"Mickey Mouse Cup" is a pejorative term used particularly in British football to describe some seasonal competitions based in elimination rounds regarded with lesser prestige than others such as the English Football League Cup, compared with the FA Cup, or single annual match tournaments as the UEFA Super Cup. Despite its status as worldwide competition organised by the sport's governing body, FIFA, the term has also been applied to the FIFA Club World Cup, a competition won by an English club three times since its debut in 2000. Often, a club that perceives a competition as a "Mickey Mouse Cup" – usually a stronger Premier League side – will field a weakened, reserve or youth team in the competition, resting more high-profile players and further weakening the perception of the competition. However, this often has the effect of giving chances to play to developing players, who may progress into the first team. The term may also be applied to a competition to intentionally disparage the winning of it by a rival side, or to minimize the importance of the competition to a club if knocked out. This may be done as part of a mind game with rival clubs in other competitions, or for reasons to maintain team morale. Cases The English Football League Cup is often referred to as the "Mickey Mouse Cup" by larger Premier League clubs as is the EFL Trophy which has been known by various sponsors' names and which was previously the Associate Members Cup. The perception of a cup as "Mickey Mouse" may not be universal, since smaller and lower standard competitions give a chance for lower league clubs to win silverware, and additionally gain extra revenue from playing a much larger club. Also for some of the top league clubs, reaching and winning the final at Wembley Stadium has some prestige. Since the rebranding of UEFA club competitions in late 1990s, the UEFA Cup is considered by a group of mass media, personnel related to football and fans as a "minor trophy" or "Mickey Mouse cup" due to being mediaticly overshadowed by the Champions League. Originally the Champions League (formerly European Cup) was only open to the domestic league winners, while the UEFA Cup featured the domestic league runners-ups and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was for the winners of the top domestic cup competition. However the expansion of the Champions League to