The Champions League is held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except for the final on Saturday. Starting from the playoffs, the UEFA government will decide which Champions League matches will be played on Tuesday and which ones will be played on Wednesday according to the relevant lottery. Compared with the UEFA Cup before the reform, the biggest change of UEFA's European League is that the first stage is divided into 12 teams, and each team has 4 teams to play round robin. The top two teams (***24 teams) of each team will join forces with 8 teams in the Champions League for the third place, and ***32 teams will advance to the knockout stage.
Most member countries can send 1 team champion and two teams, but Liechtenstein can only send 1 team champion. Usually, member countries will choose the team that ranks immediately behind the team that participated in the Champions League as the number of places to participate in the Cup, but England and France will still reserve a place for the champion of the Carling Cup.
Introduction of Europa League
Europa League is an annual football match organized by UEFA, aiming at promoting better football performance of European clubs, promoting exchanges and competition among European clubs and enhancing the popularity of European clubs. The Europa League has arranged a series of competitions from the qualifiers to the finals, and each stage has a specific timetable, and finally the champion is decided.
The champions of the Europa League will qualify for the European Super Cup, an annual competition organized by UEFA. UEFA champions compete with UEFA champions for the honor of European clubs.