Europa League: UEFA Europa League, abbreviation: Europa League, Europa Cup, Europa Cup (Cantonese). The European League is the second largest club event in Europe, second only to the European Champions Cup, formerly known as the UEFA Cup. Its trophy is called the Bertoni trophy.
The top two teams in each group of the Europa League will participate in the knockout round of the top 32 in the spring together with the third team in the eighth group of the Champions League. Member countries ranked 7th-9th in the league ranking system of various countries can send 1 team champion plus 3 teams to participate in the competition, while other member countries can send 1 team champion plus 2 teams to participate in the competition, but Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino can only send 1 team champion to participate in the competition. Usually, member countries will choose the team that ranks immediately behind the team that participated in the European Champions Cup as a place other than the cup champion, but England and France will still reserve a place for the Carling Cup champion.
Champions League: The number of teams directly entering the group stage is 32 (365,438+0 teams+defending champions). The three football associations with the highest points in UEFA will each have three teams directly entering the group stage. The Football Association, ranked 4th to 6th, has two teams each. The Football Association ranked 7th to 12 has a team directly. Together with the 10 team in the play-off, 32 teams will participate in the Champions League group stage.
Champions League? Our trophy is called St. Brad's Cup (commonly known as Big Ear Cup).