Gibson

Every qualifying win earns coefficient points — the country's rank decides how many European places the league gets and how its clubs are seeded. Larne's 2–0 in Gibraltar was worth 0.250, taking Northern Ireland to 6.625 on the live 5-year rolling ranking (22/23–26/27) and back up to 50th, a fortnight after dropping to 51st without losing a point. Georgia are the country passed, and they stand still on 6.500: Iberia 1999 — the club that knocked Larne out, and the last of Georgia's four entrants — lost 4–0 to Jagiellonia in the Europa League play-off on the same night. Gibraltar hold 49th on 6.874, unmoved because Lincoln Red Imps were the ones Larne beat; Estonia are 48th on 7.041 with Flora eliminated and nobody left. Larne have since gone out, beaten 3–2 on aggregate by Lincoln Red Imps after extra time at Inver Park on 27 August, so with Glentoran, Linfield and Coleraine already eliminated all four of Northern Ireland's entrants are done for 26/27. A defeat earns nothing, so 6.625 is where the country's qualifying campaign finishes — the RANK can still move while other countries are playing, and this block will need the next @NICoefficient reading to confirm it.