Four of the eight teams in the semi-finals of international cups (EL + CL) are from the Netherlands. Zero from France. Yet The Netherlands has scored only 50.9 points so far while France scored 57.142 points.

I understand how this happened. Still, it feels that the points calculation is not quite an accurate reflection of how the teams performed. In the current system the qualifying games are more important than the finals, I think?

One possible solution: abolish the qualifying games (and places) for EL, instead the loser of the CL qualifying games go to the EL.

The country ranking is definitely a bit broken. All matches weigh the same throughout the competition, and qualifying to the next round gives you a bonus. We’ll have to revisit this methodology at some point.