UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
Tournament
The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into 8
groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, whilst teams from the
same country may not be drawn into groups together. Each team meets the others in its
group home and away in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group
progress to the round of 16, which commences the knock-out tournament. The third team
enters the UEFA Europa League.
For this stage, one group's winners play against another group's runners-up, and
teams from the same country may not be drawn against each other. From the quarter-
finals onwards, the draw is entirely random, with country protection no longer in force.
The group stage is played through the autumn, whilst the knock-out stage starts
after a winter break. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the
exception of the final. This is typically held in the final two weeks of May.
Alcohol and betting websites sponsorship
Teams may be forced to remove alcohol or betting sponsorship logos from their
kits if they travel to a country with sponsorship restrictions.
For example, when Liverpool played away to Lyon, Liverpool were forced to
remove Carlsberg from their kits, as France, including state sponsors, restrict such
sponsorships. Other cases occurred in Switzerland; when Milan and Real Madrid played
away at Zürich, both teams were forced to remove bwin.com from their kits. There are
similar restrictions in Norway and The Netherlands
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