In the real world, Champions League is the tournament where Europes best teams come together to find out which club is the best one. Only the top teams from each country may enter, and some countries need to play qualification rounds even to get 1 team into the main tournament. Some league have more teams in it than others (like England, Spain and Italy to mention a few), based on the overall quality of the league and, of course, based on what UEFA thinks will generate the most intrest (money) for the tournament. Here in ManagerLeague, the setup is fairly identical, but with different number of teams entering from each league, as we have fewer leagues, non-european league, and a lot of teams from certain leagues. What teams get to play Champions League? As it stands now, and this could be changed, the top teams from each league gets to play. The number of teams per league vary from 2 to 6, based on the number of human players in each league, and the level of competition in the league. If you look at the tables-page in the game, and go up to the top division, you will see the teams marked with a * will enter next years Champions League. Here is the current list: International: 6 teams Norway: 6 teams Sweden: 4 teams England: 5 teams Romania: 5 teams Spain: 4 teams Portugal: 5 teams Poland: 4 teams USA: 3 teams Australia: 2 teams Croatia: 2 teams Brazil: 3 teams Italy: 3 teams Malaysia: 2 teams Turkey: 3 teams Netherlands: 3 teams Belgium: 2 teams Denmark: 2 teams Does this mean Champions League is just for teams from the top division? Yes, it does. It is called CHAMPIONS LEAGUE for a reason. Are there special sponsor-bonuses for qualifying for Champions League? There are bonuses, but not from the sponsors. There is one bonus for qualifying, one bonus for surviving the group-stage (read below) and of course the prize for winning it is substancial! When are the Champions League matches played? All Champions League matches will be played at 18:00 game-time, on some weekdays. The schedule and the fixture-list will show them accordingly. Here is the list showing in what league-rounds they will be played: ("Early in Round 4 means just after league match #3") CL 1: Early in round #4 (Tuesday 18:00) CL 2: Early in round #6 (Wednesday 18:00) CL 3: Early in round #8 (Thursday 18:00) CL 4: Early in round #10 (Friday 18:00) CL 5: Early in round #12 (Monday 18:00) CL 6: Early in round #14 (Tuesday 18:00) CL 7: Early in round #16 (Wednesday 18:00) # No games on thursday due to changing to knock-out rounds CL 8: Early in round #20 (Friday 18:00) (Knockout stage 1) CL 9: Early in round #22 (Monday 18:00) (Quarter Finals) CL 10: Early in round #24 (Tuesday 18:00) (Semi finals) CL 11: Early in round #28 (Thursday 18:00) (Finals) Tournament Setup Champions League is split into two different stages. The Group Stage The 64 teams in the tournament, are split into 8 groups of 8 teams. Each team will play the other 7 teams in the group once. Allthough played at one of the teams home stadium, it is important to know that there is no home-team advantage in these games, and the income is split equally between the teams. After each of these group-stage games, the Chammpions League page (under Cups in the menu) will be updated showing the group-tables. When all group-stage matches have been played, the top 2 teams will go on to the next stage. In this stage, matches can end with a draw. Please note: If team #2 and #2 (and maybe even #4 and #5) have the same amount of points, and the same goal-difference, and the same number of scored goals, we draw one of these teams at random to promote to the next stage. Internal results between the teams are not considered. The involved teams will get a message about promoting / getting knocked out by a draw. The knock-out stage 16 teams enter the knock-out stage of Champions League, 2 from each group. Each match in this stage is a "winner-proceeds to the next round, loser is out of the cup". These matches are played in a special stadium for this occasion, no home-team advantage is in effect, and the income is split between the teams. In this stage, matches can NOT end with a draw, and will, if needed, use both extra time and penalty shootout to find a winner. After each such match, the fixtures for the next round of the tournament are created. The finals The finals are played in a special stadium as well, which is the largest stadium in all of ManagerLeague. Other questions Do players gain more experience from CL then from normal matches?? Yes they do, but keep in mind, this isn't talk of a lot of matches... Do cards from the CL count in the normal league? Yes, and this is important: Champions League share "cards" with the normal league. This means that banned players will not play the CL-Match either. And a player getting a ban after a CL-match can not play the next league-match, but may play the next CL-Match. This has been implemented on purpose to avoid confusion on what kind of matches he is banned from, for the sake of simplicity and ease of use. Does the league cup champion qualify for the CL? No, it does not. How many leagues will play CL? Malaysian and the other uneuropean countrys to? Yes, all leagues in ManagerLeague will have teams in Champions League. Do I have to pay taxes from the champions League bonuses? Yes, you do. The taxman is relentless in his work! Will there be any seeding of the teams??.........before making the groups...? No, there is no seeding involved. The only thing we avoid is to put two teams from the same league in the same group. As the leagues themselves are unbalances, seeding would be somewhat troublesome 
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