UEFA Champions League 2016–17
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The UEFA Champions League 2016–17 was the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football competition, culminating in Real Madrid becoming the first team of the Champions League era to successfully defend their title.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | 3 |
| UEFA Champions League 2016–17 canonical | 2 |
| 2016–2017 UEFA Champions League | 1 |
| UEFA Champions League 2016-17 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6317481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: UEFA Champions League 2016–17 Context triple: [Sergio Ramos, won, UEFA Champions League 2016–17]
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2017-2018 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–2018 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under manager Zinedine Zidane, secured a historic third consecutive continental title.
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B.
2015-2016 UEFA Champions League
The 2015–2016 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under newly appointed manager Zinedine Zidane, captured their 11th European Cup title.
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C.
UEFA Champions League 2014–15
The UEFA Champions League 2014–15 was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament, culminating in Barcelona's victory over Juventus in the final in Berlin.
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2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2016–17 European club football season, in which Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4–1 to become the first team to retain the Champions League title in its modern era.
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2018 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2017–18 season’s premier European club football competition, contested between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Kyiv, where Real Madrid secured their 13th European Cup title.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: UEFA Champions League 2016–17 Target entity description: The UEFA Champions League 2016–17 was the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football competition, culminating in Real Madrid becoming the first team of the Champions League era to successfully defend their title.
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A.
2017-2018 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–2018 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under manager Zinedine Zidane, secured a historic third consecutive continental title.
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B.
2015-2016 UEFA Champions League
The 2015–2016 UEFA Champions League was the European club football season in which Real Madrid, under newly appointed manager Zinedine Zidane, captured their 11th European Cup title.
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C.
UEFA Champions League 2014–15
The UEFA Champions League 2014–15 was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament, culminating in Barcelona's victory over Juventus in the final in Berlin.
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D.
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2016–17 European club football season, in which Real Madrid defeated Juventus 4–1 to become the first team to retain the Champions League title in its modern era.
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E.
2018 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the decisive match of the 2017–18 season’s premier European club football competition, contested between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Kyiv, where Real Madrid secured their 13th European Cup title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UEFA Champions League season
ⓘ
football competition ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Real Madrid CF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 2017-06-03 ⓘ |
| finalCity | Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalCountry | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalDate | 2017-06-03 ⓘ |
| finalFormat | single match at neutral venue ⓘ |
| finalHostAssociation | Football Association of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalManOfTheMatch | Cristiano Ronaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | Real Madrid 4–1 Juventus ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Millennium Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| groupStageEndDate | 2016-12-07 ⓘ |
| groupStageFormat | eight groups of four teams ⓘ |
| groupStageStartDate | 2016-09-13 ⓘ |
| knockoutFormat | two-legged ties from round of 16 to semi-finals ⓘ |
| knockoutPhaseEndDate | 2017-06-03 ⓘ |
| knockoutPhaseStartDate | 2017-02-14 ⓘ |
| nextSeason | UEFA Champions League 2017–18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecord | first back-to-back title in Champions League era ⓘ |
| numberOfAssociationsRepresented | 22 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsInGroupStage | 32 ⓘ |
| officialMatchBallSupplier | Adidas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy | UEFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | UEFA Champions League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointsSystem | three points for a win, one point for a draw ⓘ |
| previousSeason | UEFA Champions League 2015–16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| qualifyingFormat | three qualifying rounds and one play-off round ⓘ |
| qualifyingRoundsStartDate | 2016-06-28 ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Juventus FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 2016–17 ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 62 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Adidas
NERFINISHED
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Gazprom NERFINISHED ⓘ Heineken NERFINISHED ⓘ Mastercard NERFINISHED ⓘ Nissan NERFINISHED ⓘ PepsiCo NERFINISHED ⓘ UniCredit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startDate | 2016-06-28 ⓘ |
| titleDefence | Real Madrid became first team of Champions League era to defend title NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorer | Cristiano Ronaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 12 ⓘ |
| winner | Real Madrid CF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerQualifiedFor |
2017 FIFA Club World Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2017 UEFA Super Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerTitleCount | 12 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: UEFA Champions League 2016–17 Description of subject: The UEFA Champions League 2016–17 was the 62nd season of Europe’s premier club football competition, culminating in Real Madrid becoming the first team of the Champions League era to successfully defend their title.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
2016–17 UEFA Champions League
subject surface form:
2015–2016 UEFA Champions League
this entity surface form:
2016–2017 UEFA Champions League
subject surface form:
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
this entity surface form:
2016–17 UEFA Champions League
this entity surface form:
UEFA Champions League 2016-17
this entity surface form:
2016–17 UEFA Champions League