CONFIRMED: Scotland will have two places in the Champions League in 2021-22.

Scotland now guaranteed to be in the top 15 nations in the final UEFA coefficient.

So the champions and the runners up in the Premiership this 2020-21 season will qualify for the UCL in 2021-22.

Scotland's European access for final positions in the Premiership this season, as the 14th-ranked nation, will be:

Champions: UCL 3QR
Runners-up: UCL 2QR
Cup winners: UEL 3QR
3rd, 4th: UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR

Can only drop to 15th if FC Basel win the Europa League.

Only Switzerland outside the top 15 still has a team left in Europe this season.

13. Denmark 29.000
14. Scotland 27.875
15. Czech Republic 27.300
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16. Cyprus 26.750
17. Greece 26.300
19. Switzerland 26.200

As it stands, Scotland starts next season in 13th place in the UEFA ranking.

If Scotland performs as it has this season, it is possible to climb to 11th or even 10th.

10th place earns an automatic place in the UCL group stage for the champions.

Scotland will start next season in 13th, 4.25 coefficient points behind 10th placed Austria.

This season, Scotland outperformed Austria by 3.95 points - though this is Scotland's second-best ever season and Austria's worst since 2015-16.

An important side point is that 11th in the UEFA ranking usually still ends up getting an automatic UCL group stage place.

This happens when the UCL winners also qualify via their domestic league - which is almost always the case.

Scotland will start next season 2.925 coefficient points behind 11th-placed Turkey.

This season, Scotland outperformed Turkey by 4.75 coefficient points. But again, this is Turkey's worst season since 2010-11 and Scotland's second-best ever.

To be clear, this means the Scottish champions will now need to win only 2 qualifiers to reach the group stage (currently 4).

Runners-up will need to win 3 qualifiers to reach the group stage.

Champions: UCL 3QR
Runners-up: UCL 2QR