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	UEFA European Cup Football
		If this place is not used then the cup winner of the 14th country on the country ranking list will gain direct access to the 1st round round, and the cup winners of the 19th and 20th country on the country ranking list will gain direct access to the 2nd qualifying round.
		The basis for the UEFA rankings is the performance of teams in the European Cups during a five year period.
		The results of the European Cup matches, the UEFA coefficients, the UEFA country ranking and team ranking are available in the database.
	www.xs4all.nl /~kassiesa/bert/uefa (1374 words)

	UEFA Champions League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current holders of the UEFA Champions League trophy are FC Barcelona of Spain, who beat England's Arsenal F.C. 2-1 at the Stade de France on May 17, 2006 and received a new trophy as Liverpool's fifth success in the competition ensured they remained owners of the old one [2].
		The UEFA Champions league is open to the league champions of all UEFA member associations (except Liechenstein, Andorra and San Marino), as well as to the clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the strongest leagues.
		The UEFA Champions League Anthem, officially titled simply as "Champions League", is an arrangement by Tony Britten of Georg Friedrich Händel's "Zadok the Priest" from the Coronation Anthems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League (1666 words)

	UEFA Champions League - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe.
		The losers of the third qualifying round are transferred to the UEFA Cup, while the 16 winners of the final qualifying round are joined by the 16 teams who have qualified directly, to participate in the group stage.
		The hymn of the UEFA Champions League (UEFA Champions League Music) is an arrangement by Tony Britten of Georg Friedrich Händel's "Zadok the Priest" from the Coronation Anthems.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/European_Champions_Cup (1494 words)

	Champions League Betting Odds - European Cup Free Bets - League Cup Bet
		The European Cup Antepost Betting is one of the most competitive markets you will find as there are potentially any number of winners.
		Champions League betting is always very popular and all the bookies reviewed on this site do a great job on European bets and we have all the very best Champions League Free Bets for all new customers who register and place a bet by simply clicking on the bookmakers link.
		The Champions League Football Betting is for the winner of the respective league champion club from each European country.
	www.betting-directory.com /sport/champions-league-betting.php (467 words)

	The UEFA Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, if the Champions League winner is from a country that is entitled to send four clubs to the competition, it is not assured of entry unless it is in the top four.
		As Liverpool have won the Champions League, The FA will now be forced to choose whether to send Liverpool to the 2005-06 competition at the expense of the team that finished fourth—namely Everton, the other major club in Liverpool.
		The European Cup was now to spend almost the whole of the next decade and a half as the property of just three clubs - each winning at least three finals, and appearing regularly in the latter stages of the competition.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0505/sports/champ_league.html (2986 words)

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		In addition, the club were victorious in the 2003 and 2005 FA Cups, and won the League in 2004 without losing a single match; in all, the club went 49 league matches unbeaten, a record.
		United needed to win their final league match of the season at home to Tottenham Hotspur to ensure they would win the league championship, but Tottenham took an early lead in the match.
		Beckham played in United's FA Cup final win over Newcastle and played in centre-midfield for the UEFA Champions League final as United's first choice centre-midfielders were suspended for the match.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/UEFA-Champions-League.htm (1357 words)

	G-14 - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 2004 Champions League final is the first in that competition since 1992 in which one of the finalists is not a current G-14 member; the 2004 final features member Porto and non-member AS Monaco.
		The 2004 final is a battle between two members, Olympique Marseille and Valencia.
		In April 2004, the G-14 initiated a preliminary investigation into FIFA by the Swiss Competition Commission, when G-14 complained of FIFA's requiring their players to be available for FIFA international competitions without compensating the clubs for their salaries and injuries.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/g_/g_14.html (241 words)

	ipedia.com: Champions League Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europe's most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport.
		Originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition began in 1955/56 using a two-leg knockout format where the teams would play two matches, one at home and one away, and the team with the highest overall score qualifying for the next round of the competition.
		The music which introduces television coverage of the competition is by Tony Britten, based on George Frideric Handel's coronation anthem "Zadok the Priest", and is performed by the Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
	www.ipedia.com /champions_league.html (558 words)

	EuroCups Archive, all matches ever played in European Cups with scorers
		European Cups Archive contains the complete results of all the main European club competitions (including Super Cup finals, but without scorers) since the inception of the Champions' Cup in 1955 to the current season, arranged by season.
		Finally, a proposal by Santiago Bernabéu (the president of Real Madrid CF) was approved, whereby the income of every match would be distributed 50-50 between the two contestants.
		Finally, everything was ready for the launch of European Champion Clubs' Cup on September 4, 1955, with the first game in Lisbon between Sporting CP, from Portugal, and FK Partizan, from Yugoslavia.
	galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu /~mirad/archive.html (1534 words)

	Observer \| Europe's superclubs: a brief history of the G14
		They are not happy with the current format of the Champions' League and, according to Kenyon, they 'just want to make it better'.
		They achieved this by creating the Champions' League - a similar tournament to the Europan Champions Cup, except there was now no need to confine it just to Champions.
		The G14 grouping was officially created in 1998, primarily to gain a greater share of the 1.4 billion pounds annual revenue from Champions League TV rights.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4348954-102283,00.html (632 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		LONDON –– Premiership champions Chelsea were left standing in the way of Alan Shearer's dreams of leading Newcastle to FA Cup glory, in what the former England captain has said will be his last season as a player, after the clubs were drawn together here Monday in the quarter-finals.
		European champions Liverpool, also six-time winners of the FA Cup, go to Birmingham while Charlton are at home to Middlesbrough at The Valley.
		Liverpool drew both their league games against Birmingham this season and this match is the Blues' first appearance in the last eight of the FA Cup for 22 years.
	www.timesofoman.com /newsdetails.asp?newsid=26056 (476 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For Milan it will be a fifth final since 1993; for Liverpool a first since the tragedy of 1985, when the English club’s rioting fans caused a wall to collapse at the Heysel Stadium, causing the deaths of 39 people, mostly Juventus fans.
		Liverpool were banned from European competition for six years in the wake of the Heysel disaster and the return to the top of the European game has been a long and frustrating process, although they did win the Uefa Cup for the third time in 2001.
		The Italians are playing in their 10th European Cup or Champions League final and are aiming for their seventh victory.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050525/asp/sports/story_4783377.asp (747 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Facts and figures for Champions League final - Monday May 13, 2002 06:36 PM
		Their previous meetings were all in the Champions League: March 4, 1998: Leverkusen 1 Real Madrid 1; March 18 1998: Real Madrid 3, Leverkusen 0; Sept 27 2000: Leverkusen 2, Real Madrid 3; Oct 17, 2000: Real Madrid 5, Leverkusen 3.
		They have become the 36th different club to reach the European Cup final and are bidding to become the 24th different club to be crowned European champions.
		However, the overall record for victories in the history of the European Cup final is held by another Real Madrid player: Francisco Gento who played in Real's first six final victories in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1966.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/05/13/champions_facts (966 words)

	Olympic Stadium & Karaiskaki Stadium (19/4/2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The UEFA Champions League finals in 2006 and 2007 will be played in Paris and Athens respectively, after UEFA awarded hosting rights to the Stade de France and the ATHENS OLYMPIC STADIUM.
		Other candidates for the 2007 final included the new Wembley Stadium (which will be ready by then) and the Berlin Olympiastadion (which will host the 2006 World Cup final).
		Finally, note that another Greek stadium, Karaiskaki, was a candidate to host either the 2006 or 2007 UEFA Cup final.
	www.stadia.gr /news/news-19-4-2005.html (224 words)

	Champions League knockout round, second leg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Benfica have not won any of their previous 10 Champions League away games but their last away victory in the European Cup was in England.
		Arsenal are unbeaten in their last seven Champions League home games in which they have conceded just three goals.
		Lyon are unbeaten at home in their last 13 Champions League matches in which they have scored 34 times.
	famulus.msnbc.com /famulusspt/reuters03-05-180204.asp?spt=mls (528 words)

	Champions League News \| The latest from UEFA's Champions League Tournament
		Welcome to championsleaguelatest.com, a website dedicated to the Champions League tournament, also known as European Cup, which however is different than the Euro Cup, as it involves football Clubs and not national football teams.
		The UEFA Champions League is one of the most popular football tournaments around the globe after the World Cup, with many of the famous footballers of the world participating.
		AC Milan head into the Champions League final against Liverpool as the favourites, but it is Liverpool who hold the psychological advantage as the teams prepare to contest for the ultimate prize in European club competition in Athens on Wednesday...
	www.championsleaguelatest.com (639 words)

	BBC SPORT \| CHAMPIONS LEAGUE \| European role reversals
		Strangely though, their current placings in the respective Champions League group tables are a reversal of their recent Premiership fortunes.
		The Portuguese champions were out-played by a United side currently enjoying better form in Europe than at home.
		They want to give Ferguson the perfect send-off by lifting the European Cup at Hampden Park in what will be the manager's final game in charge of the Old Trafford giants.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/champions_league/1695180.stm (526 words)

	Domestic Leagues - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL
		Finally, in the Swiss League, Fribourg became Switzerland's first team to lift three trophies in one season as it defeated Lugano 3-1 in the finals.
		There was a battle between ULEB Cup and Euroleague teams the top of the German League over the weekend, and when the dust settled, Alba Berlin was still in first place, having won 70-81 on the road at RheinEnergie Cologne thanks to 20 points from newcomer Kirk Penney and 19 from Chris Owens.
		In the Baltic League, it was Zalgiris defeating archrival Lietuvos Rytas 78-88 on the road road behind 21 points from Marcelinho Machado to remain the competition's sole undefeated team.
	www.euroleague.net /uleb/domestic-leagues (6451 words)

	European Cup B Final and First League
		From 1977 until 1981 the match was contested by those teams highest placed in the semi-finals who otherwise did not qualify for the final.
		From 1983 to 1987 and from 1995 onwards only match winners were promoted to the A Final/Super League, whilst from 1989 to 1994 the first 2 teams have been promoted.
		The bottom 2 teams in each match have been relegated to the C Final/Second League except in 1994 when no teams were relegated to facilitate the expansion of the First League from 1 to 2 matches.
	www.gbrathletics.com /ic/epb.htm (141 words)

	CollectSoccer.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The official 2004 Champions League Final programme to be played at the home of Schalke FC in Gelsenkirchen between Monaco and Porto.;
		This is the official programme for the European Cup Final played in Athens between Hamburg and Juventus.; The programme is mainly in Greek.
		This is the official programme from the 1963 European Cup Final played between the holders Benfica V AC Milan at Wembley Stadium.
	www.collectsoccer.com /acatalog/Online_Catalogue_European_Cup_Finals_Champions_League_88.html (625 words)

	CBC Sports: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The matchups for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the European soccer club championship, were decided on Friday.
		The semifinal draw was also announced Friday, creating the chance of an all-Italian final for the second time in the last three years.
		The semifinals are scheduled for April 26-27 and May 3-4, with the final in Istanbul on May 25.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/03/18/Sports/uefa_quarterfinals0503018.html?email (320 words)

	Big Football Forum :: best 4 club sides assembelled in the modern era-90' to now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They won the FA cup in 1994 and 1996, and were runners up in 1995.
		Barcelona FC (1991-1994)- Barcelona had Spanish league titles through 1991 to 1994 and were Champions Cup winners in 1992, and Runners up in 1994.
		For any team to win the Champions League 3 years out of 5 is a magnificent achievement, and they were in the middle of building a completely different set-up at the time.
	www.big-football-forum.co.uk /forum/viewtopic.php?t=20850 (1099 words)

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