UEFA Champions League 2024/25 knockout stage draw schedule, date, time, format, guidelines defined, groups and reside stream telecast the place to look at

We look at all particulars in regards to the UEFA Champions League (UCL) 2024/25 playoff knockout stage draw together with its date, time and guidelines, which can happen on thirty first January at Nyon

The extremely anticipated Champions League knockout section playoff draw will happen on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 11am GMT / 6am ET. Hosted on the Home of European Soccer in Nyon, Switzerland, this prestigious venue is synonymous with main UEFA attracts. This draw will probably be a defining second, setting the stage for the fierce battles forward as groups from throughout Europe vie for a coveted place within the subsequent spherical.

UEFA Champions League (UCL) 2024/25 knockout stage draw schedule, date, time, format, guidelines defined, groups and reside stream telecast the place to look at

Pos	Workforce	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Liverpool	7	7	0	0	21
2	Barcelona	7	6	0	1	18
3	Arsenal	7	5	1	1	16
4	Inter Milan	7	5	1	1	16
5	Atlético Madrid	7	5	0	2	15
6	Milan	7	5	0	2	15
7	Atalanta	7	4	2	1	14
8	Bayer Leverkusen	7	4	1	2	13
9	Aston Villa	7	4	1	2	13
10	Monaco	7	4	1	2	13
11	Feyenoord	7	4	1	2	13
12	Lille	7	4	1	2	13
13	Brest	7	4	1	2	13
14	Borussia Dortmund	7	4	0	3	12
15	Bayern Munich	7	4	0	3	12
16	Actual Madrid	7	4	0	3	12
17	Juventus	7	3	3	1	12
18	Celtic	7	3	3	1	12
19	PSV Eindhoven	7	3	2	2	11
20	Membership Brugge	7	3	2	2	11
21	Benfica	7	3	1	3	10
22	Paris Saint-Germain	7	3	1	3	10
23	Sporting CP	7	3	1	3	10
24	VfB Stuttgart	7	3	1	3	10
25	Manchester Metropolis	7	2	2	3	8
26	Dinamo Zagreb	7	2	2	3	8
27	Shakhtar Donetsk	7	2	1	4	7
28	Bologna	7	1	2	4	5
29	Sparta Prague	7	1	1	5	4
30	RB Leipzig	7	1	0	6	3
31	Girona	7	1	0	6	3
32	Crimson Star Belgrade	7	1	0	6	3
33	Sturm Graz	7	1	0	6	3
34	Crimson Bull Salzburg	7	1	0	6	3
35	Slovan Bratislava	7	0	0	7	0
36	Younger Boys	7	0	0	7	0

Draw on Fri 31 January for Champions League playoffs will probably be bracketed as follows, primarily based on remaining league standings:
ninth or tenth v twenty third or twenty fourth,
eleventh or twelfth v twenty first or twenty second
thirteenth or 14th v nineteenth or twentieth
fifteenth or sixteenth v seventeenth or 18th
ninth via sixteenth play 2nd leg at residence
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Notably, the playoff draw will contain the 16 groups that end in positions ninth to twenty fourth within the league standings. These groups will probably be break up into two teams: seeded (ninth to sixteenth) and unseeded (seventeenth to twenty fourth). The highest eight groups from the league section will routinely advance to the final 16, with their draw set for February 21, 2025. The main focus of the upcoming draw will probably be on the remaining 16 groups, who will probably be paired based on their rankings. Groups ending between twenty fifth and thirty sixth will probably be eradicated.

The knockout section playoff video games will probably be contested over two legs. The primary leg will happen on February 11 and 12, 2025, with the second leg scheduled for February 18 and 19, 2025. These video games will probably be essential as groups battle to safe a spot within the Champions League’s final 16, persevering with their pursuit of European glory. On the silver aspect of the bracket, the matchups will probably be seventeenth/18th versus fifteenth/sixteenth, twenty third/twenty fourth versus ninth/tenth, twenty first/twenty second versus eleventh/twelfth, and nineteenth/twentieth versus thirteenth/14th. On the blue aspect of the bracket, the matchups will probably be twentieth/nineteenth versus 14th/thirteenth, twenty second/twenty first versus twelfth/eleventh, twenty fourth/twenty third versus tenth/ninth, and 18th/seventeenth versus sixteenth/fifteenth.

Draw on Fri 31 January for Champions League playoffs will probably be bracketed as follows, primarily based on the ultimate league standings:

ninth or tenth v twenty third or twenty fourth,
eleventh or twelfth v twenty first or twenty second
thirteenth or 14th v nineteenth or twentieth
fifteenth or sixteenth v seventeenth or 18th

ninth through16th will play the 2nd leg at residence.

There will probably be two attracts after the league section and the primary draw on Friday January 31 at 11am will decide which of the 2 choices every workforce will get within the knockout playoff, for instance, a workforce ending thirteenth will discover out whether or not they’re taking part in towards the workforce ending nineteenth or twentieth.

Groups seeded from 1st to eighth must wait till Friday February 21 to seek out out their opponents and that draw will decide their spherical of 16 workforce.

✅ Each Stuttgart and PSG will qualify for the Champions League play-off spherical in the event that they DRAW towards one another within the final spherical of fixtures.
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Confirmed in spherical of 16

Liverpool, Barcelona

Confirmed in spherical of 16 or knockout section play-offs

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Brest, Celtic, Dortmund, Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Juventus, Leverkusen, Lille, AC Milan, Monaco, Actual Madrid

Confirmed in knockout section play-offs

None

Eradicated

Bologna, Crimson Star Belgrade, Girona, Leipzig, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Sturm Graz, Younger Boys

End within the prime eight and go straight by means of to the spherical of 16 and end from ninth to twenty fourth and undergo to a two-legged knockout playoff.

When & The place to look at: reside stream & telecast

Followers can catch the draw reside on UEFA’s official web site, uefa.com, with streaming additionally accessible through UEFA’s broadcast companions. Within the UK, the draw will probably be aired reside on TNT Sports activities, whereas Paramount+ will present a reside stream within the USA. In India, followers will have the ability to benefit from the reside stream by means of SonyLIV.