Are West Ham in Europa League 2021/22?- Why the Hammers are missing from the draw

by Bhaawan · Published December 13, 2021 · Updated December 13, 2021

Are West Ham in Europa League 2021/22?- Why the Hammers are missing from the draw. (Image: Official West Ham United website)

Are West Ham in Europa League 2021/22?- Why the Hammers are missing from the draw

When the draws were made for the UEFA Europa League knockout stages today, West Ham United were missing from the pot. That raised the eyebrows of any because the Hammers topped their group H containing the likes of Dinamo Zagreb. We know find out why West Ham were not in UEFA Europa League draw today.

Are West Ham in Europa League draw 2021/22?

West Ham crushed their group this season and they were through as group winners with a match to spare. As a result, they don’t need to play in the next stage of the competition. Since they are their group winners, they are straight through to the last 16 of the competition.

This slight tweak of rules impacts group winners and second-placed teams as the winners progress to the last 16 stage directly, while the runners-up play against the third-placed UEFA Champions League team in their group. The winner of that game then plays against the UEL group winners.

Are West Ham in Europa League 2021/22?- Why the Hammers are missing from the draw. (Image: UEL Twitter)

Here is a list of all of them.

Group A: Lyon

Group B: Monaco

Group C: Spartak Moscow

Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt

Group E: Galatasaray

Group F: Red Star Belgrade

Group G: Bayer Leverkusen

Group H: West Ham United

Why were West Ham not in the Europa League draw?

As explained above, the Hammers’ dominance has seen them comfortably make the knockout rounds. They would be hoping that they can avoid the big boys as we can see below. Barcelona take on Napoli and this would the the fixture to avoid. Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla have easy draws and can get West Ham later on.

FC Porto and Lazio are also two of the top teams David Moyes would want to curve. It remains to be seen what transpires from this but as for now, West Ham fans can relax and watch the KO round play-offs with their feet on the sofa to find out the potential teams they can get in the last 16 stages.

Why were West Ham not in the Europa League draw? Are West Ham in Europa League 2021/22 (Image: UEL Twitter)

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