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The much-anticipated league phase of the 2025/2026 Champions League saw its last four participants this Wednesday (27).

Qarabag, Brugge, Copenhagen and Benfica made it.

Pafos, Kairat and Bodo/Glimt had advanced on Tuesday.

The draw for the matches will be held this Thursday (28), starting at 1pm (Brasília time).

See how the qualifications went, the teams that were already guaranteed and the details of the dates and rules in the sequence.

Benfica 🆚 Mourinho happened

Earlier, Qarabag from Azerbaijan was defeated by Hungarian Ferencváros 3 x 2 at home. But they had won the first leg (3x1) and advanced.

The most anticipated clash ended with Bruno Lage's Benfica eliminating José Mourinho's Fenerbache at Luz in front of 64,323 attendees.

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There was plenty of emotion in the first half in Lisbon. Which saw the deserved Benfica goal with Akturkoglu - who is a target of Fener - at 35 minutes.

The Turkish team tried hard. But they got into trouble in the final minutes after Talisca, ex-Benfica, took two yellows in four minutes.

Brugge had already made 3 x 1 in Glasgow.

And saw their life made easier just eight minutes into the return.

They were beating Rangers when the Scottish team had Max Aarons sent off at eight minutes.

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The result was a rout: 6 x 0. And NINE TO ONE on aggregate.

Copenhagen, on the other hand, dispatched Basel.

Cornelius and Moukoko secured the 2 x 0 after the 1 x 1 in the first leg.

The seven eliminated teams will go to the playoffs of the Uefa Europa League.

Tuesday had been historic 🤩

Pafos, Kairat and Bodo had never played in the noble phase of the Champions.

The first two knocked out European champions.

Pafos, from Cyprus, sought the 1 x 1 against Red Star in front of their fans. They had triumphed in Serbia by 2 x 1.

After two 0 x 0, the Kairat, from Kazakhstan, eliminated Celtic on penalties.

Meanwhile, the Bodo/Glimt, from Norway, was comfortable after the 5 x 0 at home.

Sturm Graz won by 2 x 1, but it was not enough

Teams that were already guaranteed 👇🏽

Athletic Bilbao 🇪🇸

Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸

Barcelona 🇪🇸

Real Madrid 🇪🇸

Villarreal 🇪🇸

Arsenal 🏴

Chelsea🏴

Liverpool 🏴

Manchester City 🏴

Newcastle 🏴

Tottenham 🏴

Atalanta 🇮🇹

Inter Milan 🇮🇹

Juventus 🇮🇹

Napoli 🇮🇹

Bayern Munich 🇩🇪

Bayer Leverkusen 🇩🇪

Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪

Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪

Marseille 🇫🇷

Monaco 🇫🇷

PSG 🇫🇷

Sporting 🇵🇹

Ajax 🇳🇱

Galatasaray 🇹🇷

Olympiacos 🇬🇷

PSV 🇳🇱

Slavia Prague 🇸🇰

Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪

The Pots

Regulation 📝

It will be the same as last season. The 36 teams will play eight games each after the draw based on four pots.

The first ones will go directly to the round of 16.

Teams that finish between 9th and 24th positions will play a playoff.

The knockout stage (including the round of 16 playoffs) will have home and away matches until the semis.

The decision will be on May 30 at Puskás Arena, in Budapest.

All Champions dates 📅

1st round - September 16 to 18, 20225

2nd round - September 30 to October 1, 2025

3rd round - October 21 and 22, 2025

4th round - November 4 and 5, 2025

5th round - November 25 and 26, 2025

6th round - December 9 and 10, 2025

7th round - January 20 and 21, 2026

8th round - January 28, 2026

Round of 16 playoffs (home and away): February 17 and 24, 2026

Round of 16 (home and away): March 10 and 17, 2026

Quarterfinals (home and away): April 7 and 14, 2026

Semifinals (home and away): April 28 and May 5, 2026

Final (single match): May 30, 2026

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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