How does the UEFA Champions League work?

The best clubs from Europe compete in this competition. Each league or nation has a different number of representatives (nor) in this competition, but the standard nor from each top league is mostly four. The total number of teams has been 32 in recent years.
These teams are then placed in groups of 4, hence being called as group stages. (Note: Two clubs from one same league can not be placed in the same group.)The teams will play each opposition team twice, once at the clubs home ground/stadium and once at the oppositions home ground/stadium, so the number of matches played will be 6 for each team.

The teams that have most points from these 6 fixtures will proceed to the next round called as Round of 16 since half the teams from the group stages eliminated and only 16 teams remain in the contest.
A draw then takes place as to decide who faces whom from the remaining 16 clubs. (Note: The team seeded first plays at home first then away. Two clubs from one same league can not be placed in a fixture. This can happen only once the competition has reached the semi final stage.)

The clubs that advance the next stage by beating the opposition move on to the next round, the quarter finals consisting of a total of 8 teams, the same process from the previous level is applied and 4 teams qualify for the penultimate round, the semi finals. The winners of this round move on to literally the final stage, the final, which takes place in a venue already decided by the organizer, UEFA.

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