The Champions League knockout stage bracket format. / Sports Illustrated Per UEFA, eight bowls will be prepared for the draw with balls containing the names of seeded and unseeded teams placed in ...

The UEFA Champions League will enter its new era in earnest when the draw for the competition proper takes place in Nyon on Thursday. For the first time, the number of entrants in 2024/25 has been ...

Rather than groups, the Champions League draw created individual eight-game fixture lists for each of the 36 participants. Not much changed in how the draw looked on paper, as there were still ...

A new format neccessitates changes to the Champions League draw. No longer will former footballers reach repeatedly into pots to draw out balls and determine groups; instead, automated software ...

We've mapped it all out ahead of the draw, which takes place at noon ET / 5 p.m. BST / 6 p.m. CET on Thursday. The Champions League draw is now all about creating each team's individual fixture list.