Champions League draw: Start time, TV channel, how it works and teams for knockout play-offs today

Liverpool and Barcelona were already guaranteed a spot successful the past 16 up of Wednesday night’s melodramatic last circular of league signifier action, portion 9 clubs astatine the different extremity of the array knew they were eliminated.

However, for the remainder of the 36 clubs successful the revamped competition, the contention was connected to either unafraid a spot successful the apical eight, and truthful spell consecutive done to the past 16, oregon decorativeness successful the apical 24 and with it instrumentality a spot successful the knockout signifier play-offs.

The gully for the Champions League knockout signifier play-offs volition instrumentality spot astatine 11am GMT contiguous connected Friday January 31, 2025.

Live stream: The gully volition beryllium streamed unrecorded connected the UEFA.com website connected Friday.

LIVE coverage: You tin travel the gully with Standard Sport’s dedicated unrecorded blog.

While the teams that finished successful the apical 8 successful the league signifier spell consecutive done to the past 16, those betwixt ninth and 24th successful the array look an other play-off round.

Teams betwixt ninth and 16th volition beryllium seeded and play their 2nd limb astatine home, against the sides who finished the league signifier successful 17th to 24th.

There is besides a pairing strategy successful place. That means the ninth and 10th-placed teams volition instrumentality connected either the squad that finished 23rd oregon 24th, with 11th and 12th up against the 21st oregon 22nd-placed side, and truthful on.

Clubs tin look different teams from the aforesaid country, arsenic good arsenic sides that they played successful the league phase.

The archetypal legs volition beryllium played connected either Tuesday February 11 oregon Wednesday February 12, with the reverse fixtures taking spot a week later.

The apical 8 from the league signifier of the contention volition look the 8 winners of the knockout play-off ties successful the past 16. The gully for the past 16 volition instrumentality spot connected Friday February 21, 2025.

On insubstantial astatine least, the higher you decorativeness successful the league phase, the easier your last-16 necktie should be.

The teams finishing archetypal oregon 2nd volition beryllium handed a last-16 clash against the winners of the play-off necktie betwixt the 15th/16th and 17th/18th seeds.

Guaranteed spot successful past 16: