The final challenge before the group stages is now ready, with the draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League play-off round conducted on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
Held at 12:00 CET, the draw decided the matchups to be played on August 20/21 and 27/28, where teams will compete for a place in the renowned tournament’s main event.
PUNCH Online sourced this information from a release on the UCL website on Monday night.
It was titled, “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw.”
Here is the complete compilation of the draws:
Young Boys Bern (SUI) vs. Galatasaray (TUR)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Qarabag (AZE) or Ludogorets (BUL)
Midtjylland (DEN) or Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Slovan Bratislava (SVK) or APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL) or Bodo/Glimt (NOR) vs. Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Malmo (SWE) or PAOK (GRE) vs. Sparta Prague (CZE) or Steaua Bucharest (ROU)
Lille (FRA) or Fenerbahce (TUR) vs Slavia Prague (CZE) or Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or Rangers (SCO) vs. RB Salzburg (AUT) or Twente (NED
PUNCH Online highlights that the UEFA Champions League play-off round draw adheres to specific protocols to maintain fairness. Teams compete in home and away fixtures using a knockout format.
Clubs are matched up with an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams, based on their coefficient rankings. Certain restrictions are in place to ensure that some teams cannot face each other.
In the Champions Path, 10 teams were categorized into five seeded and five unseeded groups. Similarly, in the league path, four teams were divided into two seeded and two unseeded categories.
The draw sets the pairings and assigns home teams for the initial matches, while UEFA oversees the scheduling and start times.
