Misplaced Pages

2016–17 UEFA Champions League: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 10:51, 11 August 2015 editPeeJay (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers208,503 edits little bit ahead of yourself, aren't you?← Previous edit Revision as of 10:52, 11 August 2015 edit undoPeeJay (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers208,503 edits →Association team allocation: grammarNext edit →
Line 29: Line 29:
}} }}


A total of 77, 78 or 79 teams from 53 of the 54 ] member associations are expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (the exception being ], which do not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the ] is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:<ref name="regulations"/> A total of 77, 78 or 79 teams from 53 of the 54 ] member associations are expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (the exception being ], which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the ] is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:<ref name="regulations"/>
*Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify. *Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
*Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify. *Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.

Revision as of 10:52, 11 August 2015

2016–17 UEFA Champions League
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the final.
Tournament details
Dates28 June – 24 August 2016 (qualifying)
13 September 2016 – 3 June 2017 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
77 or 78 or 79 (total) (from 53 associations)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
International football competition

The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will be the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

On 30 June 2015, it was announced that the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Association team allocation

NOTE: The following information is based on the regulations of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, which are used for the three-year UEFA club competition cycle beginning in the 2015–16 season and ending in the 2017–18 season. All information is subject to future changes by UEFA.

A total of 77, 78 or 79 teams from 53 of the 54 UEFA member associations are expected to participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (the exception being Liechtenstein, which does not organise a domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–54 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league. Because a maximum of five teams from one association can enter the Champions League, if both the Champions League title holders and the Europa League title holders are from the same top three ranked association and finish outside the top four of their domestic league, the fourth-placed team of their association will be moved to the Europa League.

Association ranking

For the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2015 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2010–11 to 2014–15.

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations may have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below:

  • (CL) – Additional berth for Champions League title holders
  • (EL) – Additional berth for Europa League title holders
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 Spain Spain 99.999 4
2 England England 80.391
3 Germany Germany 79.415
4 Italy Italy 70.510 3
5 Portugal Portugal 61.382
6 France France 52.416
7 Russia Russia 50.498 2
8 Ukraine Ukraine 45.166
9 Netherlands Netherlands 40.979
10 Belgium Belgium 37.200
11 Switzerland Switzerland 34.375
12 Turkey Turkey 32.600
13 Greece Greece 31.900
14 Czech Republic Czech Republic 29.125
15 Romania Romania 26.299
16 Austria Austria 25.675 1
17 Croatia Croatia 23.500
18 Cyprus Cyprus 22.300
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19 Poland Poland 21.500 1
20 Israel Israel 21.000
21 Belarus Belarus 20.750
22 Denmark Denmark 19.800
23 Scotland Scotland 17.900
24 Sweden Sweden 17.725
25 Bulgaria Bulgaria 16.750
26 Norway Norway 14.375
27 Serbia Serbia 13.875
28 Slovenia Slovenia 13.625
29 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 12.500
30 Slovakia Slovakia 11.250
31 Hungary Hungary 11.000
32 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 10.375
33 Moldova Moldova 10.000
34 Georgia (country) Georgia 9.375
35 Finland Finland 8.200
36 Iceland Iceland 8.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.500 1
38 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 6.000 0
39 North Macedonia Macedonia 5.875 1
40 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 5.750
41 Montenegro Montenegro 5.625
42 Albania Albania 5.375
43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5.125
44 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4.875
45 Lithuania Lithuania 4.500
46 Latvia Latvia 4.250
47 Malta Malta 4.208
48 Estonia Estonia 3.500
49 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.500
50 Wales Wales 2.875
51 Armenia Armenia 2.750
52 Andorra Andorra 0.833
53 San Marino San Marino 0.499
54 Gibraltar Gibraltar 0.250

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(8 teams)
  • 8 champions from associations 47–54
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 30 champions from associations 16–46 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 4 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Champions League title holders
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

The access list above is provisional, as changes will be made depending on whether the Champions League and Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. The Champions League title holders always enter directly into the group stage. The Europa League title holders also enter directly into the group stage if either they or the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues (if both teams qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues, the champions of association 13 enter directly into the group stage). Otherwise, the Europa League title holders enter directly the play-off round, with the route they enter depending on the Champions League title holders:

  • League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
  • Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.

The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 20 teams. UEFA has published a detailed document outlining several possible qualification scenarios, which are also covered in the regulations (Article 3.07).

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

A total of eight teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

A total of 34 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 30 teams which enter in this round, and the four winners of the first qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

A total of 30 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round:

Champions Route

Three teams which enter in this round, and the 17 winners of the second qualifying round.

League Route

Ten teams which enter in this round.

Play-off round

The play-off round is split into two separate sections: Champions Route (for league champions) and League Route (for league non-champions). The losing teams in both sections enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

A total of 20 teams play in the play-off round:

Champions Route

The ten Champions Route winners of the third qualifying round.

League Route

Five teams which enter in this round, and the five League Route winners of the third qualifying round.

NOTE: The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League enter the play-off round if both they and the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League have not qualified for the group stage through domestic performance. Should the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League enter the play-off round, they enter:

  • League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
  • Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.

Group stage

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting 2015–16 season):

  • Pot 1 contains the title holders and the champions of the top seven associations based on their 2015 UEFA country coefficients. If the title holders are one of the champions of the top seven associations, the champions of the association ranked eighth are also seeded into Pot 1 (regulations Article 13.05).
  • Pot 2, 3 and 4 contain the remaining teams, seeded based on their 2016 UEFA club coefficients.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams enter the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League round of 32.

The youth teams of the clubs that qualify for the group stage also participate in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League, where they are joined by the youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations.

A total of 32 teams play in the group stage: 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 from Champions Route, 5 from League Route).

NOTE: The winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League enter the group stage if the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League have qualified for the group stage through domestic performance.

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

See also

References

  1. "Champions League: Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to host 2017 final". BBC Sport. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. "Cardiff to host 2017 Champions League final". UEFA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2015/16 Season" (PDF). UEFA.com. 1 May 2015.
  4. "How the Europa League winners will enter the Champions League". UEFA.com. 27 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Country coefficients 2014/15". UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2015". Bert Kassies.
  7. "Preliminary Access List 2015/16" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
  8. "Access list 2015/2016". Bert Kassies.
  9. "UEFA Access List 2015/18 with explanations" (PDF). Bert Kassies.
  10. ^ "Club coefficients". UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2016". Bert Kassies.
  12. "Champions League: Domestic title winners to receive top-seed status". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014.
  13. "Champions' bonus for group stage draw". UEFA.com. 24 April 2015.

External links

European Cup and UEFA Champions League
European Cup era, 1955–1992
Seasons
Finals
UEFA Champions League era, 1992–present
Seasons
Finals
2016–17 European club competitions
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Football
Football variants
Basketball
Volleyball
Handball
Water polo
Rugby union
Ice hockey
Indoor hockey
Field hockey
Roller hockey
Lacrosse
Categories: