Champions League is a prestigious football club tournament, played by top clubs across each of the six continent of the world, playing for the right to be crowned Continental champions. The tournament first began in Europe in 1955, before other continent initiated their own.
The winners of from each of the 6 continent goes on to compete at the FIFA Club World Cup, that singles out the over all club champion of the world.
1. Copa Libertadores (South America): The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América is the Champions League of South American Clubs. It is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. The tournament is named after the Libertadores (Spanish and Portuguese for liberators), the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is “America’s Liberators Cup”.
2. AFC Champions League (Asia): The AFC Champions League, founded in 1967, is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia’s top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition in Asian football, played by the national league champions of their national associations.
3. Concacaf Champions League (North America): The CONCACAF Champions Cup, founded in 1963, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup automatically qualifies for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup. From 2008 to 2023, the competition was known as the CONCACAF Champions League
4. OFC Champions League (Oceania): The OFC Champions League, founded in 1987, is the premier men’s club football competition in Oceania content. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania’s football governing body.
5. CAF Champions League (Africa): The CAF Champions League, founded in 1964, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout stage, and then a home and away final. It is the most prestigious club competition in African football.
6. UEFA Champions League (Europe): The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final. Introduced in 1955 as the Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens and commonly known as the European Cup.
It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind only the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations.
