New Champions League format explained

UEFA has announced how its new league format will work in the Champions League from next season onwards. Daniel Wales explains how it will operate.

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00:00 European Football's governing body UEFA has announced that a new league format will

00:06 replace the current group stage of the Champions League. For the now 36 teams that will qualify,

00:13 instead of being drawn into groups of four, each will partake in a league where they will

00:17 play eight matches, two more than currently. All eight fixtures will be against different

00:24 teams with half at home and half away. This will be determined by four seeding pots which

00:30 will be used to draw two opponents at a time. Once all eight games have been played, the

00:36 top eight sides will progress to the knockouts, with teams 9-24 in the league going into a

00:43 play-off to determine the final eight teams in the knockouts.

00:48 The Europa League and Europa Conference League will also follow a similar structure, as UEFA

00:54 attempts to make every game matter.

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