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Champions League (other)
Champions League may refer to: Association football Men's * UEFA Champions League, in Europe * CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly CONCACAF Champions League * AFC Champions League Elite, formerly AFC Champions League, in Asia ** AFC Champions League Two * CAF Champions League, in Africa * OFC Champions League, in Oceania * Arab Club Champions Cup, formerly Arab Champions League * GCC Club Cup, formerly GCC Champions League Women's * UEFA Women's Champions League, in Europe * CAF Women's Champions League, in Africa * AFC Women's Champions League, in Asia Other sports * UEFA Futsal Champions League, in Europe * CEV Champions League, for volleyball in Europe * CEV Women's Champions League, for volleyball in Europe * WSE Champions League, for roller hockey in Europe * EHF Champions League, for handball in Europe * EHF Women's Champions League, for handball in Europe * WNBA-NBC Champions League (men), for nine-pin bowling in Europe * WNBA-NBC Champions League (women), for nine-pin bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club 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. 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. Introduced in 1955 as the ( French for European Champion Clubs' Cup), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champions of Europe's domestic leagues, with its winner reckoned as the European club champion. The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage in 1991 and allowing mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBA-NBC Champions League (men)
The WNBA-NBC Champions League is the annual competition for nine-pin bowling men's clubs, organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association The World Ninepin Bowling Association (WNBA) is the world governing body of nine-pin bowling, and one of two member associations of the International Bowling Federation. The WNBA counts approximately 250,000 members in 26 countries in Europe, the .... It is playing since 2002, and the first season the competition was named as Euroleague. Competition formula WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a stable competition formula. The following rules apply: Qualification * 16 teams participate in each event. * Most recent champions are always pre-qualified. * Top seven teams from the Team World Cup. * Top five teams from the Team European Cup. * Top three teams from the Team NBC Cup. ''Vacant starting-places will occupy after the ranking exclusively with participants in the Team’s World Cup.'' Competition format All qualified team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Champions
The League of Champions (originally simply the Champions) are a superhero team first appearing in 1981 in the ''Champions'' role-playing game by Hero Games, and subsequently (with different lineups) in comic book series published first by Eclipse Comics as ''Champions'' in 1986, and later by Heroic Publishing as ''League of Champions'' starting in 1987. The fictional heroes are headquartered in San Francisco. Background The team and characters were introduced as the example superhero team in the ''Champions'' role-playing game.. At a 1985 San Diego Comic-Con panel featuring ''Champions'' RPG creators Steve Peterson, George MacDonald, and Ray Greer, an audience member asked when these characters were going to be adapted into comic-book form. The RPG creators had no plans for such a conversion at the time. However, Dennis Mallonee, who was already writing several ''Champions'' supplements, was in the audience and spoke up that he would be willing to write a ''Champions'' comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship League Darts
Championship League was a PDC darts tournament that used a league and legs format similar to the Premier League but offered the top players outside the top 8 in the PDC Order of Merit a chance to compete for the championship. It was the first ever darts tournament to be solely broadcast on and funded by Internet distribution.PDC Website report – PDC Launch Championship of Darts from the , obtained 22-08-2008 The tournament was first announced on the official PDC website in mid-April under the name 'Championship of Darts'. It took place throughout September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship League
Championship League is a professional snooker tournament, devised by Matchroom Sport. A ranking event version of the tournament began from September 2020, played similarly to its invitational, non-ranking counterpart but with some minor changes and opened to the entire World Snooker Tour. The tournament was originally held at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex, from its debut in 2008 until 2016. From 2017 to 2018, it was held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Luca Brecel is the reigning champion of the ranking edition and John Higgins is the reigning champion of the invitational edition. History and format The event was introduced in 2008 by Barry Hearn to provide additional competition and a qualifier to the Premier League Snooker. 25 professionals take part, there is no audience. Players earn money for every frame won and there are also prizes for being a semi-finalist, runner-up and winner of each group, with more money involved in the winners group. In the first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Track Champions League
UCI Track Champions League is a season-long track cycling competition held over four rounds around Europe during November and December. It was established in 2021 from a partnership between the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI and Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery Sports Events, and was originally titled the UCI Track Cycling World League. The competition consists of two categories: endurance and sprint events, where overall titles are awarded for each at the end of the series. The endurance events consist of an elimination race and a scratch race, while the sprint events consist of the keirin and the individual sprint. Overall winners Men Sprint Endurance Women Sprint Endurance References UCI Track Champions League, Track cycling races {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Collegiate Champions League
The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) is a national collegiate basketball championship league in the Philippines. Its tournament, known as the "National Collegiate Championship" (NCC) is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation. The league's format varies every season with 250 teams coming from nine different regional areas nationwide. History It was originally established in 2002 as the Collegiate Champions League (CCL). Reynaldo Gamboa, former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) chairman and team governor for the Shell Turbo Chargers was named as the chairman of the tournament, while former national coach Joe Lipa served as the tournament director and commissioner. In 2008, the national governing body of basketball in the Philippines, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) sanctioned the CCL and was renamed into the Philippine Collegiate Champions League in which the organizers of the old CCL were retained. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champions League Twenty20
The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, was an annual international Twenty20 Cricket competition played between qualifying domestic teams from some major cricketing nations. The competition was launched in 2008 with the first edition held in October 2009. It was jointly owned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa, and was chaired by N. Srinivasan, who was also the chairman of the ICC. Sundar Raman was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the CLT20 as well as the IPL. The last champions were the Chennai Super Kings, who won their second title in 2014. The tournament was held between September and October for a period of two to three weeks in either India or South Africa. It had a total prize pool of US$6 million, with the winning team receiving $2.5 million, the highest for a club cricket tournament in history. The format involved qualifying teams from the premier Twenty20 competitions of the eight Tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Although exceptional, some teams can be wildcarded. Creation and adoption In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's top-tier club competition, by proposing a new competition, featuring 16 teams playing in a round-robin format, and granting eight guaranteed spots to different clubs. When top European clubs decided to maintain the same competition format, keeping organization within Euroleague Basketball, FIBA announced launch of a new European basketball club competition, with qualification based on sporting merit. Format Tournament The tournament proper begins with a regular season of 32 teams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Champions League Americas
The Baseball Champions League Americas, or BCL Americas, is an annual international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It is contested by the champion teams of various leagues in North America and the Caribbean, similar to the Caribbean Series (which is not WBSC-sanctioned). It is played as a single round-robin tournament, with the first and second-place teams playing against each other in a final championship game. The tournament began as a four-team invitational, but is expected to expand to an eight-team league format by 2028. The inaugural tournament was held in 2023 in Mérida, Mexico. It was won by the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe .... Participants Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LEN Champions League
The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of name and format occurred in 1996, with the competition being renamed Champions League and the final four system being established as the format of choice, for the first time during the 1996–97 LEN Champions League. From 2003 to 2011 the competition was named LEN Euroleague (with the change of name being simply a re-branding) and from 2011 and on LEN Champions League, its current name. LEN Champions League is the most popular water polo league in the European continent. It has been won by 24 clubs, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Pro Recco, with nine titles. The current European champion is Pro Recco, who won their ninth title after defeating FTC Telekom Budapest in the 2020†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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