"The draw for the knockout playoff round will take place Friday, Jan. 30, at 6 a.m. ET (11 a.m. GMT) at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. Which clubs are in the draw? Sixteen teams are taking part. Teams that finished ninth through 16th in the league phase are seeded for the draw, and teams finishing 17th through 24th are unseeded."
"The seeding system introduced for 2024-25 ensures the higher-placed teams from the league phase won't face each other in the knockout playoff round, theoretically creating a more balanced bracket. All 16 teams in Friday's draw are paired based on their final position in the league phase. Ninth-place Real Madrid are paired with 10th-place Internazionale, 11th-place Paris Saint-Germain with 12th-place Newcastle United, and so on. This creates eight sets of paired teams."
The knockout playoff draw is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30 at 6 a.m. ET (11 a.m. GMT) in Nyon, Switzerland. Sixteen teams take part: clubs that finished ninth through 16th in the league phase are seeded, while teams finishing 17th through 24th are unseeded. The top eight advanced directly to the round of 16, and clubs finishing 25th to 36th were eliminated. The seeding system prevents higher-placed teams from meeting in the playoff round to create a more balanced bracket. Paired teams are determined by final league positions and are placed on opposite sides of the bracket through a two-step draw process.
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