The draw for the UEFA Champions League playoffs and knockout rounds is about for Friday, Sept. 30, figuring out the matchups and bracket for the remainder of remaining rounds of the competitors.
The 2025-26 marketing campaign marks the second yr of the Champions League’ new, expanded format. After enjoying eight “league part” matches, the highest eight groups within the standings advance on to the Spherical of 16, whereas the ninth via Twenty fourth-placed finishers face off in two-legged playoffs to resolve who joins them.
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The primary legs of the playoff matchups shall be performed on Feb. 17 and 18 with the return matches set for Feb. 24 and 25.
This is what to know for Friday’s draw:
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The golf equipment are paired primarily based on their positions on the finish of the league part to type 4 seeded pairs (golf equipment in positions 9 and 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14, and 15 and 16) and 4 unseeded pairs (positions 17 and 18, 19 and 20, 21 and 22, and 23 and 24).
The golf equipment in every seeded pair are drawn in opposition to the golf equipment in every unseeded pair: golf equipment 9 or 10 in opposition to golf equipment 23 or 24, golf equipment 11 or 12 in opposition to golf equipment 21 or 22, golf equipment 13 or 14 in opposition to golf equipment 19 or 20, and golf equipment 15 or 16 in opposition to golf equipment 17 or 18.
The fixtures for the spherical of 16 are decided via a draw performed in accordance with the next rules:
The golf equipment are paired primarily based on their positions on the finish of the league part to type 4 seeded pairs (golf equipment in positions 1 and a pair of, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and seven and eight).
The golf equipment in every seeded pair are drawn into one in every of two positions within the spherical of 16 in opposition to the related winner of the knockout part play-offs, whose place is decided by the knockout part play-off draw
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Australia – seventh look
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Austria – eighth look
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Ecuador – fifth look
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Senegal – fourth look
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Canada – third look
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Champions League knockout spherical schedule
Playoff spherical
First legs: Feb. 17 and 18
Second legs: Feb 24 and 25
Spherical of 16
First legs: March 10 and 11
Second legs: March 17 and 18
Quarterfinals
First legs: April 7 and eight
Second legs: April 14 and 15
Semifinals
First legs: April 28 and 29
Remaining