1. According to the points ranking of the national football associations under the jurisdiction of UEFA, the three football associations with the highest points in UEFA will each have three teams directly entering the group stage. The Football Association, ranked 4th to 6th, has two teams each. The Football Association ranked 7th to 12 has a team directly. Together with the 10 team in the play-off, 32 teams will participate in the Champions League group stage.
2. Through the Champions League qualifiers, the whole qualifying stage is divided into four rounds: the first round of qualifiers, the champion countries with UEFA points ranking 48-53, and ***6 teams, which are divided into two teams for two rounds of home and away elimination, and three winners enter the second round of qualifiers.
The champions of 3 1 countries (except Liechtenstein) ranked by UEFA from 16 to 47 will directly enter the second round of qualifiers. In the second qualifying round, 34 teams were eliminated in pairs of 17, and the winner of 17 entered the third qualifying round. Among the national league champions ranked by UEFA 13 to 15, ***3 teams directly entered the third round of qualifiers.
In the third qualifying round, 20 teams were eliminated in pairs of 10. 10 The winning team enters the play-offs (the fourth qualifying round). In the fourth round of qualifiers (play-offs), 10 teams were divided into five pairs for home and away two-round knockout, and the top five entered the Champions League group stage.
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1. If there are two or more teams with the same score in the group, the winners will be determined in turn according to the following criteria:
1, the team with better performance in the competition;
2. The team with better goal difference in the competition;
3. The team with more goals scored by the visiting team in the game;
4. Teams with better goal difference;
5. The team with the best total score;
According to UEFA's "ranking coefficient".
Second, the qualifying rules for the group stage:
1, high integral;
2. If the points are the same, look at the winning relationship;
3. If the winning relationship is the same, look at the number of goals scored by the other side;
4. If it is the same, see who scores more goals away;
5. If they are the same, look at the total goal difference in the group match;
6. If it is the same, look at the total number of goals scored in the group stage;
7. If it's the same, look at the point of fair competition.
Third, the knockout stage (including the final)
In the knockout stage (including the final), except for the championship battle for the neutral venue, the rest all adopt the home and away two-round knockout stage. In addition, there are only two awards in the Champions League, the champion and the runner-up, and there is no competition for the third place.
4. The quarterfinals will be decided by drawing lots, but according to the following criteria:
1, the first group is the second group; The same team and the team will not meet; The first leg will be played at the home of the second place in the group.
There will be lots for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and there is no limit to this draw.
3. In the final, if the two sides play after 90 minutes, they will enter 30 minutes overtime. If the overtime is still tied, the winner will be decided by penalty.
4. The winner of the final is the champion of this season's UEFA Champions League, and can participate in the FIFA Club World Cup, the European Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League group match next season.
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