UEFA Champions League (UEFA Champions League, referred to as the Champions League) is an annual football competition hosted by the Union of European Football Associations. It represents the highest honor and level of European club football and is recognized as the highest quality, most influential and highest level football competition in the world. The club competition is also one of the highest prize money football and sports events in the world.
The UEFA Champions League was formerly known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA modified the format and name of this cup in 1992. However, after the restructuring, it still inherited the various functions since the establishment of the European Champions League. The record is not counted separately, and the old name "European Club Champions Cup" remains on the championship trophy. The most successful team in this event is Real Madrid, which has won 13 times, followed by AC Milan, which has won 7 times, Liverpool, which has won 6 times, and Bayern Munich, which has won 5 times. Barcelona , and Ajax that won the championship 4 times.
Competition system introduction
The European Champions League is divided into five stages, namely the qualifying stage, the qualifying stage, the play-off stage, the group stage and the knockout stage (including the final).
Qualifiers, qualifying rounds and play-offs (qualifying stage)
Road to Champions
UEFA Association club coefficient rankings from 11th to 55th The association’s top league champions participate in Road to Champions
First round of qualifiers: 4 teams participate Teams are eliminated in a single elimination, 2 teams advance, the eliminated team participates in the second round of the Europa League qualifying
Second round of qualifying: The winner of the first round of qualifying participates in a single elimination, 1 team advances, and the eliminated team participates in the Europa League The second round of the qualifying round
The first round of the qualifying round: 33 teams + the winning team in the qualifying stage, two home and away rounds, 17 teams advance, the eliminated ones participate in the second round of the Europa League qualifying round
The second round of the qualifying round: 3 teams + 17 teams winning the first round of qualifying, two home and away rounds, 10 teams advance, the eliminated teams participate in the third round of the Europa League qualifying round
Qualifying round three: 2 teams + second round of qualifying The winning 10 teams play two home and away legs, 6 teams advance, the eliminated teams participate in the Europa League play-offs
Play-offs: 2 teams + the third qualifying round, the winning 6 teams play two home and away legs, 4 teams advance to the Champions League group stage, and are eliminated The eliminated ones will participate in the Europa League group stage
The road to the league
The UEFA association club coefficient ranks fifth and sixth, the association's top league will rank third and the association's top league runner-up, ranked 7th to 15th, will participate in the second round of
qualifying rounds: 6 teams participate in two rounds of home and away games, 3 teams advance, and the eliminated teams participate in the third round of the Europa League qualifying round
The third round of qualifying: 5 teams + the winning 3 teams of the second qualifying round play two rounds of home and away games. 4 teams advance, and the winner participates in the Europa League group stage
Play-offs: The winning 4 teams in the qualifying round participate in two rounds of home and away games, 2 teams advance to the Champions League group stage, and the winner participates in the Europa League group stage.
In the group stage
, the quotas for each association are allocated according to the UEFA Association club coefficient. A total of 26 teams directly enter the Champions League group stage. They are the defending champions of the Champions League and the UEFA Champions League. The UEFA Association club coefficient ranks among the top four. The top four of the association's top leagues, the top two of the top five and sixth of the association's top leagues, and the top seven to tenth of the association's top leagues are champions; the remaining six participating teams will be selected through play-offs, and an association can only There are 5 teams participating in the Champions League group stage. If the defending Champions League results of the UEFA Champions League can guarantee that it will qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, then the top league champion of the association with the 11th UEFA association coefficient will directly participate in the group stage. If the defending Champions League results of the UEFA Champions League can guarantee that it will qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage If qualified, then the third place in the top league of the association ranked fifth in the UEFA association coefficient will directly participate in the group stage.
32 teams are divided into 8 groups, each group has four teams (teams from the same association will not be divided into the same group). The game is played in a double round-robin format. The winner of each game gets three points, the draw gets one point, and the loser gets zero points. The top two teams in the group advance to the Champions League knockout rounds, and the third place in the group participates in the Europa League knockout rounds.
If there are two or more teams in the group with the same score, the winner will be determined according to the following criteria.
is about the team with the better performance in the match;
is about the team with the better goal difference in the match;
is about the team that scored more away goals in the match;
is the team's total net goal difference The team with the better goal wins;
The team with the better total goals in the group;
According to UEFA's "ranking coefficient".
Qualifying rules for the group stage:
1, the one with the higher points;
2, if the points are the same, the outcome will be determined;
3, if the points are the same, the number of goals scored by each other will be determined;
4, if the points are still the same, the outcome will be determined by who scores the away goal. More;
5, if it is still the same, look at the total goal difference in the group stage;
6, if it is still the same, look at the total number of goals in the group stage;
7, if it is still the same, look at the fair play points.
Champions League knockout draw and promotion rules:
In the knockout stage (including the final), except for the championship battle, which is determined by one game at a neutral venue, the rest are knockout matches based on a home and away two-leg system. In addition, the Champions League only has two awards: championship and runner-up, and there is no competition for third place.
(1) The 1/8 finals will be decided by drawing lots, but according to the following rules:
(a) The first team in the group will play against the second team in the group;
(b) Teams in the same group and association will not meet;
(c) First round It will be played first at the home court of the second team in the group.
(Two) Quarter-final matches are determined by drawing lots. There are no restrictions on the draw. The home and away games are determined by drawing lots.
(3) The draw for the semi-finals will be held on the same day as the draw for the quarter-finals. The upper and lower halves will be clearly divided during the draw, and potential matchups in the semi-finals will be determined based on the team's position. In addition, the drawing ceremony will also determine the identity of the home team and visiting team of the teams that advance to the finals.
(Four) Promotion rules for the 1/8 finals, quarter finals and semi-finals: (Goals in overtime are counted as away goals)
(a) The winner of the two-round total score advances
(b) If the total score is tied If the score is tied, the one with more away goals will advance to
(c) If the total score is tied and the number of away goals is the same, it will enter 30 minutes of overtime, and the one with the better score in overtime will advance to
(d) If there is overtime If the tie is 1-1 or above, the visiting team will advance to the second round by virtue of the away goal advantage.
(e) If the overtime score is 0-0, it will enter a penalty shootout, and the winner of the penalty kick will advance.
(V) If the two sides are tied within 90 minutes in the final, it will enter 30 minutes of overtime. If the game is still tied in overtime, the winner will be determined by a penalty shootout. The winner of the final is the Champions League champion of the season and can participate in the Club World Cup, the European Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League group stage next season.
019-2020 knockout draw results and top 16 schedule
