The UEFA Champions League is the leading club competition in Europe, run by UEFA. Since 2024/25 it opens with a league phase: 36 clubs share one table, and each plays eight matches against eight different opponents, half of them at home. The title is decided in a knockout bracket that ends with a single final on Saturday 5 June 2027 at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid.
Paris Saint-Germain are the holders. They beat Arsenal in Budapest on 30 May 2026, 1-1 after extra time and 4-3 on penalties, and became the second club to retain the trophy in the Champions League era. Real Madrid still own the record with 15 titles.
From one table to the bracket 🗂
The league phase runs from 8 September 2026 to 27 January 2027, with matchdays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Where a club finishes in that table decides its path:
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1st to 8th | Direct place in the last 16 |
9th to 24th | Knockout play-off over two legs |
25th to 36th | Out of Europe, with no drop into the Europa League |
All knockout rounds before the final are played over two legs. There is no away goals rule: when the aggregate score is level, the tie goes to two halves of extra time of 15 minutes, then to penalties.
Regular time against qualification 🎯
This is where the site's football rules matter most. A 1X2, a total or a handicap on a second leg is settled on the 90 minutes and stoppage time. Extra time and the shoot-out matter only for markets of the kind «To Qualify» or «Winner Of The Tournament»; the rules add that in the Champions League the «Which Team Will Score More Goals» markets include extra time but not penalties. A second leg that ends 1-1 after 90 minutes therefore settles the draw, whoever goes through later.
The pre-match list on 1xBet labels every fixture with its league phase round and shows W1, the draw, W2, 1X and 12. Behind each game there is a fuller card; there you also get Double Chance, the Both Teams To Score market and a search field. Other competitions of the sport sit under Football; kicked-off games move to Champions League live odds and to football in play.
Late kick-offs in Djibouti 🌙
Europe moved to winter time at the end of October, so a 21:00 kick-off in Paris or Madrid begins at 23:00 in Djibouti, and the second half of a Tuesday or Wednesday night game runs past midnight. A coupon can be prepared earlier in the evening; to use it, open a 1xBet account.
