How to watch the 2024/25 Champions League knockout rounds on TV

Jonathan Victoria • 25 Feb 2025 Guides

Down to the business end of the campaign now…

The first part of the 2024/25 Champions League campaign is complete, with the newly revamped format featuring a 36 team table proving to be a success! The preceding knockout round playoffs were also received well, so it’s fair to say this new format is sure to stay.

Now the 16 teams remaining move on to the proper knockout stages, and this is where the real fun begins.

Every game from here on out is sure to be a heated contest that you won’t want to miss, so find out how to watch the 2024/25 Champions League knockout stages on TV, plus the fixtures for said rounds and more.

How to watch the 2024/25 Champions League

Not much has changed in the way of how to watch the Champions League this season, with TNT Sports being the main broadcaster for all the games - although not the exclusive broadcaster like in previous years.

This year, Prime Video will be breaking new ground, hosting one Tuesday night fixture each round, with it always featuring an English team during the group stage and, where they have qualified, all the way through to the semi-finals.

Champions League on TNT Sports

TNT Sports remains the primary rights holder of Champions League football in the UK, so to watch the other games on a Tuesday, all Wednesday games and any other fixture past the group stage including the final, which will be exclusive to TNT Sports, you’ll need to ensure you have a valid subscription.

There are multiple ways in which you can get TNT Sports, with the first thought to go through BT. With BT, you can add TNT Sports to your existing TV package if you are already a customer, or you can find a BT deal that packages TV and broadband together, specifically one that includes TNT Sports.

How to get TNT Sports on Sky

You don’t only have to go through BT, as Sky offers the chance to add TNT Sports onto your Sky TV package, whether you're a new or existing customer.

To do this, simply choose the Sky package you want then add it on later when given the option. Similarly, if you are already a Sky TV customer, simply edit your package and choose to add it.

It’s not just online that you can do this though. We here at Digital TV have a friendly and dedicated Sky team that you can call. They’ll be able to get you exactly what you want and sort it all out for you.

Champions League on Prime Video

Prime Video made a major move by acquiring the rights to show a number of Champions League games, with them getting first choice for Tuesday games, in particular ones featuring English teams.

This continues all the way up until the semi-finals, so if you’re looking for your team on a Tuesday night and can’t find it on TNT Sports or Discovery+, be sure to check out Prime Video as it will be there.

New Champions League format: How it works

Credit: The new UEFA Champions League format EXPLAINED 🏆 (Amazon Prime Video Sport, YouTube)

The new Champions League format introduced this year is named the "Swiss Model," and has proven to be a big success in its inaugural year.

Instead of the traditional group stage with eight groups of four teams, there are an additional four teams (previously 32 teams entered at the start of each campaign), with all 36 participating teams placed in one big league table. This new first round is named the League Phase. 

Each team plays eight matches against different opponents (four home and four away), chosen based on a system that aims to balance the difficulty level of matches. 

After the eight games, the top eight teams in the table automatically qualify for the Round of 16, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will enter a knockout playoff to decide the remaining eight spots.

Once the knockout playoffs are complete and the 16 teams going through to the Round of 16 is decided, the draw for the round will commence, with teams who qualified automatically being put against a team that won in the playoff.

In short, this new system adds more matches and increases the number of teams. The idea is to make the competition more exciting by giving teams more chances to qualify, and fans more high-quality games to watch. 

The tournament still ends with knockout rounds, but the format change mainly affects the early stages by eliminating the old group system.

2024/25 Champions League: Teams

From the 36 teams that started, 16 now remain and are set to compete in the knockout stages. The 16 teams are:

• Liverpool (England)
• Arsenal (England)
• Aston Villa (England)
• Real Madrid (Spain)
• Barcelona (Spain)
• Atlético Madrid (Spain)
• Bayern Munich (Germany)
• Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
• Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
• Paris Saint-Germain (France)
• Lille (France)
• Inter Milan (Italy)
• Benfica (Portugal)
• PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
• Feyenoord (Netherlands)
• Club Brugge (Belgium)

2024/25 Champions League: Knockout round matchdays

The knockout rounds will take the 16 teams down to the two finalists through three rounds; Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Each round will be a two-leg elimination with no away goals advantage (feels like that has to be mentioned as many people still are unsure if it is in place or not anymore).

The dates are as followed, but note that only the Round of 16 dates are confirmed:

Round of 16

• 1st Leg – 4th & 5th March
• 2nd Leg – 11th & 12th March

Quarter-finals

• 1st Leg – 8th & 9th April
• 2nd Leg – 15th & 16th April

Semi-finals

• 1st Leg – 29th & 30th April
• 2nd Leg – 6th & 7th May

When & where is the 2024/25 Champions League final?

The 2024/25 Champions League final will take place at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, the home of Bayern Munich.

The final will be played following the conclusion of the domestic leagues, on Saturday 31st May 2025.

2024/25 Champions League: Fixtures

The knockout rounds draw has already taken place - and do notice how that is plural, as the draw wasn’t just for the following round but set the matchups for all remaining rounds.

Round of 16

• PSG vs Liverpool
• Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
• Feyenoord vs Inter Milan
• Benfica vs Barcelona
• PSV vs Arsenal
• Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
• Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen
• Borussia Dortmund vs Lille

Quarter-finals

• PSG/Liverpool vs Club Brugge/Aston Villa
• PSV/Arsenal vs Real Madrid/Atletico Madrid
• Benfica/Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund/Lille
• Bayern Munich/Bayer Leverkusen vs Feyenoord/Inter

Semi-finals

• PSV/Arsenal/Real Madrid/Atletico Madrid vs PSG/Liverpool/Club Brugge/Aston Villa
• Benfica/Barcelona/Borussia Dortmund/Lille vs Bayern Munich/Bayer Leverkusen/Feyenoord/Inter Milan

Champions League last 10 winners

• 2024 – Real Madrid
• 2023 – Manchester City
• 2022 – Real Madrid
• 2021 – Chelsea
• 2020 – Bayern Munich
• 2019 – Liverpool
• 2018 – Real Madrid
• 2017 – Real Madrid
• 2016 – Real Madrid
• 2015 – Barcelona