The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League play-off round draw took place on Monday, August 5, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, setting the stage for the last obstacle before the group stages.
Teams will compete for a coveted position in the famous tournament’s main event on August 20/21 and 27/28. The draw, which took place at 12:00 CET, decided the matches.
TV360 Nigeria retrieved this from a release obtained from the UCL website on Monday night.
It was titled, “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw.”
Here is the full list 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)
TV360 Nigeria that the UEFA Champions League play-off round draw follows specific procedures to ensure fairness. Teams play home and away matches in a knockout system.
An equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs are paired based on club coefficient rankings. Restrictions prevent certain teams from being drawn against each other.
In the Champions Path, 10 teams were split into five seeded and five unseeded categories. In the league path, four teams were divided into two seeded and two unseeded groups.
The draw determines matchups and home teams for the first legs, with the schedule and kick-off times managed by UEFA.
