In the 2017/18 season the final of the UEFA Champions League for the first time will take Kiev. The match will be played at the stadium of the NSC "Olympic".

The history of this drawing This is already the 26th draw of the most prestigious club tournament in Europe and the 63rd draw of the European Champions Cup.

In addition, this is the third draw of the Champions League, in which the winner of the Europa League takes part. They were English "Manchester United", who left the tournament at the stage of the 1/8 finals, losing to the Spanish "Seville".

It should be noted that, as usual, the winner of this Champions League will play at the club world championship, and will also have the right to play against the winner of the Europa League in the UEFA Super Cup.

Qualification and a grid of competitions In total 79 clubs from 55 associations of UEFA take part. Most representatives have England - 5 clubs, Germany and Spain - 4, and the current winner of the tournament automatically gets the right to participate in the next drawing.

The drawing consists of four qualifying rounds of the group round, playoff matches and the final.

According to the results of qualification, 32 teams enter the group stage, which are divided into 8 groups. 16 clubs (two from each quartet) fall into the 1/8 finals. The quarterfinal already consists of 8 teams, a semi-final of four, the final of two. Fights of qualification and the round of the playoffs are held in two matches. At the group stage, each club spends 6 matches.

History The first draw of the Champions League took place in the season 1992/93. The winner then was the French "Marseille".

The current winner of the tournament is Madrid "Real", which in the finale defeated the Italian "Juventus" 4: 1.

It is interesting that the Royal Club is the most titled club of the Champions League. On account of "creamy" as many as 12 trophies. The second place belongs to the Italian "Milan" (7 trophies), the third - "Bavaria" (5 trophies).

As for the players, here the greatest number of matches was held by the goalkeeper of the Portuguese "Porto" Iker Casillas (167 games).

Top 5 most experienced players of the Champions League look like this:.

Iker Casillas (167) 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (151) 3. Xavi Hernandez (151) 4. Raul Gonzalez (142) 5. Ryan Giggs (141) Note that the total prize fund of the current Champions League draw is 1.3 billion euros.

Tickets Tickets for the decisive match of the tournament cost from 70 to 450 euros.

All channels for the purchase of passes for the match were terminated. Neutral fans owned only 6700 tickets.

Trophy "Perhaps this is not a masterpiece, but everyone in football wants to touch this cup!", Says the author of the "eared" trophy.

The Champions League Cup weighs 7.5 kilograms and has a height of 73.5 centimeters.

A club that has won this trophy five times or three times in a row can leave it at home. Thus, the original cups have: Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich,.

Under the new rules, the club receives a copy of the cup and a special commemorative sign. Note that the Champions League trophy will visit five cities of Ukraine: Kiev, Mariupol, Lviv, Kharkov, and the Dnieper.

Statistics Five of the best scorers in the tournament looks like this:.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 15 goals;.

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 10;.

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - 10;.

Vissam Bay Yedder (Sevilla) - 8;.

Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - 8.

The five best assistants:.

James Milner (Liverpool) - 8 assists;.

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - 5;.

Luis Suarez (FC Barcelona) - 5;.

Eden Azar (Chelsea) - 4;.

Neimar (PSG) - 4.

Most often scored in the interval from 46 to 60 minutes of the meeting (71 goals).

Note that the finalists will be determined on May 2 on the basis of the matches of the semi-finals of the tournament in pairs "Liverpool" - "Roma" and "Real" - "Bayern".

Once again, we remind that the final will be held on May 26 in Kiev at the stadium of the NSC "Olympic".

The beginning of the confrontation at 21:45 Kiev time.

Final of the next draw of the Champions League will take Madrid and the home arena "Atletico" - "Vanda Metropolitano".