Gunners beat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley in Saturday's FA Cup final

What Gunners FA Cup win means

Champions League and Europa League qualification: What Arsenal's FA Cup win means
Gunners beat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley in Saturday's FA Cup final

Gunners FA Cup win means they have qualified for the Europa League group stages next season - and is a blow to Tottenham and Wolves.

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The Gunners' 2-1 comeback victory over Chelsea ensured their place in the Europa League next season but it also means Tottenham - who finished sixth in the Premier League - will have to go into the second qualifying round of the competition. Spurs would have gone straight into the group stage if Chelsea had won.

But it's worse news for Wolves. A Chelsea win would have handed them a Europa League second qualifying round spot after finishing seventh in the Premier League but they may now miss out on European football completely because of Arsenal's triumph - unless they win this season's Europa League.

Who has already qualified for European football?

Champions League - Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United (all group stage)

Europa League - Leicester, Arsenal (both group stage), Tottenham (second qualifying round)

Eight in Europe?

Arsenal's FA Cup win opens up the opportunity for eight English sides to be playing in Europe next season.

If Wolves win the Europa League, they will join Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League group stage next term as Europa League winners.

Arsenal qualify for the Europa League group stage as FA Cup winners.

Leicester have qualified for the Europa League group stage next season as the fifth-placed team.

And Tottenham have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as the sixth-placed team.

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