UEFA Youth League. "Rukh" found out the opponent in the first round of the tournament

05.09.2023 14:45

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In the draw of the UEFA Youth League for the 2023/2024 season, among the U-19 teams, Shakhtar Donetsk, who will play in the group stage of the Champions League Road, and Rukh Lviv, who will play in the Road of the Champions of Nations, will take part.

According to the results of today's draw, "Movement", which became the winner of the preliminary draw of the championship of Ukraine, received from the opponents in the starting round of the UEFA Youth League "Sarajevo" (Bosnia and Herzegovina). In case of success at this stage, in the second round, the Lviv players will face the winner of the duel between "Famalikao" (Portugal) and "Midtjylland" (Denmark).

UEFA Youth League. The path of national champions

Round 1

"Rukh" (Ukraine) — "Sarajevo" (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The matches will be held on October 4 and 25.

Round 2

"Rukh" (Ukraine)/Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — Famalikao (Portugal)/Midtjullan (Denmark)

The matches will be held on November 8 and 29.

We will remind, in the group round Shakhtar's juniors will play as reserves of the club that entered the group tournament of the Champions League directly. The Donetsk residents learned the names of their opponents on August 31, when they were in Monaco on December, XNUMX UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Youth League. The path of the Champions League. Group round

Group H: "Barcelona" (Spain), "Porto" (Portugal), Shakhtar (Ukraine), "Antwerp" (Belgium).

Champions League path: The 32 clubs are divided into eight groups, the same as in the Champions League.

Format

32 youth teams, whose clubs made it to the group stage of the Champions League (Shakhtar Donetsk won this right), will go the way of the Champions League. The winners of the national youth championships from the 32 best associations according to the UEFA rating, who do not make it to the Champions League Path, will go on the path of the champions of the countries (the Lviv "Rukh" will play in this branch).

The composition of the groups in the Champions League Path repeats the composition of the groups in the Champions League itself. The first places will go directly to the 1/8 finals, the second places will enter the play-off matches.

The participants of the Path of Champions of the Nations will play two rounds of paired elimination matches. The eight winners of the second round will advance to the play-offs.

At the playoff stage, the teams will play one-match elimination matches. In head-to-head matches, the eight Champions League winners will host the eight runners-up in the Champions League groups at home.

The eight winners of the head-to-head matches will advance to the 1/8 finals, where the eight winners of the Champions League Path groups will already be waiting for them. The semi-finals and the final will be held in the same city.

Draw and match dates

Champions League Path: Group Stage

Round 1: September 19/20.

Round 2: October 3/4.

Round 3: October 24/25.

Round 4: November 7/8.

Round 5: November 28/29.

Round 6: December 12/13.

The path of national champions

1th round 

First leg: October 4.

Second leg: October 25.

2th round

First leg: November 8.

Second leg: November 29.

Playoffs

Match Match Draw: December 19 (Nyon).

Match matches: February 6/7.

Playoff draw (from 1/8 finals): February 9 (Nyon).

1/8 finals: February 27/28.

1/4 finals: March 12/13.

1/2 finals: April 19.

Final: April 22.