Qualification
Teams that finish 1st to 4th in the strongest leagues go to the qualifying round of the Champions League. The number of places in the tournament depends on the rankin the UEFA coefficientstable.
To qualify for the Champions League you need to finish in the top two of your league or for some leagues the top 4. If a team finishes first in their league then they are automaticly in the draw for the group stages, but if you finish second then you must play in 3 qualifying rounds to get into the group stages.
Stages
The tournament has several stages to it. It begins with three knockout qualifying rounds. Different teams start in different stages it all depends on their position in the League. The sixteen top teams spread go across the biggest leagues qualify directly. After the qualifying rounds there is a group stage draw to see which teams would go into which group. There are 8 eight groups of 4 teams. The groups are named from A-H. Each team plays each other 2 times, if a team wins a game then they get 3 pionts but if two teams draw with each other then each team gets a piont. At the end of the group stage the top two teams go through to the last 16 of the compitition and team that finishes 3rd qualify for the UEFA cup which is a less bigger tournament than the Champions League. After the last 16 there is the quater-final then the semi-final and last of all the final.
This was the draw for the group stage of this years Champions League took place.
Teams that finish 1st to 4th in the strongest leagues go to the qualifying round of the Champions League. The number of places in the tournament depends on the rankin the UEFA coefficientstable.
To qualify for the Champions League you need to finish in the top two of your league or for some leagues the top 4. If a team finishes first in their league then they are automaticly in the draw for the group stages, but if you finish second then you must play in 3 qualifying rounds to get into the group stages.
Stages
The tournament has several stages to it. It begins with three knockout qualifying rounds. Different teams start in different stages it all depends on their position in the League. The sixteen top teams spread go across the biggest leagues qualify directly. After the qualifying rounds there is a group stage draw to see which teams would go into which group. There are 8 eight groups of 4 teams. The groups are named from A-H. Each team plays each other 2 times, if a team wins a game then they get 3 pionts but if two teams draw with each other then each team gets a piont. At the end of the group stage the top two teams go through to the last 16 of the compitition and team that finishes 3rd qualify for the UEFA cup which is a less bigger tournament than the Champions League. After the last 16 there is the quater-final then the semi-final and last of all the final.
This was the draw for the group stage of this years Champions League took place.