The miners will have eight opponents
On August 29, in Monaco there will be 2024/25 Champions League group stage draw. The most prestigious club tournament of the Old World for the first time will be held in a new formatfor the first time will receive 36 participants at the group stage and will play matches of the stage for the first time in January. Today Shakhtar will also find out their opponents in the group stage of the Champions League. We tell you, What you need to know about the 2024/2025 Champions League draw: principles, format, potential opponents of the Miners.
2024/2025 Champions League Group Stage Format
At this stage of the tournament, 36 clubs will play. Each club will play eight matches: four at home, four away. Points will be counted in the overall standings. The eight best teams will advance to the 1/8 finals directly. The remaining eight spots will be played out in a knockout round among the teams ranked 9th to 24th. The teams ranked 25th to 36th will no longer compete in European competitions.
2024/2025 Champions League Group Stage Schedule
The group stage of the 2024/2025 Champions League season starts on September 17. The stage will end on January 29, 2025. For the first time, the principle of “sorting” teams will be applied. Thus, the clubs that take the first two places in the group stage will not play each other until the final. The teams that finish in third and fourth place can only meet in the semi-finals, etc.
2024/25 Champions League Group Stage Draw Format
The Swiss system is only important for displaying the tournament table. The draw will be held according to the usual principle: the clubs will be divided into four baskets, with nine teams in each. Each team will receive two opponents from each basket. In the group stage, matches between teams from the same association are excluded. In addition, no team can receive more than two opponents from the same country.
2024/25 Champions League Group Stage Draw Procedure
The draw will begin with the first basket using traditional balls. For each selected team, a special program will automatically select opponents from each basket. The program will also determine which team will play which home and away matches.
Once all teams in Pot 1 have learned their opponents one by one, the draw will continue for Pot 2 and so on. According to UEFA, the Software guarantees complete randomness within the conditions of the draw stipulated by the regulations (for example, restrictions on countries and opponents from the same association), and will also help to avoid deadlocks at any stage of the procedure.
The final schedule and kick-off times of the matches will be announced later, on August 31, to avoid clashes with UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League teams that may play in the same city on the same day.
Shakhtar’s potential opponents in the 2024/2025 Champions League group stage
The miners were pleased into the second basket along with Bayer, Atletico, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Club Brugge and Milan.
The first included: Real, Manchester City, Bayern, PSG, Liverpool, Inter, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Barcelona.
We got into the third one Feyenoord, Sporting, PSV Dinamo Zagreb, Salzburg, Lille, Red Star Belgrade, Young Boys and Celtic.
The fourth basket contained: Slovan, Monaco, Sparta, Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm and Brest.
Where to watch the 2024/25 Champions League group stage draw
On Thursday, August 29, the official ceremony of the draw for the group stage of the 2024/2025 Champions League will be available for viewing in Ukraine via live online video broadcast. The draw for the group stage of the 2024/2025 Champions League will be available on the Megogo platform. Since the 2020/21 season, the Megogo service has been offering broadcasts of Champions League and Europa League matches. And in general, all the world’s leading clubs and tournaments are represented on the platform.
You can also watch the online video broadcast of the draw ceremony for the 2024/2025 Champions League group stage on the Volya TV platform.
Source: Sportarena
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