Is the Champions League held once a year?
First of all, the Champions League
UEFAChampionsLeague (referred to as the Champions League) is an annual football match hosted by union of european football associations, which represents the highest honor and level of European club football. It is considered to be the highest quality, the most influential and the highest level club event in the world, and it is also one of the highest prize-winning football and sports events in the world.
Second, the birth of the Champions League
After the end of World War II, football was fully revived in the world. However, there is little communication between the national team and the club level. At this time, Frenchman Gabriel Yano put forward the idea of creating the European Club Cup.
Yano is the founder of the European Footballer of the Year award campaign. He also writes for the French newspaper L 'Equipe and the French football magazine. He has a keen feeling that there may be a brand-new competition that will bring together the top clubs in Europe.
He suggested that famous clubs all over the world should create a new tournament by league system. The sponsors of the European Club Cup actively contacted FIFA and UEFA, but the results were disappointing. Both organizations are not very interested in competitions in which non-national teams participate. However, Yano's plan was warmly welcomed by Real Madrid, Anderlecht, rapid vienna and Hungarian Football Association.
Third, the rules of the Champions League competition system.
The competition is divided into three stages: group stage, elimination stage and final stage. The group competition consists of 32 teams, divided into 8 groups according to the country, with 4 teams in each group. Each team will play two rounds of round-trip double round robin, and the top two players in each group will advance to the knockout stage.
The elimination stage adopts a two-round system. The first four rounds of the knockout round were knockout rounds, and 16 teams were eliminated and advanced to the quarter-finals. After the knockout round, four rounds were held in the form of semi-finals and finals, and the last round was held in a European city to decide the European champion. The competition rules follow the rules of UEFA, including competition organization, teams, competition procedures, competition grouping, competition time, lottery rules and competition rules.