What's the difference between the Champions League and the Europa League?
1, the participating teams are different.
The strength and level of the teams participating in the Champions League are much higher than those participating in the Europa League, and the quality and appreciation of the games are much better. It is usually the top four teams in the five major leagues who participate in the Champions League.
And the champion teams of other countries, that is the collision between the strongest and highest level teams in Europe, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Bayern, Juventus, Inter Milan, Paris and Ajax.
The teams participating in the Europa League are usually the teams ranked 5-7 in the five major leagues, as well as the strong teams in other leagues. They are all semi-strong teams in various leagues, and their strength is lower than the Champions League, such as Seville, Espanyol, Wolves, Frankfurt, Lazio, Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon and Copenhagen.
2. The competition system is different.
Both the Champions League and the Europa League are made up of play-offs, group matches and knockout matches. Except for the group match (double round robin) and the final match (single game deciding game), all other rounds are held in the form of two rounds of elimination.
Among them, the biggest difference between the Champions League and the Europa League is that the 10 team that lost in the Champions League play-offs directly entered the Europa League group stage; Eight teams ranked third in the Champions League group stage this season directly participated in the Europa League 16 knockout; The champions of the Europa League will advance directly to the next year's Champions League group stage.
3. There are differences on the main points of European war.
UEFA implements the European points ranking system, and the European results of the national team will directly affect the points ranking of their own leagues, and then affect the European places of their own leagues.