English clubs in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League a victory over Barcelona in the opening group game. English clubs in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (previously known as the European Cup) is a seasonal club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is considered the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. As of the end of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League season, English clubs have twelve European Cup wins along with clubs from Italy. Incidentally, Real Madrid from Spain have
IIHF European Champions Cup ice hockey event played between the champions of the two main European club tournaments at the time; it began in 1997 and ended in 2000. The Champions Hockey League was conducted by 14 teams of which 12 are in the group stage. It replaced the "IIHF European Champions Cup" in 2008. The league was staged for one year only. On December 9, 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with a similar name as their previous tournament, born out of the European Trophy, starting in the 2014–15 season. IIHF European Champions Cup The IIHF European