24/25 UEFA Champions League: What are the changes to the format and how does it aim to breathe new life into club football’s most coveted prize?
The UEFA Champions League remains the biggest and most wanted prize in men’s football, but this season marks a change in the format that stems back over 20 years. We’re looking at the format to give you abit more understanding on how it will work this campaign.
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00:00The draw for the UEFA Champions League has been completed in Monaco, with some struggling
00:07to understand the new format, so let's break it down.
00:11The straightforward 32-team competition, with eight groups of four, from which the top two
00:16in each progressed to the knockout round, has been replaced by one with 36 clubs in
00:22one giant league.
00:24Each club in the competition will play eight different opponents, four of the matches will
00:28be played at home and four away.
00:30The results will determine places in a 36-team league table, with goal difference, then goal
00:36scored and then the disciplinary record taken into account if the number of points is the
00:41same.
00:42The top eight in the table qualify for the round of 16, to be played in March, and the
00:47bottom 12 clubs are eliminated.
00:50The 16 clubs who finished in 9th to 24th will go into a home and away knockout play-off
00:56round that takes place in February.