The UEFA Champions League is Europe's annual continental club competition organized by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). It is considered one of the world's most watched competitions with 2013's final with 360 million television viewers tuning in to watch the illustrious event. Champions League is basically an expanded and changed version of its predecessor, The European Cup which has been taking place since 1955 and changed to nowadays version in 1992 with a round-robin stage being included. The competition usually begins around mid-July with qualifying round and play-off rounds. 32 teams are eventually drawn into eight groups of four teams and face each other in a double round-robin system.
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| The competition's leading champions are Real Madrid with 11 tournaments won by them, followed by Italy and England. Over 22 clubs have won the competition over the years with 12 of them winning it more than once. The winners of Champion's League are presented with the official trophy, 11 kg of silver designed by a Swiss designer and kept by UEFA at all times. Winning teams that have won the competition for more than three years in a row or fives time overall, get full-sized replica of the trophy which they can present back at their club. |
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Other than the beautiful trophy which is surely much appreciated, the winning team also gets to bring home a hefty sum of 15,000,000 Euros adding up to the money they’ve received for every round or victory. This year’s champions are Real Madrid who’ve won the 11th title after defeating Ateltico Madrid after a 1-1 draw. Get your Champions League tickets first, now at great rates on Doctorticket, and head to Wales for a once in a lifetime experience.
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