Quote Originally Posted by WeWonItAll(Most) View Post
So there's only 32 teams in the Champions League tournament? I was researching it on the internet and it looked like there were about 76 teams in the tournament. But all I'd ever paid attention to was the group stage and playoff, which is when 32 teams are remaining. I was curious about how they narrowed down the 70-something teams to 32. I was trying to read up on it, but I didn't have much time to read.
http://m.footballseeding.com/details...league-format/

Here's how they narrow it down. Basically, the tournament starts when the group stage begins (32 teams). The bigger leagues and teams (EPL, la Liga) don't play the playoff games to get into the group stage. The playoff and qualifying games are played between the obscure teams who no one really cares about. Kinda like the games between the 16 seeds in the NCAA