The draw for the third qualifying round of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League will take place on Monday, 22 July at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

Path of the Champions

Number of participating teams: 12 up to and including the second qualifying round
Number of teams placed: 6
Number of matches: 2 x 6
Matchdays: 6/7 and 13 August 2024
Match dates and kick-off times will be announced on: July 26, 2024 (first and second match)

League path

Number of participating teams: 8 (6 directly and 2 via the second qualifying round)
Number of teams placed: 4
Number of matches: 2 x 4
Matchdays: 6/7 and 13 August 2024
Match dates and kick-off times will be announced on: July 26, 2024 (first and second match)

SIGN PROCEDURE

Based on Article 14 of the UEFA Champions League Regulations (UCL Regulations), the following draw procedure has been adopted by the Club Competition Committee.

Match system

The qualifying phase and the play-offs follow the knockout system, with each team playing each other twice, one home and one away.

Sign system and conditions

A draw between an equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs will determine the tie for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs will be placed for these ties in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the start of the season and with the principles established by the Club Competitions Committee. If for any reason one of the participants in the relevant round is not known at the time of the tie, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved in an undecided tie will be used for the purposes of the tie.

The UEFA Executive Board may form groups for the purpose of the draw, in accordance with the principles established by the Club Competition Committee.

Lots are drawn to determine the tie in each match and to determine which team will play the first leg at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

* All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by decision of the Executive Committee of February 28, 2022, confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on July 15, 2022.

Trekking system (Champions Path)

The 12 teams (12 winners of the second qualifying round (Champions Path), who for the purposes of this draw will be designated as winners of pairs 1 to 12) will be divided into two groups of six pairs.

Within each of the two groups, the pairs are divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded pairs.

Since the teams that qualify for the second qualifying round are not yet known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in any tie will be used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. If a team in a second qualifying round tie has a coefficient that entitles it to be seeded for the third qualifying round draw, the winner of that tie will automatically be seeded for the draw.

Groupings (Champions Path)

Group 1

Sown
Pairing 1 Winners: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) or Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Pairing 2 Winners: Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) or Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Winners of Pair 3: NK Celje (SVN) or ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Unsown
Winners of Pairing 4: PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) or FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Winners of Pairing 5: Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) or AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Winners of Pairing 6: APOEL FC (CYP) or FC Petrocub (MDA)

Group 2

Sown
Winners of Pairing 7: PAOK FC (GRE) or FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Winners of Pairing 8: Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) or The New Saints FC (WAL)
Winners of Pairing 9: FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR) or FC RFS (LVA)

Unsown
Winners of Pair 10: UE Santa Coloma (AND) or FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Winners of Pair 11: Malmö FF (SWE) or KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Winners of pairing 12: FK Panevėžys (LTU) or Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)

Draw procedure (Champions Path)

Three bowls are prepared for the draw. The balls with the names of the seeded and unseeded pairs are placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

Then one ball is taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they are shuffled. The first pair drawn from this bowl is considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they play against the second pair drawn.

Then repeat the process with the remaining balls until all balls are secured.

Draw System (League Path)

The eight teams (six participating in the competition at this stage and the two winners of the second qualifying round, who for the purposes of this draw will be designated as winners of combinations 1 to 2) will be divided equally into four seeded teams and four unseeded teams.

Since the teams that qualify for the second qualifying round are not yet known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the team with the higher coefficient of the two teams involved in any tie will be used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. If a team draws in a second qualifying round with a coefficient that entitles it to be seeded for the third qualifying round, the winner of that tie will automatically be seeded for the draw.

Groupings (League Path)

Sown
Rangers FC (SCO)
SK Slavia Prague (CZE)
FC Salzburg (AUT)
LOSC Lille (FRA)

Unsown
Pairing 1 winners: FC Lugano (SUI) or Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
R. Union Saint-Gilles (BEL)
Winners of Pairing 2: FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or FK Partizan (SRB)
FC Twente (NED)

Draw Procedure (League Path)

Three bowls are set up for the draw. The balls with the names of the seeded and unseeded teams and/or pairs are placed in the correspondingly marked bowls.

Then one ball is taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they are shuffled. The first team and/or pair drawn from this bowl is considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they play against the second team and/or pair drawn.

Then repeat the process with the remaining balls until all balls are secured.

Draw Explanation (Champions Path and League Path)

Before the draw, a video will be shown explaining the draw procedure.

Calendar elaboration

The stadiums, dates and kick-off times for all qualifying matches shall be determined by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and shall be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may change or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles established by the Club Competitions Committee.

If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50 km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, participate in one of the UEFA club competitions, and if the Association and the clubs concerned explicitly state in their registration that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA Executive Board may change or confirm the dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles established by the Club Competitions Committee.

The UEFA administration shall decide on match dates and match reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles established by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if circumstances so require.

Any changes to the date and reversal of match schedules will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations no later than 15:00 (CET) on 23 July 2024.