HIBAPRESS-RABAT
The Champions League has taken a new form which replaces the old group stage, knowing that the first eight teams in the standings are directly qualified for the round of 16, with the advantage of hosting at home during the return match. The teams ranked from 9th to 16th place will have to play a round-trip play-off, with the assurance of playing the return match at home, against the teams ranked from 17th to 24th place. Finally, the last twelve teams are eliminated from the competition.
Here is the complete ranking after the last matches:
Virtual qualifiers for the round of 16 (1st to 8th):
Liverpool – 18pts (+12)
Barça – 15pts (+14)
Arsenal – 13pts (+9)
Leverkusen – 13pts (+7)
Aston Villa – 13pts (+6)
Inter Milan – 13pts (+6)
Brest – 13pts (+4)
Small – 13pts (+3)
Virtual qualifiers for the play-offs (9th to 24th):
- Dortmund – 12pts (+9)
- Bayern Munich – 12pts (+9)
- Atlético Madrid – 12pts (+4)
- AC Milan – 12pts (+3)
- Atalanta – 11pts (+9)
- Juventus – 11pts (+4)
- Benfica – 10pts (+3)
- Monaco – 10pts (+2)
- Sporting – 10pts (+2)
- Feyenoord – 10pts (-1)
- Used – 10pts (-2)
- Real Madrid – 9pts (+1)
- Celtic – 9pts (0)
- Manchester City – 8pts (+4)
- PSV Eindhoven – 8pts (+2)
- Dinamo Zagreb – 8pts (-5)
Virtually eliminated (25th to 36th):
- PSG – 7pts (0)
- Stuttgart – 7pts (-3)
- Shakhtar Donetsk – 4pts (-8)
- Sparta Prague – 4pts (-11)
- Sturm Graz – 3pts (-5)
- Girona – 3pts (-6)
- Red Star – 3pts (-9)
- Salzburg – 3pts (-15)
- Bologne – 2pts (-6)
- Leipzig – 0pt (-7)
- Slovan Bratislava – 0pt (-16)
- Young Boys – 0pt (-19)
