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==Association Team Allocation== |
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A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2008-2009 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA [Uefa_coefficient#Ranking_for_2008-09_UEFA_competitions|league co-efficient]. |
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76 teams will participate in the 2008-2009 Champions League from 53 UEFA associations. Each association qualifies a certain number of teams to the Champions League based on its league co-efficient with those associations with the highest league co-efficients qualifying more teams. An association may qualify up to 4 teams. All UEFA associations are guaranteed to have at least 1 team qualify except Liechtenstein, which organizes no league competition. European champion from current season [[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007-08]] takes a part as defending cup holder, even if they don't qualify through their domestic league. Then it will come in at the expense of the lowest-ranked club of that association’s Champions League representatives which is automatically transferred to the [[UEFA Cup]]. |
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The Champions League title holder [[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007-08]] will be guaranteed a place in the group stage, even if they do not obtain a qualifying place through their domestic league. They will do this at the expense of their association's lowest placed qualifier, whom will join the UEFA cup as a result. |
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The allocation system may change slightly depending on the title holder's domestic placing. |
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Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-2009 Champions League: |
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-2009 Champions League: |
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The access list may change slightly depending on who wins this season's Champions League. |
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Depending on Champions League holder, some exceptions in this allocation list can be made. If the holder already qualifies for the group stage through its domestic league, list is shift up: the champion from 10th association (Scotland) will gain direct access to the group stage and the champion from 16th association (Bulgaria) will gain direct access to the 3rd qualifying round. Champion of Bulgaria will also shift up if the holder qualifies for the 1st qualifying round. Otherwise, one of spots for runners-up from Turkey will not be used.<ref>Only for case if [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007-08 Champions League]] and then fails to win their domestic league, the 2nd qualifying round spot for the domestic runner-up of their league will not be used</ref> Note, since it is already known the holder will come from one of associations 1-15, the champions from associations 23-24 (Poland and Hungary) will surely gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round, although by default, they are supposed to start season from 1st qualifying round. |
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===First qualifying round=== |
===First qualifying round=== |
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Revision as of 10:05, 18 March 2008
Template:Future sport The UEFA Champions League 2008-09 will be the 54th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The Final will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Roma[1] sometime predicted to be late May 2009.
The Stadium for the Final
The final itself will be the 7th time the UEFA Champions League Final has been held in Italy and the 4th time it is to be held at the Stadio Olimpico. The previous 3 finals held there were:
1977 - Liverpool 3 vs 1 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
1984 - Liverpool 1 vs 1 AS Roma (Liverpool won 4-2 on pens)
1996 - Juventus FC 1 vs 1 AFC Ajax (Juventus won 4-2 on pens)
Association Team Allocation
A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2008-2009 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA [Uefa_coefficient#Ranking_for_2008-09_UEFA_competitions|league co-efficient]. The Champions League title holder 2007-08 will be guaranteed a place in the group stage, even if they do not obtain a qualifying place through their domestic league. They will do this at the expense of their association's lowest placed qualifier, whom will join the UEFA cup as a result. The allocation system may change slightly depending on the title holder's domestic placing.
Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008-2009 Champions League:
- Associations 1-3 (Spain, England, and Italy) each have 4 teams qualify
- Associations 4-6 (France, Germany, and Portugal) each have 3 teams qualify
- Associations 7-15 (Romania, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, Belgium, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Greece) each have 2 teams qualify
- Associations 16-53 each have 1 team qualify
First Qualifying Round: (28 teams)
- 28 champions from associations 25-53
Second Qualifying Round: (28 teams)
- 14 winners from the First Qualifying Round
- 8 champions from associations 17-24 (Switzerland, Norway, Israel, Serbia, Denmark, Austria, Poland and Hungary)
- 5 runners-up from associations 10-15 (all except Turkey)
- champion from association 16 (Bulgaria) or runner-up from Turkey
Third Qualifying Round: (32 teams)
- 14 winners from the Second Qualifying Round
- 5 champions from associations 11-15
- 3 runners-up from associations 7-9
- 6 or 5 third-place finishers from associations 1-6 (in case all except the title holder)
- 3 or 2 fourth-place finishers from associations 1-3 (in case all except the title holder)
- champion from Scotland or Bulgaria or both
Group Stage: (32 teams)
- 16 winners from the Third Qualifying Round
- 9 or 8 champions from associations 1-9 (in case all except the title holder)
- 1 current Champions League holder
- 6 or 5 runners-up from associations 1-6 (in case all except the title holder)
- maybe champion from Scotland
The access list may change slightly depending on who wins this season's Champions League.
First qualifying round
The following teams are certain to compete in the first qualifying round of the Champions League:
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Second qualifying round
The following teams are supposed to compete in the second qualifying round of the Champions League:
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Third Qualifying Round
The following teams are supposed to compete in the third qualifying round of the Champions League:
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Group Stage
The following teams are supposed to compete in the group stage of the Champions League:
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See also
References
- ^ "Moscow and Rome feast on finals". UEFA. 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
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