Quick guide to the new Champions League format

The draw for the Champions League league phase is this Thursday from 18:00 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. For this edition, UEFA has completely changed the competition model, eliminating the traditional four-team group stage.

The draw will use the same pots and balls as always, but the final allocation of opponents will be determined by computers. Software will ensure that each club plays against two teams from each of the four pots, designated based on the UEFA ranking. Below we go over all the details.

INFORMATION OF THE DRAW And THE PHASE TIES

1. When and where it is the draw of the phase ties of the Champions League?

The draw is this Thursday 29 August (18:00 hours / 6:00 PM CET) in Monaco

1. Where I can see the draw of the phase ties?

You can see the draw in direct, free and on-line in Uefa.com

1. How it is the new format of the Champions League?

The phase ties substitutes to the phase of groups

1. Which teams compete in the new phase ties?

• Bass drum 1: Manchester City, Bayern of Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool, Inter, B. Dortmund, RB Leipzig and FC Barcelona.
• Bass drum 2: Bayer Leverkusen, Athletic of Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Witches, Milan, Shakhtar.
• Bass drum 3: Feyenoord, Sporting of Portugal, PSV, Celtic, Salzburgo, Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Lille, Crash Red.
• Bass drum 4: Monaco, Aston Villa, Bolonia, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, Brest, Sparta of Prague, Slovan Bratislava

The rivals and the order of the parties will assign automatically

1. How it works the phase of classification of the Champions League 2024/25?

Each team will confront to 8 different rivals (2 of each bass drum, included his)

They can not confront teams of the same country

Neither they can confront more than twice to teams of a same league

All the teams will be in an only general classification

Each team will play four parties home and four parties went

1. When they are the parties of the phase ties of the Champions League 2024/25?

The first day of the phase ties will play Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

The days 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will play Tuesday and mirécoles

The day 8, the last, will play with schedules unified (18 parties of simultaneous way)

• Day 1: 17–19 September 2024
• Day 2: 1/2 October 2024/li>
• Day 3: 22/23 October 2024/li>
• Day 4: 5/6 November 2024/li>
• Day 5: 26/27 November 2024/li>
• Day 6: 10/11 December 2024/li>
• Day 7: 21/22 January 2025/li>
• Day 8: 29 January 2025/li>

Of the position 1 to the 8 will happen directly to eighth of final

Of the position 9 to the 24 will play a round of "playoff" to double party

Of the position 25 to the 36 will remain deleted

1. When they are the eliminatory rounds of the Champions League 2024/25?

• Eliminatory round of play-offs: 11/12 and 18/19 February 2025
• Eighth of final: 4/5 and 11/12 March 2025
• Quarter-finals: 8/9 and 15/16 April 2025
• Semifinals: 29/30 April and 6/7 May 2025
• Final: 31 May 2025

1. When they are the draws of the Champions League 2024/25?

• Phase Ties: 29 August 2024
• Play-offs: 31 January 2025
• Eighth of final, quarter-finals and semifinals: 21 February 2025

1. Where it is the final of the Champions League 2025?

The final of the Champions League 2024-25 plays in the Fußball Sand of Munich the Saturday 31 May 2025.

The winners of the edition 2024/25 also will obtain a square in the phase ties of the Champions League 2025/26, if they have not classified through his national competition.