Said a UEFA spokesman: "UEFA has decided to support TEAM Marketing AG as the preferred UEFA Champions League marketing agency for the period between 2003 and 2006."
The decision was announced at the end of the UEFA executive committee's two-day meeting in Porto, Portugal.
It is likely to spark some angry remarks from those who fell by the wayside in the early stages of the bidding process, frustrated that UEFA has once again sided with TEAM.
TEAM has strenuously denied any claims of favouritism, with managing director Richard Worth telling sportbusiness.com
UEFA has confirmed sportbusiness.com's exclusive that TEAM has once again won the agency contract to market the Champions League in a deal worth an estimated $700m (EUR798m).
