The 2025-26 league section is now full, and now , Juventus, Atalanta and Napoli are left ready to be taught which groups they are going to face within the subsequent rounds of the competitors.
Right here is every part that you must know in regards to the upcoming Champions League knock-out play-off draw.
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When is the Champions League play-off draw?
The Champions League knock-out play-off draw will happen at 11.00 GMT on Friday, January 30 on the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw can be accessible to look at on the UEFA web site. You too can comply with the motion from the draw because it unfolds on the Soccer Italia Liveblog.
Which groups can be concerned within the draw?
DORTMUND, GERMANY – JANUARY 28: Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale Milano is challenged by Emre Can of Borussia Dortmund throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD8 match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Internazionale Milano at BVB Stadion Dortmund on January 28, 2026 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photograph by Stuart Franklin/Getty Photos)
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The groups that completed the league section between ninth and twenty fourth place will compete within the play-off spherical.
They’re: Actual Madrid (ninth), Inter (tenth), PSG (eleventh), Newcastle (twelfth), Juventus (thirteenth), Atletico Madrid (14th), Atalanta (fifteenth), Bayer Leverkusen (sixteenth), Borussia Dortmund (seventeenth), Olympiacos (18th), Membership Brugge (nineteenth), Galatasaray (twentieth), Monaco twenty first), Qarabag (twenty second), Bodo/Glimt (twenty third), Benfica (twenty fourth).
How does the draw work?
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 01: Carlo Ancelotti, Head Coach of Actual Madrid, lifts the UEFA Champions League Trophy after his group’s victory throughout the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Remaining match between Borussia Dortmund and Actual Madrid CF at Wembley Stadium on June 01, 2024 in London, England. (Photograph by Alex Pantling/Getty Photos)
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The competing groups are paired based mostly on their positions within the league section desk. The groups that completed in ninth and tenth kind a pair, as do the groups in eleventh and twelfth, thirteenth and 14th, and fifteenth and sixteenth. These would be the seeded groups within the draw.
The groups that completed in seventeenth and 18th, nineteenth and twentieth, twenty first and twenty second, and twenty third and twenty fourth would be the unseeded pairs.
The seeded pairs can be positioned into the knock-out section bracket, and can be drawn towards one of many unseeded pairs.
ninth and tenth can be drawn towards twenty third and twenty fourth, eleventh and twelfth can be drawn towards twenty first and twenty second, thirteenth and 14th can be drawn towards nineteenth and twentieth, and fifteenth and sixteenth can be drawn towards seventeenth and 18th.
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There aren’t any guidelines stopping groups from going through sides from the identical nation, nor sides they’ve already confronted within the competitors.
Who might Inter, Juventus and Atalanta face within the play-offs?
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 21: Gamers of Juventus pose for a group group photograph previous to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD7 match between Juventus and SL Benfica at Juventus Stadium on January 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
Inter (tenth) and Actual Madrid (ninth) can be drawn towards both Benfica (twenty fourth) or Bodo/Glimt (twenty third) within the play-off rounds.
Juventus (thirteenth) and Atletico Mardid (14th) can be drawn towards both Galatasaray (twentieth) or Membership Brugge (nineteenth).
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Atalanta (fifteenth) and Bayer Leverkusen (sixteenth) can be drawn towards both Olympiacos (18th) or Borussia Dortmund (seventeenth).
When is the Spherical of 16 draw?
The Champions League spherical of 16 draw will happen after the play-off matches are full. It will happen on Friday, February 27.
Champions League knock-out dates
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Knock-out play-offs: First legs on February 17 and 18, second legs on February 24 and 25
Spherical of 16: First legs on March 10 and 11, second legs on March 17 and 18
Quarter-finals: First legs on April 7 and eight, second legs on April 14 and 15
Semi-finals: First legs on April 28 and 29, second legs on Could 5 and 6
Remaining: Could 30.