Format, teams, dates: Everything you need to know about the new Champions League 2024/25

Published:28/05/2024 - 19:32h

Updated:29/05/2024 - 06:39h

The UEFA Champions League will face a new format for the 2024/25 campaign, which brings a series of new features that promise to make the tournament more attractive. At 'FCBN' we bring you all the news that this tournament will have, as well as the dates on which it will be played and the teams that will participate

The UEFA Champions League, such as we know it, will come to an end the next 1 June after the pitazo final of the commitment between the Borussia Dortmund and the Real Madrid in Wembley. From the next course 2024/25, this tournament will experience a significant change in his format of competition, that has been in force from the campaign 2003/04.

Some of the novelties that will implement in this new contest

Now well, like key differences, is important to mention that there will be 32 groups, but rather 36. Likewise, the fight for conquering the 'Orejona' no longer will carry out in format of phase of groups, but the participants will compete in a format of League as in his domestic tournaments, where all will confront in a common classification.

Added to this, costs to clear that each team will contest a total of eight meetings, what will allow them play the same quantity of meetings like venue and visitor (4). The pairings will be determined by means of a draw, that will present a very interesting novelty: while the names of the teams will extract of traditional form, a sophisticated 'software' will determine the eight clashes to which will subject . This draw will carry out on 29 August in Monaco.

The dates to take into account

In this sense, another of the changes for the next edition is that the competition also will have an exclusive week (without coinciding with the Europe League neither the Conference League) and the duels will carry out also the Thursdays, finish with this tradition that the days of this competition only contested the Tuesdays and Wednesday. Aunado To this, in the last day has agreed that they develop the 18 commitments simultaneously, all from the 21:00 hours.

Day 1: 17-19 September 2024
Day 2: 1-2 October 2024
Day 3: 22-23 October 2024
Day 4: 5-6 November 2024
Day 5: 26-27 November 2024
Day 6: 10-11 December 2024
Day 7: 21-22 January 2025
Day 8: 29 January 2025
Ida of the 'playoff': 11-12 February 2025
Turn of the 'playoff': 18-19 February 2025
Gone of eighth: 4-5 March 2025
Turn of eighth: 11-12 March 2025
Gone of chambers: 8-9 April 2025
Turn of chambers: 15-16 April 2025
Gone of semifinals: 29-30 April 2025
Turn of semifinals: 6-7 May 2025
Final: 31 May 2025 in the Allianz Sand (Munich)

The system of classification to the phase of eighth

Regarding the system of classification, it is necessary to take into account that of the 1° to the 8° will happen of direct way and will ensure the fact to be able to play all the eliminatory of turn home. The others eight qualifiers will decide through a series of 'playoffs', where of the 9° to the 16° will play the turn in his stadium and the positioned of the 17° to the 24° will begin home. Once resolved this system of 'playoffs' and known the clubs that obtained his contingent, from eighth all will resolve with a system of 'bracket' to the style of the tennis.

An exciting new Was for European club football awaits 🤩

Here's how the #UCL will look from 2024/25 👇 pic.twitter.com/mefffopx2o
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 4, 2024

Which teams already are classified to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25?

Until the moment, the new UEFA Champions League has 30 teams that already have ensured his participation. In this sense, of the four bass drums, the only that already has to all his participants confirmed is the bass drum one, that has nine squares. On the other hand, the bass drum two already has seven clubs confirmed, whereas the bass drum three has three participants ensured and the bass drum four solo has two.

**BASS DRUM 1 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE**
TEAM	COUNTRY
Manchester City	England
Bayern Munich	Germany
Real Madrid	Spain
Paris Saint-Germain	France
Liverpool	England
Inter Of Milan	Italy
Borussia Dortmund	Germany
RB Leipzig	Germany
FC Barcelona	Spain

**BASS DRUM 2 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE**
TEAM	COUNTRY
Bayer Leverkusen	Germany
Athletic of Madrid	Spain
Atalanta	Italy
Juventus	Italy
SL Benfica	Portugal
Arsenal	England
Club Brugge	Belgium

**BASS DRUM 3 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE**
TEAM	COUNTRY
Feyenoord	Low countries
Sporting CP	Portugal
PSV Eindhoven	Low countries

**BASS DRUM 4 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE**
TEAM	COUNTRY
Sturm Graz	Austria
Stade Brestois	France

In this point, it is necessary to remember that there are other teams classified for this tournament that still do not have a bass drum assigned and are expecting that it situate them according to the coefficient UEFA. For example, the Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), the Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) and the AC Milan (Italy) are slopes to know if they will be in the bass drum two or three. Other combined like the Celtic (Scotland), the ACE Monaco (France), the Aston Villa (England), the Bolonia (Italy), the Girona (Spain) and the Stuttgart (Germany) are expecting to know if they will be in the bass drum three or four.

How they will define the remaining contingents?

Now, knowing that already there is a total of 30 qualifiers, still would remain for defining six more. These will determine in the usual previous rounds, where will participate 52 groups. These combined are divided in different rounds according to his position in the classification: 30 teams in the first round, 13 in the second, six in the third and three in the last round.