This Monday (21) marked the draw for the remaining matches of the third qualifying round of the playoffs for the league phase of the 2025/2026 Champions.Teams like Benfica and Fenerbache, for example,...
This Monday (21) marked the draw for the remaining matches of the third qualifying round of the playoffs for the league phase of the 2025/2026 Champions.
Teams like Benfica and Fenerbache, for example, know what they will face.
The matches of the second qualifying round were certain since the end of the first stage. And they will start to be played this Tuesday (22) - see all below.
There are 30 teams seeking 15 spots for the next playoff. They are divided between the "champions' path", which brings together the teams that won their respective leagues, and the "league path", counting on the teams that qualified through leagues that offer more than one spot.
There are three of the four playoffs left for the definition of the last seven qualifiers to the noble phase of the Champions, the league phase.
The start will be on September 16. The first knockout, the playoffs for the eighths, will be in February. The grand decision is scheduled for May 30.
The Puskas Arena, in Hungary, will be the stage.
2nd qualifying round matches
Champions' Path:
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇱🇻 RFS 🆚 Malmö 🇸🇪 - Match 1
22/7 and 29/7 - 🇲🇹 Hamrun Spartans 🆚 Dinamo de Kiev 🇺🇦 - Match 2
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇨🇾 Pafos 🆚 Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 - Match 3
22/7 and 29/7 - 🇬🇮 Lincoln Red Imps 🆚 Red Star 🇷🇸 - Match 4
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇦🇲 Noah 🆚 Ferencváros 🇭🇺 - Match 5
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇵🇱 Lech Poznań 🆚 Breiðablik 🇮🇸 - Match 6
22/7 and 29/7 - 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 🆚 Drita 🇽🇰 - Match 7
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇭🇷 Rijeka 🆚 Ludogorets Razgrad - Match 8
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇲🇰 Shkëndija 🆚 FCSB 🇷🇴 - Match 9
22/7 and 29/7 - 🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava 🆚 Zrinjski 🇧🇦 - Match 10
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇮🇪 Shelbourne 🆚 Qarabağ 🇦🇿 - Match 11
22/7 and 29/7 - 🇫🇮 KuPS 🆚 Kairat 🇰🇿 - Match 12
Leagues' Path:
23/7 and 30/7 - 🇳🇴 Brann 🆚 Salzburg 🇦🇹 - Match 1
22/7 and 30/7 - 🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzeň 🆚 Servette 🇨🇭 - Match 2
22/7 and 30/7 - 🏴 Rangers 🆚 Panathinaikos 🇬🇷 - Match 3
3rd qualifying round matches
First leg matches between August 5 and 6. And the return matches between 12 and 13 of the same month.
There will be 20 teams in total seeking ten spots for the last playoff stage.
The teams eliminated in the champions' path go to the Europa League playoffs. And those who do not advance in the league path advance to the league phase of the tournament.
Champions' Path:
Winner of Match 1 🆚 Winner of Match 7
Winner of Match 12 🆚 Winner of Match 10
Winner of Match 6 🆚 Winner of Match 4
Winner of Match 8 🆚 Winner of Match 5
Winner of Match 2 🆚 Winner of Match 3
Winner of Match 9 🆚 Winner of Match 11
Leagues' Path:
Winner of Match 1 🆚 Brugge 🇧🇪
Winner of Match 2 🆚 Winner of Match 2
🇫🇷 Nice 🆚 Benfica 🇵🇹
🇳🇱 Feyenoord 🆚 Fenerbache 🇹🇷
Teams already secured for the last qualifying phase
The ten qualifiers from the previous phase secure themselves in the final stage of the playoffs - which already has four teams.
The draw for the matches will be on August 4.
First leg matches on August 19 and 20. And the return matches between 26 and 27 of the same month.
The defeated teams go to the Uefa Europa League phase.
And the seven qualifiers secure themselves in the noble phase of the Champions.
Bodø/Glimt 🇳🇴
Celtic 🏴
Basel 🇨🇭
Sturm Graz 🇦🇹
Matches vetoed for political and/or historical reasons*
Teams from Armenia 🆚 teams from Azerbaijan
Teams from Gibraltar 🆚 teams from Spain
Teams from Kosovo 🆚 teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina
Teams from Kosovo 🆚 teams from Serbia
Teams from Ukraine 🆚 teams from Belarus
*Teams from Russia could not face rivals from Ukraine and Kosovo, but the country has been suspended from Uefa competitions since February 2022.
Teams already guaranteed in the league phase
Athletic Bilbao 🇪🇸
Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸
Barcelona 🇪🇸
Real Madrid 🇪🇸
Villarreal 🇪🇸
Arsenal 🏴
Chelsea🏴
Liverpool 🏴
Manchester City 🏴
Newcastle 🏴
Tottenham 🏴
Atalanta 🇮🇹
Inter Milan 🇮🇹
Juventus 🇮🇹
Napoli 🇮🇹
Bayern Munich 🇩🇪
Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪
Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪
Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪
Marseille 🇫🇷
Monaco 🇫🇷
PSG 🇫🇷
Sporting 🇵🇹
Ajax 🇳🇱
Galatasaray 🇹🇷
Olympiacos 🇬🇷
PSV 🇳🇱
Slavia Prague 🇸🇰
Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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