UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Live Streaming: When, Where To Watch Matchday 1 UCL Matches On TV And Online

Real Madrid are the defending champions and will l🦩ook to defend their crown in this-revamped Champ📖ions League

Updated on: 16 September 2024 9:59 pm

The trophy is displayed🐠 in the hall ahead of the Champions League, league phase, draw, in Monaco. Photo: AP

The trophy is dispಞlayed in the hall ahead of the Champions League, league phase, dr♉aw, in Monaco. Photo: AP

The UEFA Champions League (UCL), one of Europe's most premier club football tournament, is back with a new format and a new theme as top clubs across the continent vie to become the numero uno champion. (More Football News)

The UCL 202🤡4/25 season sees the introduction of an all-new format with 36 teams in the mix, a change from the 32 from the past seasons. The group stages gets replaced by a league system.

36 sides will play eight mat𝔉ches against eight different teams in the league phase. Most of these games will be played in the home and away format. The results from these games will determine the overall ranking of the sid🔴e in the league table.

The top-eight sides from the league, will progress to the Round of 16. Teams placed from 9th to 24th, will lock horns in a𝓡 two-legged knock-out phase pla✅y-offs. The eight winning sides will then conclude the rest of the spots in the UCL Round of 16.

Teams finishing in the 25th position and below will be knocked out and won't ev𝓀en make iꦺt to the Europa League competition.