UEFA has confirmed how the Champions League (UCL) will look from the 2024-25 season. Here's a full breakdown of what it means.
It's going to be a dramatic departure from what fans are used to, so here's a full breakdown of what this means for football's top club competition.From next season, 36 clubs will take part in the Champions League and they will all be in one big league table. The old format saw 32 clubs divided into eight groups of four teams.
Each club will be drawn to play two teams from each pot -- one home, one away. So, unlike in the current format, a club in Pot 1 will play a game against two other clubs from Pot 1. From the final table, the top eight go direct to the round of 16. Positions nine to 24 will enter a playoff to earn the other eight places in the round of 16. Positions 25 to 36 are eliminated from Europe. There is no country protection in any of the knockout rounds.Europa LeagueThere will be only one knockout-round draw for the round of 16 onwards, with teams seeded based upon their final league-phase position and no country protection.
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