If they are the same thing, then why is it that on BBC Sport, they are under different headings?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/default.stm
2006-10-19 02:09:55 · 7 answers · asked by Crystal A 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ UEFA Champions League
Champions League is the competition for the best teams in Europe in their respective leagues/ countries. The number of teams per country who participate in Champions League differs depending on how well teams from this country have performed previously like England gets 4 spots while Holland gets 2 spots.
The UEFA Cup is for what one would call the second best teams in Europe. Like after the 4 top teams in England, the next 3 teams go for the UEFA Cup ie 5th, 6th & 7th placed teams.
2006-10-19 03:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by Cinderella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
da big european footballing nations (england, spain, italy, germany, holland, france portugal) give out maybe 3 or 4 champions leauge spots for teams finishing 1st 2nd 3rd 4th in the leauge.(for example Chelsea, MAN U, Liverpool and Arsenal by the way ARSENAL WILL WIN THE CHAMPS LEAGUE.) Teams finishing in the 3rd of 4th will have to go into a qualifying rounds. Lower footballing nations (eg switzerland, russia) can only offer maybe 1 or 2 and some (estonia etc) can only offer a number of qualifying rounds for their top clubs - which they rarely get past. The Champions league has two group stages, 2 teams are knocked out each time and then 3 rounds of knockouts.
In England Teams finishing 5th and 6th depending on the go into the uefa cup. Other places can be won by winning the domestic cups - FA, League etc. This is similar for other european countries - lower countries award this too their top teams. However teams from higher footballing nations enter at later rounds and teams that drop out of the Champions leauge before the knockout stages are also automatically put into the UEFA cups later stages. Alot of the time, teams that are knocked out of the Champions Leauge end up winning the UEFA cup. Unfair? UEFA cup is two legs for each team pairing and a straight knockout.
Hope ya understand !
2006-10-19 03:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Champions League is a higher level than the Uefa Cup.
2006-10-19 09:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UEFA means union european football association which includes competitions like Champions League and UEFA cup UEFA under-19 cup and so on.... UEFA is the organization. Champions League is the competition.
Hope that helps.
2006-10-19 02:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Champions league are playing clubs that are in the 1st and 2nd place in their domestic league...
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/Format/index.html
In UEFA Cup are playing clubs that finished 3rd and 4th in their domestic league, plus clubs that are eliminated from Champions league..
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/Format/index.html
2006-10-19 02:41:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The biggest difference is .... the name. Otherwise it's all pretty much the same stuff - a ball, players, teams, green grass, fans ....
2006-10-19 03:01:26 · answer #6 · answered by Borat2® 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Champions league is for european clubs, UEFA cup is for european NATIONAL TEAMS (france, england, itlay, etc.)
2006-10-19 08:24:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋