Famous soccer tournaments.

10. Copa del Ray : The Copa del Rey (English: King's Cup) is an annual football cup competition for
Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey
(Championship of Spain – His Majesty the King's Football Cup). Like the Emperor's Cup in Japan the
tournament is one of the most well-known football competitions bearing the name of a monarch.

The competition was founded in 1903, thus making it the oldest Spanish football competition.
Typically, the winner of Copa del Rey goes to the UEFA Europa League; should one of the finalists
have already qualified for European competition then the other finalist goes into the Europa League.

The current holders are Atletico Madrid, who won their 10th Spanish title reign against crosstown
rivals Real Madrid at the 2013 Copa del Rey final held at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. FC
Barcelona has won the cup on the most occasions, with 26 wins.

09. confedration cup: The FIFA Confederations Cup is an international association football
tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the holders
of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, OFC),
along with the FIFA World Cup holder and the host nation, to bring the number of teams up to eight.

Since 2005, the tournament has been held in the nation that will host the FIFA World Cup in the
following year, acting as a rehearsal for the larger tournament. Brazil hosted the 2013 FIFA
Confederations Cup from 15 to 30 June, which they won by defeating Spain 3–0 in the final.

08. FA cup ( The Football Association Challenge Cup) is an annual knockout cup competition in
English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world.[1] The FA Cup is run
by and named after the Football Association and usually refers to the English men's tournament,
although a women's tournament is also held. Its current sponsored name is the FA Cup with
Budweiser.[2]

The FA Cup was first held in 1871–72. Entry is open to all teams who compete in the Premier League,
the Football League and in steps one to five of the FA National League System, as well as selected
teams in step 6.[3] This means that clubs of all standards compete, from the largest clubs in England
and Wales down to amateur village teams. The tournament has become known for the possibility for
"minnows" from the lower divisions to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the
tournament and even theoretically winning the Cup, although lower division teams rarely progress
beyond the early stages. The qualification rounds and a system of byes mean that the very smallest
and very biggest teams almost never meet.

Wigan Athletic are the current holders, after defeating Manchester City 1–0 to win the Cup for the
first time.

07. Africa Cup of nations:The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations',
African Nations Cup, or AFCON, officially CAN (French for Coupe d'Afrique des Nations), is the main
international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of
African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years. The
title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition.
In 1957 there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa was
originally scheduled to compete, but were disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the
government then in power.[1] Since then, the tournament has grown greatly, making it necessary to
hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament reached 16 in
1998 (16 teams were to compete in 1996 but Nigeria withdrew, reducing the field to 15), and since
then, the format has been unchanged, with the sixteen teams being drawn into four groups of four
teams each, with the top two teams of each group advancing to a "knock-out" stage.

Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament a record seven
times (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971).
Ghana and Cameroon have won four titles each. Three different trophies have been awarded during
the tournament's history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after
each of them won a tournament three times. The current trophy was first awarded in 2002 and with
Egypt winning it indefinitely after winning their unprecedented third consecutive title in 2010.

As of 2013, the tournament was switched to being held in odd-numbered years so that it does not
clash with the FIFA World Cup.[2]

06. UEFA Europa League: The UEFA Europa League , previously called the UEFA Cup , is an annual
men's association football club competition organized by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European
football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues
and cup competitions.

Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since
the 2009–10 season,[2][3] following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the
UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, with the change of name
being simply a rebranding.[4]

In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup.[5] For the 2004–
05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included
a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded
group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the
UEFA Super Cup and from the 2015-2016 season onwards the winners of the previous season's UEFA
Europa League will qualify for the UEFA Champions League, the winner entering at least at the play-
off round (assuming they do not already qualify through domestic performance), and will enter the
group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used.

The title has been won by 27 different clubs, 12 of which have won the title more than once. The
most successful clubs in the competition are Juventus, Internazionale and Liverpool with three titles
apiece.[6] Since the tournament changed name and structure in 2009, no club has managed
consecutive wins. English side Chelsea are the current champions, defeating Benfica 2–1 in the 2013
Final.

05. Copa Libertadores : The Copa Libertadores de América (Portuguese: Copa Libertadores da
América), originally named as the Copa Campeones de América (English: Champions of America Cup;
Portuguese: Copa Campeões da América) and currently known as the Copa Bridgestone Libertadores
de América for sponsorship reasons, is an annual international club football competition organized
by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the most prestigious club competition in South American football and
one of the most watched events in the world, broadcast in 135 nations worldwide.[1] The
tournament is named in honor of the Libertadores (Portuguese and Spanish for Liberators), the main
leaders of the South American wars of independence,[2] so a literal translation of its name into
English would be the "Liberators of America Cup".

The competition has had several different formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of
the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues
began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete, contesting regularly since the 2000
edition, when the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least three clubs per
country compete in the tournament, while Argentina and Brazil each have five clubs participating.
Traditionally, a group stage has always been used but the amount of teams per group has varied
several times.[2][3]

In the present format, the tournament consists of six stages, with the first stage taking place in early
February. The six surviving teams from the first stage join 26 teams in the second stage, in which
there are eight groups consisting of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight runners-up
enter the final four stages, better known as the knockout stages, which ends with the finals
anywhere between June and August. The winner of the Copa Libertadores becomes eligible to play
in two extra tournaments: the FIFA Club World Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana.[4]

Argentine club Independiente is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the
tournament 7 times. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most amount of victories with 22 wins
while Brazil has the largest number of different winning teams, with a total of 10 clubs having won
the title. The cup has been won by 24 different clubs, 12 of which have won the title more than once
and won consecutively by 6 clubs, most recently by Boca Juniors in 2001.[5] The reigning champion
of the competition is Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro, who won their first title after beating Olimpia of
Paraguay.

04. Copa America: The Copa América (Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese for "America Cup") is an
American international association football competition contested between the men's national
teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body. It is the oldest international
continental football competition.

The current tournament format involves twelve teams competing at venues in a host nation over a
period of about a month. The confederation has only ten members, so national teams from other
FIFA confederations are invited to fill the other 2 places; Mexico, Costa Rica and the United States
have been regular since being invited for the first time in 1993. In 43 tournaments, seven national
teams have won the title. Uruguay is the current champion and the most successful team in the
tournament, having won it fifteen times.

The Copa América is one of the world's most widely viewed sporting events. The highest finishing
member of CONMEBOL has the right to participate in the next edition of the FIFA Confederations
Cup, but is not obligated to do so.[1]

03. UEFA European Championship

02. UEFA Champions League

01. FIFA world cup : The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international
association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The
championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in
1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are
Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the
host nation(s) over a period of about a month; this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A
qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine
which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).

The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won
five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup
winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three titles; Argentina and inaugural winners
Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.

The World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people
watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.[1]

The next three World Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014, Russia in 2018, and Qatar in 2022.