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The Champions League is the major club competition for soccer teams across Europe. The best performing sides from their domestic divisions progress to do battle with clubs across the continent and only the very best will rise to the top.
It’s been a permanent fixture on the sporting calendar since the early 1990s and it’s an important part of our soccer betting platform at Unibet.
The Champions League was introduced at the start of the 1992/93 season to replace the outdated European Cup. The continent was expanding and football needed a bigger competition to accommodate Europe’s changing landscape.
After a series of qualifying rounds, 32 teams progress to the group stages of the competition where they are divided equally into eight sections. After a series of group games, the top two clubs in each of those sections progress to the Round of 16 and the beginning of the knockout phase.
Many of the big clubs in Europe have won this trophy including Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. It really is an elite competition and there are many betting markets to consider.
Outright winner markets for the Champions League will be available through much of the calendar year and they will be published shortly after the qualifiers are made known. The draw for the group phase will then be made and it’s also possible to stake on the winner of each of those eight sections.
Match betting starts with win, lose or draw on the individual matches while big soccer games such as these will attract hundreds of prop bets. Handicaps will be joined by a host of options such as Correct Score, Total Goals and Both Teams to Score while Individual Goal Scorer bets help to complete the picture.