The UEFA Champions League is back for the 2022-23 season, as teams battle to qualify for the group stages via qualifying rounds and playoffs.
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Many top teams are battling to qualify for the Champions League this season, with Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers and Benfica all entering the third qualifying round.
As the round of the playoffs (split into Champions Path and League Path) arrives to decide the final six teams will reach the Champions League group stage, the battle will be intense as the winner of Rangers against Union Saint-Gilloise will face the winner of Monaco vs PSV for a place in the group stage.
There is always a lot of upheaval at this stage of the competition as the dream of reaching the Champions League group stage is within reach.
Below is the full schedule for the second and third qualifying rounds as we’ll update the scores as we go.
UEFA Champions League results, schedule, dates, how to watch
Dates: Qualifying rounds in July-August
Online: Live updates via NBCSports.com
How to watch: TUDN, Paramount+
Elimination round first leg (August 16/17)
Path of Champions
tuesday august 16
Copenhagen vs Trabzonspor – 3 p.m. ET
Bodo/Glimt vs Dinamo Zagreb – 3 p.m. ET
Wednesday August 17
Qarabag vs. Viktoria Plzen – 12:45 p.m. ET
Maccabi Haifa vs. Red Star Belgrade – 3 p.m. ET
league path
tuesday august 16
Rangers vs PSV Eindhoven – 3pm ET
Wednesday August 17
Dynamo Kyiv vs Benfica – 3pm ET
Return match (August 23/24)
Path of Champions
Tuesday August 23
Viktoria Plzen vs. Qarabag – 3 p.m. ET
Red Star Belgrade vs. Maccabi Haifa – 3 p.m. ET
Wednesday August 24
Trabzonspor vs Copenhagen – 3 p.m. ET
Dinamo Zagreb vs. Bodo/Glimt – 3 p.m. ET
league path
Tuesday August 23
Benfica vs Dynamo Kyiv – 3pm ET
Wednesday August 24
PSV Eindhoven vs Rangers – 3pm ET
Group stage draw on August 25 at 12 p.m. ET
How the (UEFA) Champions League draw works
- There will be two draws: one for the eight teams in the Champions path (two of which enter at this stage), the other for the four clubs in the League path.
- The teams in each draw will be split equally between seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the club coefficient ranking. The higher coefficient of the two clubs involved in an undecided pairing will be used for the purpose of the draw.
- The teams in each draw will be split equally between seeded and unseeded teams in accordance with the club coefficient ranking.
- The balls containing the names of the ranked teams will be placed in one bowl and the balls containing the unranked sides will be placed in another bowl. A ball will be taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where it will be shuffled. The first team drawn will play at home in the first leg.
- Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. Any other restrictions will be announced before the draw.