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2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates29 June 2010–28 May 2011
Teams76 or 77
All statistics correct as of 21 Dec 2009 (UTC).

The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League will be the 56th edition of the European Club Championship football tournament and the second edition under the latest qualifying format. The final venue will be Wembley Stadium in London, England.[1]

Association team allocation

A total of 76 or 77 teams will participate in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their UEFA league co-efficient.

The Champions League title holder from the 2009–10 season will be guaranteed a place in the group stage, even if they do not obtain a qualifying place through their domestic league.

The allocation system may change slightly depending on the title holder's domestic placing.

The UEFA ranking 2009[2] determines the allocation of places for the 2010–11 Champions League. Below is the qualification scheme:

  • 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 16–53 each have one team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)

First qualifying round

  • Six champions from associations 48–53

Second qualifying round

  • Three winners from the first qualifying round
  • 31 champions from associations 16–47 (excluding Liechtenstein)

Third qualifying round for champions

  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
  • Three champions from associations 13–15

Play-off round for champions

  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions

Third qualifying round for non-champions

  • Runners-up from associations 7–15
  • Third-placed team from association 6

Play-off round for non-champions

  • Five winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions
  • Third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
  • Fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3

Group stage (32 teams)

  • Five winners from the play-off round for champions
  • Five winners from the play-off round for non-champions
  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed teams from associations 1–3
  • First- and second-placed teams from associations 4–6
  • First-placed teams from associations 7–12
  • Title holder

The Title-Holder

The winner of the 2009-10 Champions League is guaranteed an entry into the group stage of the 2010-11 competition. The default team allocation system is constructed under the assumption that the Title Holder has not already qualified for the Champions League by other means and does not come from an association which has the maximum 4 Champions League places. However, this is frequently not the case. The allocation of teams across the qualification rounds may have to be adjusted accordingly.

The 2009-10 Champions League is currently at the semi-final stage. Given the remaining teams' nationalities and current positions in their domestic leagues, there are three possibilities concerning the use of the Title Holder spot in the 2010-11 season:

The Title Holder does not qualify for the Champions League domestically and comes from an association with 3 or fewer Champions League entries
The Title Holder is entered into the group stage, and no changes to the allocation of teams is necessary.
The Title Holder also qualifies for the Best-placed team Play-off round
The Title Holder club is entered directly into the group stage,
To compensate:
Russia Zenit St. Petersburg and Ukraine Runners-up of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League are entered into the Best-placed team Play-off round
The Title Holder already qualifies for the group stage through their domestic league placing
The Title Holder club remains in the group stage.
To compensate:
Scotland Rangers are entered into the group stage,
Denmark Champions of 2009–10 Danish Super League are entered into the third qualifying round for champions,
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn and Luxembourg Champions of 2009–10 Luxembourg National Division are entered into the second qualifying round

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 29–30 June 2010 6–7 July 2010
Second qualifying round 13–14 July 2010 20–21 July 2010
Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 27–28 July 2010 3–4 August 2010
Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 17–18 August 2010 24–25 August 2010
Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2010
(Monaco) 		14–15 September 2010
Matchday 2 28–29 September 2010
Matchday 3 19–20 October 2010
Matchday 4 2–3 November 2010
Matchday 5 23–24 November 2010
Matchday 6 7–8 December 2010
Knockout phase Round of 16 17 December 2010 15–16 & 22–23 February 2011 8–9 & 15–16 March 2011
Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 5–6 April 2011 12–13 April 2011
Semi-finals 26–27 April 2011 3–4 May 2011
Final 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London

Qualifying rounds

There will be two separate qualifying tournaments. One will be for the champion clubs who did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The other will be for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

First qualifying round

The following 6 teams are expected to compete in the first qualifying round:

Second qualifying round

The following 31 teams are expected to enter in the second qualifying round, joined by the three winners from the first qualifying round:

Third qualifying round

The following teams are expected to compete in the third qualifying round:

For champions

For best-placed team

Play-off round

Champions Play-off

The 10 winners of the third qualifying round will compete in the play-off round for Champions.

Best-placed team Play-off

The following teams will enter in the play-off round, joined by the 5 winners of the Best-placed team qualifying round:

Group stage

The following teams are expected to compete, along with all 10 winners of the Play-off round (5 champions + 5 non-champions), in the group stage of the Champions League:

See also

Notes

1. Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk will play at some stage of the Champions League.
2. Twente and Ajax will play at some stage of the Champions League.
3. Benfica will play at some stage of the Champions League.
4. Arsenal will play at some stage of the Champions League.

References

  1. ^ Wembley to host 2011 Euro final BBC Sport
  2. ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2009 Bert Kassies' Site
3. Seeding in the 2010–11 Champions League
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