The Champions League It has gone to its second phase leaving the league format behind to enter the qualifiers rounds. After playing the past Wednesday, January 29, Day 8we already know the complete list of the teams classified for both the playoff and for the round of 16.
He FC Barcelonahe Atlético de Madrid and the real Madrid They are the Spanish teams that advance to the next round. But, while blaugranas and mattresses advance directly to the round of 16, The meringues will have to dispute a previous round, The famous play-off which has been introduced this year with the new format. Girona has been eliminated from the European competition after being in position number 33.
New Champions League format
Let us remember how the new UEFA Champions League format that was inaugurated in this 2024/2025 edition. With this new format, the 32 teams previous at 36 that were included in this edition were passed. These 36 teams played a phase in 8 -day league format in which 8 different teams faced, playing half of them at home and the other half outside.
What was done to determine the rivals was a raffle of four bombs in which Each team faced two rivals from each of these drumsplaying a game against a team of each hype at home and another outside. In this way, the clubs had the opportunity to face a greater number of different rivals and more competitive matches.
The classification system is as follows: The first 8 teams automatically advance to the round of 16while the equipment located Between the 9th and 24th they will play a playoff qualifier double match to ensure the pass to the round of 16 of the European competition. The rest of the chipos have been eliminated.
‘Playoffs’ and Eighth Final
First are the Eight classified teams directly to the round of 16, which are:
- Liverpool
- Barcelona
- Arsenal
- Inter from Milan
- Atlético de Madrid
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Lille
- Aston Villa
On the other hand are the clubs that will play the Playoffwhich will be the following:
- Atalanta
- Borussia Dortmund
- real Madrid
- Bayern Munich
- Milan
- PSV
- PSG
- Benfica
- Monaco
- Brest
- Feyenoord
- Juventus
- Celtic
- Manchester City
- Sporting CP
- Bruges
This will be raffled as follows: 9th and 10th classified will face the last two classified teamsthat is to say, 23rd and 24th. The 11th or 12th against the 21st or 22nd, the 13th or the 14th against the 19th or 20th and the 15th or 16th, against the 17th 0 18º. In this way, based on what position you have been in the league format you will face one of lesser classification or greater. According to the current classification, this would be the crosses of this Play-Off phase of the Champions League:
23rd or 24º vs. 9th or 10: Sporting de Portugal or Bruges vs. Atalanta or Dortmund
21st or 22 vs. 11th or 12: Celtic or Manchester City vs. Real Madrid or Bayern Munich
19th or 20th vs. 13th or 14: Feyenoord or Juventus vs. Milan or PSV
17th or 18th vs. 15th or 16th: Monaco or Brest vs. Psg or benfica
The draw will consist of Eight drumsin which the balls will be with the names of the serial heads and the non -serial heads matched in the drums as the league phase ends. First the ball will be removed from the equipment that is not standard head (23 or 24, 22 or 21, 20 or 19 and 18 or 17) to which a position will be assigned and the name will be revealed. Then the balls from the serial heads will be extracted (From 9 to 15) and once the names are known, the first one that comes out and the second to blue will go to the silver side.
The first leg will be played 11 and February 12 And the return will be the next week the days 18 and 19 of the same month. UEFA clarifies that each team will play a game on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday. In the Eighth Final draw, The teams that end between the 1st and the 8th of the regular phase will also be paired and raffled on opposite sides against their opponents. In this way, the route for the remaining rounds of the competition will be determined, with the clubs advancing for its side of the painting to the Munich final
Schedule and where to see online tv the raffle of the Play-Offs of the Champions League
The UEFA Champions League playoff raffle will be held tomorrow Friday, January 31, 2025 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, at 12:00 hours from Central Europe. Said draw can be followed in streaming Through the platform Movistar+ Plus and Movistar Champions Leaguein addition to the official UEFA channel, UEFA TV.
When is the UEFA Champions League ending of the round of 16?
UEFA will raffle the eighths, rooms and semifinals next February 21both for the Champions and the Europa League and the Conference League.