L’Equipe a French sports journalist started the “European Mug” in the year of 1955. The tournament was officially called “The European Mug” and was renamed “The UEFA Champions Organization” during the 1992-1993 period. The victors of this competition get the International Mug, which is bet the winners of South America’s official league “Copa Libertadores”. Genuine Madrid CF was the first team to win the European Mug, since then they have won the league eight times. So what is it that makes the event so unique? The leading domestic clubs of every European country that are members of the UEFA are allowed to play the game. The only country not taking part in the competition has actually been Liechtenstein, as they do not have a domestic organization. In 1992-1993 not just did the name of the event change, the method it was arranged was also various. Now, also clubs that complete from 2nd to 4th in one of the most affordable residential leagues are additionally qualified to join the event. UEFA coefficient is the basis on which the associations are rated. This is done to get the number of locations in the competitors for each association. The tournament is split into stages: The team phase: qualifying phase. The knockout stage: 2nd round, quarter, semi as well as the finals. The team stage contains 8 groups each consisting of 4 groups. The initial and also second teams in each team qualify to play the second round, which is a knockout round. The venue for the last is determined by UEFA 2 years ahead of time.