PSG named Ligue 1 champions after season ends early because of COVID-19 outbreak; Marseille to Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain has been declared Ligue 1 champions after the rest of the season was once called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ligue 1 officially announced the Parisians as champs on Thursday, while finalizing the league table based on points per match earned with head-to-head results as the tiebreaker. PSG earns an automatic spot into next season’s Champions League consequently, joined by Marseille, which finished in second place in the dressing table. This is PSG’s third straight Ligue 1 title and seventh prior to now eight seasons. 

Here’s how the last table looks with the teams point per match average:

PSG, 2.52Marseille, 2.00Stade Rennais, 1.79Lille, 1.75Nice, 1.46Reims, 1.46Lyon, 1.43Montpellier, 1.43Monaco, 1.43Strasbourg, 1.41Angers, 1.39Bordeaux, 1.32Nantes, 1.32Stade Brestois, 1.21Metz, 1.21Dijon, 1.07Saint-Etienne, 1.07Nimes, 0.96Amiens, 0.82Toulouse, 0.46

Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 to begin with saw their seasons called off by the dressing prime minister Edouard Philippe, who announced on Tuesday that sporting events are banned until September. Ligue 1 was once the first of the five major European soccer leagues to have its 2019-20 season canceled. Teams had either eight or nine games left to total their season, prompting the league to use an average instead of complete points. 

Because of the decision to call off the rest of the crusade, Rennes, Lille and Reims qualify for the Europa League, while Amiens and Toulouse are relegated to the second one division. The teams promoted are Loriente and Lens.

It’s still unclear how precisely things will play out with PSG’s Champions League participation this season as the club is in the quarterfinals after knocking out Borussia Dortmund final month. Unable to play home games and with the UCL potentially returning in the following few months, the club may have to receive creative with the club president saying he would explore hosting games in a foreign country, according to RMC.

Lyon, one of the most country’s most consistent and successful clubs, is set to overlook out on European competition for the first time since 1996 after finishing the season in seventh place. 

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