UEFA Champions League - Structure

The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition for Europe's most successful clubs. It is one of the most prestigious club trophies in the sport along with South America's Copa Libertadores. The current holders are Liverpool F.C. The UEFA Champions League is not to be confused with the UEFA Cup, the second most important championship for European club teams. The Adidas Finale is the official match ball of this competition The UEFA Champions League 2005-06 is currently playing. UEFA Champion ...

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• UEFA Champions League - Structure
• UEFA Champions League - Qualification
• UEFA Champions League - History
• UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League finals
• UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League statistics
• UEFA Champions League - Trivia

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Originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, or simply abbreviated as the European Cup, the competition began in 1955/56 using a two-leg knockout format where the teams would play two matches, one at home and one away, and the team with the highest overall score qualifying for the next round of the competition. Entry was restricted to the teams that won their national league championships, plus the current cup holder. The competition is organised and run annually in a simila ...

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UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League - Structure, UEFA Champions League - Qualification, UEFA Champions League - History, UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League finals, UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League statistics, UEFA Champions League - Trivia

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Qualification for the competition is decided by competitor teams placing in their domestic league championship, on a quota system, with countries with stronger domestic league competition allocated more teams. Clubs that play in stronger domestic leagues also enter at later stages of the competition. For example, the three strongest domestic leagues, as rated by UEFA, place their champions and runners-up directly into the group phase, and their third-and ...

See also:

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League - Structure, UEFA Champions League - Qualification, UEFA Champions League - History, UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League finals, UEFA Champions League - European Cup and Champions League statistics, UEFA Champions League - Trivia

Read more here: » UEFA Champions League: Encyclopedia II - UEFA Champions League - Qualification