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The 2025/26 Champions League matchup is released

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According to CCTV Sports, on August 29, the draw ceremony for the 2025/26 Champions League season was held in Monaco, and all the matches of 36 teams have been announced. This season is the second season in the Champions League with a new competition system. In the league stage, each team will play against 8 different teams. After 8 rounds of games, the teams with the top 8 points will directly advance to the top 16. The teams ranked 9-24 need to play two rounds of play-offs, and the winner will get 8 more promotion places; the teams ranked 25-36 will be eliminated directly. Starting from the 1/8 final, the game will continue to use a two-round knockout system (no away goal rules are set).

Starting this season, the Champions League final kickoff time will be 3 hours ahead of schedule. The 2026 final is scheduled to be held at the Puskas Arena on Budapest, Hungary.

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