The 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League organization stage is underway and so is the nine-month march to the very last on May 28, 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Only half of the field of 32 teams will live to tell the tale the institution level. The top teams in each organization (A through H) will increase to the Round of sixteen in February. The third-area teams acquire a consolation prize: passage to the Europa League knockout round playoff, wherein they will face Europa League organization runners-up.
If you’re acquainted with international football, you understand how the group stage works: Each crew faces the other three groups at home and on the road for a complete of six group fits. Each match is a threat to pick out up points (3 for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss).
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The groups are ranked inside their institution based totally on their factors total. If two or greater teams are even on points, the primary tiebreakers are: (1) factors in matches among tied teams, (2) goal difference in matches amongst tied teams, and (3) dreams scored in fits amongst tied teams. The complete list of tiebreakers follows below.
The organization standings and time table below is updated in the course of the event. Juventus, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Ajax have been the first groups to clinch berths to the Round of sixteen.
PTS=Points, GP=Games Played, W=Wins, L=Losses, D=Draws, GF=Goals For (scored), GA=Goals Against (conceded), GD=Goal Difference (between goals scored and conceded)
The complete list of UEFA Champions League organization level tiebreakers comply with below:
One twist to the tiebreaker policies: If there are three or extra teams deadlocked on factors and tiebreakers Nos. 1-3 help to separate one or extra of those groups, then tiebreakers Nos. 1-3 are reapplied to any remaining teams which are still tied before transferring directly to Nos. Four-10.
