Sentences with phrase «qualified a spot for»

The real race is now for the top 4 and a qualifying spot for next season's Champions League.

The competition, which starts in September 2018, will provide four qualifying spots for Euro 2020 and will determine the composition of the draw pots for the

The effort culminated in a top 5 finish in the 1980 US National Marathon Championships and a qualifying spot for the 1980 US Olympic Trials.

Not exact matches

The point is that after decades of touting his business acumen, his ability to negotiate tough deals and spot good investments, and after spending this entire campaign season arguing that he's qualified for the presidency based on his skills in the market, Trump nonetheless has an investment record that at best roughly matches and at worst underperforms the market.

A congregation given to the cultivation of sacred «hot spots» in its life, whether liturgical or emotional in form, may amplify the linking action of congregational plot — the association of events for the purpose of identity — but the vivid occurrences do not in themselves qualify as sacred moments.

And keeping Sanchez will give us the biggest chance of qualifying for that CL spot.

Teams seeded 1 - 5 will automatically qualify for the Elite8 while the other Teams in the League will have to compete in an extra Opening Round contest to compete for the last 3 spots in the Elite8!

Unlike the other majors, there is no swath of spots reserved for open qualifiers and amateurs.

Ian Poulter bounces back from nearly losing his PGA Tour card and having to qualify for the The Open to playing himself into a spot high up on the leaderboard at Royal Birkdale.

Teams seeded 1 - 6 will automatically qualify for the Elite8 while Teams seeded 7 - 10 will have to battle in an extra Opening Round to try and earn the final two spots in the Elite8.

Thankfully the first qualifying session of the year seemed to show that was completely wrong, with all three teams looking in contention for the top spot throughout the session.

They have truly earned their spot in the Final4 and can now kick their feet up and relax for a week while the other 6 Playoff Teams have to scratch and claw to qualify for the League's final night.

Olympique de Marseille remained in the hunt for a Champions League qualifying spot with a 2 - 0 victory away at FC Metz in Ligue 1 action on Friday evening.

Qualifiers, ranging from seasoned PGA Tour veterans to teen - aged amateurs, battle for a handful of spots on golf's longest day.

By hanging on to defeat Washington 34 - 24, the Cowboys qualified for a wildcard spot in the NFL playoffs, but once again last season's Super Bowl winners exhibited their confounding second - half swoon

United's win on Sunday ensured that they moved to within a point of City who occupy the fourth and final spot to qualify for the Champions League.

The loss drops Douglass down to the fourth and final spot in points standings, but they still qualify for a first - round playoff game against defending state champ Franklin on the road the following Friday.

-- The club that won the UEFA Champions League will go straight into the group stage — The UEFA Europa League winners will go into the UEFA Champions League play - offs — The club that had qualified for a UEFA Champions League play - off spot via their domestic league competition (i.e. finished fourth) will transfer into the UEFA Europa League

25 year old Serbian midfielder Milos Krasic has been proving his ability in the Russian Premier League for a number of years, helping CSKA Moscow to a couple of titles in his six year spell at the club, but now his performances in the Champions League and whilst helping Serbia to top spot in their World Cup qualifying group that has brought the talented visionary to the attention of the whole of Europe and beyond.

Part of me thinks that 4th spot is THE target, extra games to qualify for the CL which will draw in more money.

Given France's struggles in qualifying, the door is likely open for Griezmann to potentially grab a spot on this summer's roster.

Wilshere is a damn good third choice, if he can regain the form that his potential promised when he was younger, then he can be better than what Ramsey was last season... He also qualifies for Home Grown status, which is important, and Wilshere has Arsenal DNA, he will fight to regain his spot.

Ernesto Valverde has guided his side to top spot in La Liga with a four - point gap over their nearest rivals while they sit top of Group D in the Champions League and are on the verge of qualifying for the knockout stage as they remain unbeaten in both competitions.

There are four qualifying spots up for grabs at each of the four events.

As the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Eve.

This club and the manager (Delusional Wenger) are always playing safe and aiming for any CL qualifying spot.

Although they've had poor domestic performances, Monaco did qualify top of their group despite scoring just four goals, earning them a spot in the knockout stages in the competition for the first time in over 10 years.

Akabane had to watch the scoreboard at Lake Merced Golf Club with growing restlessness — there were only two qualifying spots up for grabs.

He'll also play an integral role for Belgium at the World Cup in Russia next summer, with Holland set to miss out on the tournament unless they can pull off a miracle and beat Sweden by seven goals in their final qualifier on Tuesday night to secure a playoff spot.

Qualifying for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 begins on Saturday, with several racers vying for a spot in arguably the most famous race in the world at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The fastest nine cars will then vie separately for pole position, followed by a 45 - minute qualifying session to determine the final three spots for the May 24 race.

Verizon IndyCar Series drivers will battle for a spot in the 33 - car field for the 2015 Indianapolis 500, with two days of qualifying — both Saturday and Sunday.

City currently occupy the fourth and final Champions League spot, and with third - place Arsenal winning against Everton on Saturday to move four points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side, it is increasingly looking like a plethora of sides — including City, United, West Ham and Stoke City — are all battling for one UCL qualifying spot.

There are spots for recruited walk - ons, kids who receive academic scholarships and those who qualify for financial aid and also for kids whose family's can afford college out of pocket.

Although the Patriots have already wrapped up a first - round bye, this qualifies as a «must - win» game for the Jets who are currently tied with the Steelers and Chiefs for the final two wild - card spots.

In all 24 drivers qualified on Saturday, leaving nine of the 33 total spots up for grabs on Sunday, better known as Bump Day.

Last week gave us a strange sort of Indy qualifying, with teams vying for spots in a race in which the pole position, if not the victor, had been determined long ago.

There weren't many bright - spots for Norway yesterday, as they were thrashed 5 - 1 by Croatia in their Euro 2016 qualifier, but the performance of 16 - year - old Real Madrid starlet Martin Odegaard was a sight to behold, as he once again showed that there's plenty more to come!

There are four qualifying spots up for grabs at this first event.

He qualified for the individual finals (top eight) in the top spot ahead of the 2009 world champion from Russia in 2nd, with the Chinese 2013 World Games champion also qualifying.

As seen in the last - 16 tie with AC Milan, the Armenian international's quality at this level can make a real difference, and with Arsenal hoping to book their spot in the final and take a big step towards qualifying for the Champions League next season, Wenger will be desperate to see him return sooner rather than later.

La Roja started the day in third in the group, with four automatic qualifying spots, and a play - off for the fifth - placed team on the day, but found themselves plummet from third to sixth.

He helped Nigeria beat their closest rivals, Algeria, for the World Cup Qualifying spot last night, but all the focus was on this lovely bit of footwork.

I team that has aspirations of reaching a bowl game because a section title is necessary to qualify for a spot in Carson.

In 48 hours time Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have already qualified for the next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway...

The last of these four qualifiers will be on Sept. 22 - 25, with Brazil, Great Britain, Pakistan and Israel competing for the last of 16 spots in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Having already qualified for the next round of the Europa League, Arsenal do not have to risk too much away to Cologne tonight, but at the same time it would be much better to get a result in Germany that would guarantee us top spot and keep the confidence building.

Question: If an English team wins the Europa League and therefore qualifies for the Champions League, is fourth place still worth a Champions League spot too?

Gerrard's first goal for England came in 2001 when he scored the second goal of a 5 - 1 rout over Germany during a 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match in Munich, helping England secure a spot in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Borussia Monchengladbach comes into the match six points out of the Europa League qualifying 6th spot while Wolfsburg are tied on points for the playoff relegation spot.