Uefa+Champions+League+Cup

media type="custom" key="699145" The tournament consists of several stages. In the present format it begins in mid-July with three preliminary knockout qualifying rounds. The 16 surviving teams join 16 seeded teams in a group stage. Eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the final knockout rounds, which end with the final match in May. Previously only the champions of their respective national league could participate in the competition, however this was changed in 1997 to allow the runners-up to compete as well. The current holders of the UEFA Champions League are [|AC Milan], who beat [|Liverpool FC] 2-1 at the [|Olympic Stadium] in [|Athens], [|Greece] on [|23 May] [|2007]. [|Moscow] will host its first European Cup final for the [|2007-08] season.
 * UEFA Champions League**, which replaced the now defunct European Champions Cup, is a seasonal club [|football] competition organised by [|UEFA] since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in [|Europe]. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup (more commonly known as the European Cup) is widely considered to be the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. The UEFA Champions League is separate from the [|UEFA Cup].

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