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The playoff (PO) match, which will determine the team that will advance to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) from 2025 to 2026, has been confirmed.
UEFA held a match drawing ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland on the 30th (Korea Standard Time) and confirmed the round of 16 PO matches involving the teams ranked 9th to 24th in the UCL League phase.
The match was held in such a way that the 9th to 16th places in the league phase were divided into seed groups, and the 17th to 24th places were divided into non-seed groups, and the 9th or 10th place was 23rd or 24th place, and the 11th or 12th place was confirmed through a lottery with 21st or 22nd place.
The results of the round of 16 PO draw ▲AS Monaco (21st) - Paris Saint-Germain (11th, France) ▲ Galatasaray (Turkey, 20th) - Juventus (Italy, 13th) ▲ Benfica (Portugal, 24th) - Real Madrid (Spain, 9th) ▲ Borussia Dortmund (Germany, 17th) - Atalanta (Italy, 15th) will clash.
In addition, ▲Karabakh (Azerbaijan, 22nd) - Newcastle United (England, 12th) ▲ Club Brugge (Belgium, 19th) - Atletico Madrid (Spain, 14th) ▲Baud/Glimt (Norway, 23rd) - Inter Milan (Italy, 10th) ▲Olimpiacos (Greece, 18th) and Leverkusen (Germany, 16th) will also face off for the round of 16.
The round of 16 PO will be held in a home-and-away manner, with the first round of games from the 18th to the 19th of next month and the second round from the 25th to the 26th, respectively.
The eight teams that survived the round of 16 POs will play the round of 16 tournaments after drawing a match against teams that previously ranked 1st to 8th in the league phase and went straight to the round of 16.
Starting with Arsenal (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), Liverpool, Tottenham (England), Barcelona (Spain), Chelsea (England), Sporting CP (Portugal), and Manchester City (England) ranked 1st to 8th in the league phase, going straight to the round of 16.
The UCL Round of 16 draw will be held on the 28th of next month. The first round of the round of 16 will be held from March 11 to 12, and the second round will be held from March 18 to 19.
- AS Monaco (21st) vs Paris Saint-Germain (11th, France)
- Galatasaray (Turkey, 20th) vs Juventus (Italy, 13th)
- Benfica (Portugal, 24th) vs Real Madrid (Spain, 9th)
- Borussia Dortmund (Germany, 17th) vs Atalanta (Italy, 15th)
- Karabakh (Azerbaijan, 22nd) vs Newcastle United (England, 12th)
- Club Brugge (Belgium, 19th) vs Atletico Madrid (Spain, 14th)
- Vaud/Glimt (Norway, 23rd) vs Inter Milan (Italy, 10th)
- Olympiacos (Greece, 18th) vs Leverkusen (Germany, 16th)
*The left side is the home team of the first round, and the parentheses are the league phase rankings
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