How does Champions League draw work? And watch live on BBC

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The new-look Champions League tie will beryllium held connected Thursday from 17:00 BST and you tin watch it unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website.

Teams will observe which 8 clubs they will meet (four astatine location and 4 away) - but nary existent groups will beryllium drawn.

All nan teams will beryllium successful 1 36-team convention phase, arsenic compared to nan past format of 8 four-team groups.

So really will nan tie work?

Team will beryllium placed successful 4 pots according to their seeding. Each squad look 2 teams from each pot, 1 astatine location and 1 away.

A squad will beryllium drawn retired of a cookware and past Uefa's package will determine their 8 opponents - and whether they will beryllium astatine location aliases away.

It intends much matches betwixt nan biggest teams. For example, Manchester City could look Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

The package stops teams playing rivals from their ain state - and intends each squad tin only play 2 clubs from immoderate 1 country.

Uefa says nan machine strategy plans up truthful will guarantee nary teams further down nan statement get drawn against teams they cannot face.

You tin watch nan Champions League tie unrecorded on pinch study connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website betwixt 17:00 BST and 18:25 connected Thursday.

For nan adjacent 3 years, from 22:00 connected nan Wednesday of Champions League matchweeks, location will beryllium match-by-match highlights disposable connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app.

There will beryllium a highlights show connected BBC One connected nan Wednesday, moving from 22:40 to 00:00.

There will besides beryllium clips online and connected societal media, arsenic good arsenic unrecorded matter commentary and power sum for each matchweeks connected nan BBC Sport website.

Teams who decorativeness successful nan apical 8 will suffice automatically for nan past 16, while those who spot ninth to 24th will compete successful a two-legged knockout play-off for nan chance to subordinate them.

Whoever finishes 25th aliases little will beryllium eliminated and will not beryllium entered into nan Europa League.

From nan past 16 onwards, nan Champions League will proceed to travel its existing format pinch nan last taking spot astatine a neutral venue - Munich this year.

The number of matches successful nan caller format will summation from 125 to 189.

Each squad will play a minimum of 8 - alternatively of six - and a maximum of 17.

The convention shape will now tally until nan extremity of January alternatively of ending earlier Christmas.

England: Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa

Spain: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico Madrid

Italy: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Atalanta, Bologna

Germany: Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund

France: Paris St-Germain, Monaco, Brest

Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord

Portugal: Sporting Lisbon, Benfica

Belgium: Club Bruges

Scotland: Celtic