UCL: UEFA releases Champions League play-offs draws …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
The final stage before the group phases of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League has been set with the play-off round draw conducted on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw, held at 12:00 CET, decided the matchups for the play-off rounds scheduled for August 20/21 and 27/28, where teams will compete for a spot in the prestigious tournament’s main event.
This was displayed on the Website if the European Football Body titled “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw.”
Here are the complete matchups:
– Young Boys Bern (SUI) vs. Galatasaray (TUR)
– Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Qarabag (AZE) or Ludogorets (BUL)
– Midtjylland (DEN) or Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Slovan Bratislava (SVK) or APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
– Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL) or Bodo/Glimt (NOR) vs. Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
– Malmo (SWE) or PAOK (GRE) vs. Sparta Prague (CZE) or Steaua Bucharest (ROU)
– Lille (FRA) or Fenerbahce (TUR) vs. Slavia Prague (CZE) or Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
– Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or Rangers (SCO) vs. RB Salzburg (AUT) or Twente (NED)
The draw adheres to specific procedures to ensure fairness, with teams playing home and away matches in a knockout format. An equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs are paired based on club coefficient rankings, and certain teams are restricted from being drawn against each other.
In the Champions Path, 10 teams were split into five seeded and five unseeded categories, while in the League Path, four teams were divided into two seeded and two unseeded groups.
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