The 2024/25 Champions League was full of changes after UEFA’s decision to reorganize its first club competition.
Having been extended to 36 teams for the first time, the long -standing group phase has been replaced by the “Swiss model” league phase. On Wednesday, the inaugural phase of the League ended, with 24 parties qualifying for the direct elimination phase of the competition.
However, it is not as simple. The first eight teams all obtained an automatic passage to the last 16, while the remaining qualifications were placed in the tour of the dams with direct elimination. Pulled against other participants for equality on two legs, the eight winners will then go to the last 16.
Here is everything you need to know about the Champions League eliminatory draw.
The league phase is now over, the Champions League eliminatory draw will be staged Friday January 31 at 11:00 am GMT And organized at the European Football House in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw will involve 16 teams and will be sown, with teams ending from the ninth to the 16th front clubs which were located between 17th and 24th in the ranking.
The opponents are also determined by agreements in the table. For example, ninth and tenth teams will face the 23 and 24th placed teams, etc.
The clubs that have finished between ninth and 24th in the league phases table will participate in the round of the playoffs, while those of the first eight go directly to the last 16 and those between the 25 and the 36th are eliminated from the competition.
The sides that have failed to qualify for the direct elimination phase will not fall into the Europa League.
The opponents will not be confirmed before the draw on Friday, but the people involved know that they will already be confronted with one of the two teams. The ninth and tenth, for example, will face one of the two teams that finished 23rd or 24th, while the 11th and 12th will face the teams in 21st or 22nd. This same format continues for the teams between 13 and 20th.
Clubs involved in the Tour des Dams with direct elimination of the Champions League
Club | Final phase position of the League |
|---|---|
Atalanta | 9th |
Borussia Dortmund | 10th |
real Madrid | 11th |
Bayern Munich | 12th |
AC Milan | 13th |
PSV Eindhoven | 14th |
Paris Saint-Germain | 15th |
Benfica | 16th |
Monaco | 17th |
Break | 18th |
Feyenoord | 19th |
Juventus | 20th |
Celtic | 21 |
Manchester City | 22 |
Sports CP | 23 |
Club brugge | 24th |
The eliminated clubs of the Champions League after the league phase
Liverpool, Arsenal and Barcelona are among the eight teams that have qualified automatically for the last 16 by finishing in the first eight, which means that they avoid a confrontation in nervous play-offs. The trio all occurred in an impressive way during the league phase of eight games.
Instead, they will each face one of the winners of the playoffs – once again, have ranked according to the position of the league phase – thus ensuring them a well -deserved rest before going to the field at the start of the last 16 times.
Elimination elimination matches February 11/12 And the second legs on February 12. Each team will play once on Tuesday and once on Wednesday.
The draw of the round of 16 will occur on Friday February 21 Once all play-off matches have been completed.
