What happens if a knockout confrontation of Champions League ends up drawing a draw?
Among several changes in its new format, Champions League started to have Another knockout phase before the round of 16. In the calls play-offs, os 16 clubs They were between ninth and 24th place in the running points phase compete in eight crosses, with round trip matches, who has the remaining vacancies in the round of 16. But in case of equality in the confrontations, Do you have extension or penalties? And in the other knockout phases?
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Champions League knockout rules
It has extension! At Champions League, all knockout phases (play-offs, round of 16, quarterfinals and semi-final) have an extension before the penalty shootout if the aggregate score is tied at the end of the second match. The same goes for the final, in a single game.
- Extension: Two 15 -minute times. At the end of the first half, there is a short break for hydration and the inversion of the sides of the field.
- Penalties: If equality in the aggregate score persists in extension. There are five penalties for each team. If you are drawing, the dispute goes to alternate charges.
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How are clashes in the knockout?
In this new format, there is only a small draw before the round of 16, which will also take into account the performance in the alloy phase (running points). From the round of 16, the switching and the path of each club to an eventual final will be defined.
Play-offs
Defined by positions in the alloy phase. For example, the teams that ended in 9th and 10º face the teams that were 23 and 24th; The teams that ended in 11th and 12th took the teams that were 21 and 22, and so on.
Octaves
In the new Championship format, the draw before the round of 16 considers the positions in the league phase to define the confrontations.
The teams that end in 1st and 2nd place in the league phase face the winners of the play-off games involving the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th classified; The teams that end in 3rd and 4th will be drawn against the winners of the play-off games involved the 13th, 14th, 19th and 20th classified, and so on.
Each team, therefore, will have two options to face in the round of 16. This is what the draw will decide. For example:
Play-off 15th x 18th winner: Take 1 or 2nd place (defined by lot)
16º x 17th Playoff Winner: Get 1st or 2nd place (defined by Draw)
UEFA
New Champions League format
- 36 clubs at a big running points, but not everyone will face each other;
- In the draw, the 36 clubs were divided into 4 pots com 9 times each;
- Each team faces two teams of each of the 4 potsi.e, eight matches (Half at home, half away)
Division of pots
- Criterion 1: pots were divided according to UEFA ranking
- Criterion 2: Teams from the same country could not face each other.
- Respecting the criteria, each team drawn, a computer automatically defined the league phase clashes at run points.
Who goes to the Europa League?
From the 2024/25 edition with the new format, No team of Champions League disputes Europe League of the same year. Previously, the best placed third parties in each group of the old Champions headed to Europe League.
Champions League 2024/2025
Thus was the league phase classification at Champions League 2024/2025 Champions League
| Position | Club | Points | J | V | E | D | GP | GC | SG | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 87 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 79 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 79 |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 79 |
| 5 | Atlético de Madrid | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 75 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 66 |
| 7 | Lille | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 66 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 66 |
| 9 | Atalanta | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 62 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 62 |
| 11 | Bayern de Munich | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 62 |
| 12 | Real Madrid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 62 |
| 13 | Milan | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 62 |
| 14 | PSV Eindhoven | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 58 |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 54 |
| 16 | Benfica | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 54 |
| 17 | Monaco | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 54 |
| 18 | Brest | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 54 |
| 19 | Feyenoord | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 54 |
| 20 | Juventus | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 50 |
| 21 | Celtic | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 50 |
| 22 | Manchester City | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 45 |
| 23 | Sporting | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 45 |
| 24 | Club Brugge | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 45 |
| 25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 45 |
| 26 | Stuttgart | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 41 |
| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 28 | Bologna | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 29 | Red Star | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 30 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 31 | Sparta Praga | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 16 |
| 32 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 33 | Girona | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 34 | RB Salzburg | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 12 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 0 |
| 36 | Young Boys | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 |
- Classified directly to the round of 16: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa
- Classified for playoffs: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Milan, PSV, PSG, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting and Club Bruggge
- Eliminated: Dinamo de Zagreb, Sttugart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Estrela Vermelha, Sturm Graz, Sparta Praga, RB Leipzig, Girona, RB Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava E Young Boys Boys
