Each year 684 teams (three from each nation) play against each other from September to May
Limit of 23 players in the squad, with a maximum salary of 6 million per year
Rich cash prizes for each stage (assuming that a team wins them all it takes home about 70 million euros)
The phases in detail:
1) First Preliminary Round, 684 teams, single elimination, one way on a neutral field
2) Second round, 342 teams, single elimination, one way on a neutral field
3) Third Round, 171 teams, divided into 19 groups (of 9 teams each), one way, pass in 57
4) Fourth round, 57 teams, divided into 19 groups (of 3 teams each), home and away, pass in 42
5) Fifth round, 42 teams, divided into 6 groups (of 7 teams each), one way, pass in 12
6) Semi-final, 12 teams, single elimination, one way on neutral ground
7) Final, single group with 6 teams, home and away
Only note, if you use it, not simultaneously with the Database that add leagues in Switzerland, because I had to mage with the Liechtenstein clubs



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