as winners, real madrid qualified as the uefa representative for the 2018 fifa club world cup in the united arab emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017–18 uefa europa league, atlético madrid, in the 2018 uefa super cup. moreover, they would also have been automatically qualified for the 2018–19 uefa champions league group stage, but since they had already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017–18 czech first league, the 11th-ranked association according to the 2018–19 access list.