UEFA Champions League Map
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Snapshot of the Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is the top level club competition in European Football. It starts properly in September when 36 teams enter the league stage. However before this stage starts there are four qualifying rounds where up to 47 teams are eliminated. Real Madrid is by far the most successful team, having won the Champions League a record 15 times; seven more times than the team with the second-best record - AC Milan. There are huge financial rewards for playing in the Champions League. Each team earns a minimum of 12.7 million Euro's for appearing in the league stage with 57.2 million Euro's being handed to the eventual competition winners.
