The first six teams have qualified to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 after Manchester United (Group F) and Chelsea (Group H) joined Liverpool (Group B), Ajax (Group C), Juventus (Group H) and Bayern Munich (Group E) into the knockouts.

Another six clubs could join them on Wednesday, Nov. 24 as teams in Groups A-D play their penultimate matches. The winner of the PSG vs. Manchester City match in Group A will go through, Borussia Dortmund could go through in Group C with a win, as would powers Real Madrid and Inter Milan in Group D if they get all three points. 

MORE: Latest Champions League group standings

The final spots and seeding will be up for grabs in the group stage finales on Dec. 7-8. Seeding (first or second place) will matter for the Round of 16 draw which will happen on Monday, Dec. 13. Following a winter break in the competition, the Round of 16 kicks off in February 2022.

Champions League schedule: Group stage, Matchday 4

Home teams listed first

Tuesday, Nov. 23 (Matchday 5)

Wednesday, Nov. 24 (Matchday 5)

Champions League schedule: Group stage, Matchday 6

Home teams listed first

Tuesday, Dec. 7 (Matchday 6)

Wednesday, Dec. 8 (Matchday 6)

How to watch the UEFA Champions League

The 2021-22 UEFA Champions League is carried in the United States by CBS (English) and Univision (Spanish) across a number of TV and streaming platforms.

• Dates: 29 matchdays from Sept. 2021-May 2022
• TV Channels: CBS, CBS Sports Network-CBSSN (select matches only)
• Spanish-language TV: Univision, TUDN, UniMas, Galavision, TUDNxtra (TUDNxtra available through select cable, satellite & streaming providers)
• Streaming (English): Paramount+
• Streaming (Spanish): fuboTV, PrendeTV, TUDN.tv, TUDN app (authenticated users)

CBS Sports has live pregame, halftime and postgame studio shows (UEFA Champions League Today) which air on CBS Sports Network and stream on Paramount+. Also back this year is the RedZone-like whiparound show called “The Golazo Show”, also on CBS Sports Network and Paramount+, with all the goals and best chances from the concurrent group stage matches.

Univision mirrors that coverage with its own pregame show (Fútbol Central) and postgame show (Misión Europa). Its whip-around show is called “Zona Fútbol”.

Most every Champions League match is available to be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free seven-day trial to new subscribers. The streaming platform carries all the Univision family of channels: Univision, TUDN, UniMas, Galavision and TUDNxtra.

Univision will stream select matches on its free ad-supported platform PrendeTV available free of charge across mobile and connected TV devices, Amazon Fire TV, Apple (iOS and tvOS), Google (Android phones and TV devices), Roku, and via the web on Prende.tv.

UEFA Champions League 2021-2022: Tournament Format

The 2021-2022 edition of the UEFA Champions League features a familiar format and one massive new twist.

As usual, the tournament starts out with a group stage (eight groups of four teams each), and only the top two finishers in each group advance to the Round of 16 that kicks off in February 2022. Two-leg, aggregate-goal knockout rounds are played the rest of the way through to the single game final that will be held on May 28, 2022 in Russia.

• Group Stage: Sept. 14-15, Sept. 28-29, Oct. 19-20, Nov. 2-3, Nov. 23-24, Dec. 7-8
• Round of 16: Feb. 15-16, March 8-9 / Feb. 22-23, March 15-16
• Quarterfinals: April 5-6, April 12-13
• Semifinals: April 26-27, May 3-4
• Final: May 28, 2022 (St. Petersburg, Russia)

No away goals tiebreaker

Here’s that twist: For the first time since 1965, there will be no away goals tiebreaker used in the knockout rounds of UEFA competitions, including the Champions League, after it was abolished in June 2021.

Series that are tied on aggregate goals after the conclusion of the second leg will go straight to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty-kick shootout.

UEFA Champions League clubs by country