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the champions league has a new format designed to add more matches more competition more excitement and more money but how does it work the old 32 team group stage gets replaced by a league with 36 teams placed in a single League table did somebody say super league each team plays eight matches against eight different opponents four home four away but not every team plays each other matchups are based on seeding to make sure there's a balance in the difficulty of opponents the eight teams with the most points after the league automatically advance to the round of 16 teams that finish between 9th and 24th enter a Playoff round where they play two games home and away to advance to the round of 16 teams that finish 25th or lower are eliminated from the round of 16 the Champions League returns to its usual knockout format the final is a single glorious spectacle of a match held at a neutral venue which this year will be none other than the aliance arena in Munich and the winner of that will be crowned