Champions League final 2012: Chelsea or Tottenham stand to lose out on £80m Europe bonanza Triumph would put Chelsea directly into next season's group phase of Europe's premier competition, eliminating fourth-place Tottenham before a ball has been kicked. Failure would preserve Spurs" place in the tournament's third qualifying round but would see Chelsea miss out on what will be the richest-ever Champions League tournament. Next season is the first of a new three-year broadcast cycle for Uefa and the broadcast element of the competition's revenues which, including sponsorships, currently total €1.1 billion (£850 million) - will at least double. That could mean the €51.025 million earned by last season's champions, Barcelona, would become €100 million in the 2012-3 to 2014-5 cycle. Indeed, with England's broadcast market generating more cash for English clubs than their continental competitors, the impact could be even greater here. When Real Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2010-11 they earned €39.3 million; Chelsea, despite only progressing to the quarter-finals, earned €44.5 million. Yet even those returns will be dwarfed from next season according to indications from the 100-plus territorial broadcast deals Uefa has already agreed. "We have not finished yet but we have at least achieved treble-digit growth," Uefa Events" chief executive, David Taylor, said. At the top end of football when you have a property as valuable as the Champions League, broadcasters want it. The financial crisis affects different sectors differently but at the top end of football the model is very robust. Uefa's success in negotiating improved broadcast incomes will assist Champions League clubs" efforts in achieving break-even for Financial Fair Play purposes.