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The UEFA Champions League (in English and officially, UEFA Champions League; UCL), known in its origins as Cup of Europe, is the most prestigious international football tournament at the level of clubs among those organized by the Union of Associations European Soccer (UEFA). [3] [4] It is also the most often annual sporting event in the world, with more than 350 million viewers in 2018. [n. 4] [5] Disputed annually, it was created by the initiative of the newspaper L équipe in the 1955-56 season under the Denomination of European Champions Club Cup (in French, Coupe des Clubs Champions Europions), [6] with a direct elimination format. Designed to define the Best Continent Club, in 1992 the tournament was restructured, including for the first time a league competition format or group phase as a step prior to the elimination phase, so it was renamed with its current denomination for the 1992 edition -93, consolidating said format. [7] Originally, the National League Champions teams were...