League, draws, restrictions... The details of the 'new' Champions League

The Champions League will suffer an important change of format from the next season (2024/2025) in which it will delete the phase of groups to implement a new League vitrtual that will allow that the participants play, at least, eight parties in the first phase, before classifying to the phase KO in which it will keep the dispute of eighth, chambers, semifinals and final. To continuation, in FCBN review all the details of the new format:

How it is the format of the new Champions League?

In this new League of Champions, there will be 36 qualifiers that will be distributed in four bass drums of nine clubs each one. Each team will contest eight parties in the 'virtual League', four home and four to domicile, adding two rivals of each bass drum (that they will not be able to be of the same country). There will be an alone classification and those who go in between the first eight positions, will have ensured his ticket to the eighth of final.

The teams that remain between the position 9 and 24, will have to confront an eliminatory between himself. It will be to gone and turn, with the last party in the house of those who have remained between the ninth and sixteenth position of the table. After the dispute of the 'play offs', will know to the eight teams that will complete the eighth of final. Those who remain deleted, will sack of Europe, put will not play the phase KO of the Europe League.

How they will be conformed the bass drums?

The champion of the present edition of the Champions League, Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund, will be in the first position of the first bass drum and, of rest, the 35 remaining teams will be situated depending on his position in the ranking of the UEFA.

There will be changes in the draws of the Champions League?

With the new format, there will be draw so much for the virtual League, the playoffs and later the eighth of final. For this last, the teams that obtain his direct classification (by the classification) will situate in the picture, like raisin in the tennis. From the Chain COPE explain that "the winners of the eliminatory of the teams situated of the 9 to the 24 will measure in round with the rest of the heads of series. The one who win the party between the 16 and a team situated between the 17 and the 24 will play against the 1º and like this upwards".

Radical change in the calendar of the new Champions League

The greater change of the competition will see reflected in the calendar, taking in account that will play more days (8) that in the past (6). It will happen to play the Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursday with the novelty that the first date will be only for the Champions League (and will happen, in the back weeks, with Europe and Conference League). Besides, the last day (8) will be to schedule unified. The 18 parties will play to the same hour of 29 January.