The Premier League will officially have five teams in the Champions League next season.
Arsenal insured the extra place with a huge 3-0 win over reigning European champions Real Madrid on Tuesday evening.
It cost England's coefficient points a total of up to 24,535 – so that the Nation Top of the UEFA table remained.
Both Spain and Italy fight for second place, with Spain on 21,678 points and Italy at 20,187 points.
Regardless of the competition, every UEFA victory is worth two coefficient points, a draw gets one point and nothing is given for a defeat.
Points that are obtained in a coefficient by all teams are added together and the total score is shared by the number of clubs that a country has in Europe that season.
That gives the average of the coefficient, on which the table is based.
Arsenal and Liverpool are both ready to earn a Champions League place for the 2025-26 season.
Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Fulham and Brighton are all fighting for the remaining places.
England only needed one team in Europe to win this week to guarantee five places in the Champions League next season.
Arsenal rode a 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the Emirates Stadium.
Declan Rice broke the impasse with a beautiful free kick in the 58th minute.
He then improved that with a new strike in the right corner.
And Mikel Merino made it three with a compound finish in the 75th minute.
After the game, Mikel Arteta said: “If you have not played this team for 20 years, you have the chance to write your own history and they are nights like these where you can do.
“They were magical moments. We have much more to give. It will believe us even more.
“I believed and you have to believe. The crowd was incredible, they gave us so much energy.”
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