Soccer never stops. We know this because from June 27 through August 30 teams are going to compete to qualify for the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League. The preliminary round is already in the books.
Check out a recap of the preliminary round and information on the qualifying tournament at the UEFA Champions League.
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UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round: June 27th – August 30th, 2023
2023 UEFA Champions League Preliminary Round Recap
The preliminary round included 4 automatic entrants. Only 1 team escaped to take part in the first qualifying round. Breidablik of Iceland won the preliminary round.
The 3 teams that failed to qualify for the first round of qualifying instead joined the Champions Path to the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Champions League First Round Qualifying | 30 Teams
Draw: 20 June 2023
First Leg: July 11 – July 12
Second Leg: July 18 – July 19
Among the 30 teams that participate in the First Qualifying Round, only Breidablik of Iceland played their way into the round. The other 29 teams are automatic qualifiers.
15 teams will win their first round aggregates and move to the Second Qualifying Round. The 15 losing teams will join the Champions Path to the Europa Conference League.
10 matches in the first leg of the first round are in the books. Check out the scores from the first 10 matches.
- Banants 0 – 1 Zrinjski Mostar
- Lincoln Red Imps 1 – 2 FK Qarabag
- Zalgiris Vilnius 0 – 0 Struga
- Hamrun Spartans 0 – 4 Maccabi Haifa
- Olimpija Ljubljana 2 – 1 Valmeira
- Rakow Czestochowa 1 – 0 Flora
- Ballkani 2 – 0 Ludogorets Razgrad
- KI Klaksvik 0 – 0 Ferencvaros
- Partizani Tirana 1 – BATE Borisov 1
- Shamrock Rovers 0 – Breidablik 1
Champions League Second Round Qualifying | 24 Teams
Draw: 21 June 2023
First Leg: July 25 – July 26
Second Leg: July 18 – July 19
The Second Qualifying Round is when things heat up. The 15 teams from the First Qualifying Round participate. So do 9 automatic entrants.
UEFA divides the second leg into a couple of parts.
- The Champions Path features 5 automatic entrants and the 15 qualifiers from the first round
- The League Path features 4 automatic entrants.
League Path losers join the league path at the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Champions Path losers join the UEFA Europa league third qualifying round Champions Path.
Champions League Third Round Qualifying | 20 Teams
Draw: 24 July 2023
First Leg: August 8 – August 9
Second Leg: – August 15
Like the Second Qualifying Round, the Third Qualifying Round has two parts or paths.
- The Champions Path features 2 automatic entrants and the 10 qualifiers from the second round
- The League Path features 6 automatic entrants and 2 qualifiers from the second round.
Winners advance to the playoff round of their path. So League Path winners head to the League Path Playoff Round and Champions Path winners head to the Champions Path Playoff Round. Champions Path losers join the UEFA Europa league third qualifying round Champions Path.
League Path losers enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. Champions Path losers switch to the playoff path at the UEFA Europa League.
First Leg – August 22 – August 23
Second Leg – August 29 – August 30
The UEFA Champions League Qualifying Playoff Round includes 10 winners from the third round qualifying and 2 automatic entrants.
Like the second and third rounds, there are two paths.
- The Champions Path features 2 automatic entrants and the 6 qualifiers from the third round
- The League Path features 4 third qualifying round winners.
Winners of the six aggregates join the 26 teams that have already qualified for the 2023-2024 Champions League. Losers join the UEFA Europa League Group Stage.
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Schedule for 2023–24 UEFA Champions League Qualifying Phase and Play-off Round
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Preliminary round | 13 June 2023 | 27 June 2023 (semi-finals) | 30 June 2023 (final) |
First qualifying round | 20 June 2023 | 11–12 July 2023 | 18–19 July 2023 |
Second qualifying round | 21 June 2023 | 25–26 July 2023 | 1–2 August 2023 |
Third qualifying round | 24 July 2023 | 8–9 August 2023 | 15 August 2023 |
Play-off round | 7 August 2023 | 22–23 August 2023 | 29–30 August 2023 |
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