the group stage, and the fourth-placed team enters the third qualifying round for non-champions. The fifth placed team automatically qualifies for the UEFA Cup, and the sixth and seventh placed teams can also qualify, depending on what happens in the two domestic cup competitions. If the FA Cup winners qualify for the Champions League, the runner-up is awarded the UEFA Cup place; if the runner-up has also qualified for the Champions League, the spot goes to the next-highest placed league finisher not already qualified for Europe.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th will be entered into the champions league

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Basically, the Premiership is a normal league (Teams from England only)

They get to play foreign teams like in Japan and Spain in cups, These are decided based on position in the previous season as explained here.

the top three teams enter the UEFA Champions League at the group stage, and the fourth-placed team enters the third qualifying round for non-champions. The fifth placed team automatically qualifies for the UEFA Cup, and the sixth and seventh placed teams can also qualify, depending on what happens in the two domestic cup competitions.

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well we have the national team that plays against other national teams in that tournament. it's a seperate squad from any of the premier league clubs, consisting off a squad containing all the best players of english decent from any of the premier league sides. they play friendly games (that are not a part of any tournament) on the occasion to test out new tactics and players.

however to qualify for the european cup tournament (uefa euro 2012 for example), or indeed the fifa world cup. the teams are usually put into groups of 7 and everyone plays each other in that group twice, once at home and then at another date away in their rivals country. you get 3 points for a victory, one point for a draw, and none for a loss. the top two go through to the main tournament during the summer months when club football (premier league, champions league. fa cup, la liga in spain, serie a in italy etc) is out until around late august.

when these qualifiers are played it's known as an 'international break'. this means that all club football (except for the lower divisions where players are not picked for the international team) is suspended inclusing leagues abroad. due to some of their players being on duty with their respective countries.

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In terms of the International Breaks all teams from the Premier League and The Championship (the second tier) don't play, however the teams from League 1 (Tier 3) and League 2 (I'm sure you get it now) continue to play unless they have 3 or more players who have been called up to the International squad, in which case their game is postopned and played on a later date.

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That makes sense. So the FIFA Club World Cup that Man U won on Sunday-those were between individual clubs as opposed to National teams?

Yes. That tournament is between the winners of all six continental cup champions. Manchester United, who are an English club won the European Champions League, and LDU, their opponents won the South American equivelant.

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