A rule introduced in 1968 69 stipulates that the cup becomes the property of any club who win the competition five. The current uefa champions league trophy stands 73 5cm tall and weighs 7 5kg. The fifa club world cup winner s trophy will go on display in doha s famous souq waqif this friday as qatar s preparations to host the pinnacle of global club football in december continue.
The uefa champions league also known as the european cup 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 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. It is the second tier competition of european club football ranking below the uefa champions league. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions.
The uefa europa league abbreviated as uel is an annual football club competition organised by uefa since 1971 for eligible european football clubs. European sides have now won the last seven editions of the club world cup real madrid having capped each of their four recent uefa champions league titles by lifting this trophy too to overtake. The sir thomas lipton trophy was held in italy in.
Although the first club tournament to be billed as the football world championship was held in 1887 in which scottish cup champions hibernian defeated english fa cup semi finalists preston north end the first attempt at creating a global club football tournament according to fifa was in 1909 21 years before the first fifa world cup.
