Champions League
And Shakhtar. Who will take part in the 2023/24 Champions League play-offs according to the new format?
The last 6th round match of Champions League Group C was played between Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk on December 13. The match ended with the score of 5:3 for the “dragons”.
The Ukrainian club failed to qualify for the play-offs in the main European Cup tournament and will continue to play in the Europa League in the spring.
Pitmen, playing together with Barcelona, Porto and Antwerp in Quartet C, finished the league in third place with 9 points out of 18.
Interestingly, this result has emerged with the new Champions League format to be introduced in the 2024/25 season. Shakhtar (mentioning 9 points) will allow the team to enter 1/16 final competitions.
The 2023/24 Champions League table, taking into account the new format and the points earned in the group stage of this competition:
- Manchester City
- Real
- Bavaria
- atlético
- Arsenal
- porto
- barcelona
- Real Sociedad
- RB Leipzig
- Inter
- Borussia Dortmund
- Naples
- Lazio
- Miner
- PSV
- PSG
- Copenhagen
- Milan
- Spear
- Feyenoord
- newcastle
- of Galatasaray
- Manchester United
- Benfica
- RB Salzburg
- Young guys
- Braga
- Celtic
- Antwerp
- Union Berlin
- Seville
- red star
- +4 teams (extra seats)
From the 2024/25 season, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the Champions League (formerly the group stage), with a further four teams given the opportunity to compete with Europe’s best teams. These 36 clubs will play in a single league where they will compete against each other.
The clubs taking the first 8 places will advance to the 1/8 final, and the clubs taking the 9th to 24th place will advance to the 1/16 final.
Source: Sport UA
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