The league of the new Champions League format has ended. While eight teams qualified on the direct path for the round of 16, 16 teams have to take their way over the playoffs. With BVB and FC Bayern there are also two Bundesliga clubs who get their opponent in the draw on Friday afternoon.
sport.de accompanies the playoff draw on Friday (12:00 p.m.) at this point in one Detailed live blog.
+++ Who can BVB and FC Bayern meet? +++
Borussia Dortmund expects a duel with Sporting (23rd) or Club Bruges (24th) as the table tenth of the league.
After eight games, FC Bayern was twelve. The record champion could therefore hit it particularly hard: a meeting with Manchester City (22nd) is possible, alternatively Celtic Glasgow (21st) is ready.
+++ When do the playoffs take place? +++
Hake -up: 11./12. February 2025
Return: 18./19. February 2025
Each club basically plays on a Tuesday and once on a Wednesday. UEFA wants to publish the contemporary approaches on Friday evening
+++ Which teams are there in the playoffs? +++
The first eight teams of the Champions League table are found directly into the round of 16. The teams that made nine to 24 places have to go to the playoffs to qualify for the round of the last 16. In the first and second leg, a set meets an unsetzent team.
| Set teams | Unsettered teams |
|---|---|
| 9. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) | 17. As Monaco (FRA) |
| 10. Borussia Dortmund (GER) | 18. Stade Brest (FRA) |
| 11. Real Madrid (ESP) | 19. Feyenoord Rotterdam (ned) |
| 12. FC Bayern (ger) | 20. Juventus Turin (ITA) |
| 13. AC Milan (ITA) | 21. Celtic Glasgow (SCO) |
| 14. PSV Eindhoven (ned) | 22. Manchester City (Eng) |
| 15. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) | 23. Sporting (POR) |
| 16. SL Benfica (POR) | 24. Club Bruges (BEL) |
+++ How does the draw go? +++
The procedure of the draw has been significantly complicated compared to previous years. The possible playoff opponents of a team are no longer triggered freely, but are already specified by the table of league. Each team has two possible opponents.
The teams in the places nine and ten can be drawn either against the 23rd or the 24th of the final table, the ranks eleven and twelve only against the 25th or 26th etc. . This is classified on the left side of the tournament tree. The remaining team moves to the other side of the tournament tree.
This continues until all unoccupied team is assigned to a precise position in the tournament tree. Then the procedure is repeated with the teams set, who enjoy home rights in the second leg. The winners are drawn in the same way on February 21, the top eight of the league trees for the round of 16.
An exact explanation of the new knockout phase in the European Cup can be found here in video format.