UCL 2026-27 round desk UCL Q3 · League path
Champions League third qualifying round. Follow where winners advance and where defeated clubs drop.
- Ties
- 5
- Direct entrants
- 7
- Incoming
- 3
- Draw
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Where do winners and losers go from here?
Every branch follows UEFA's 2026-27 transfer rules. Opponents remain unknown until the relevant draw is published.
Already guaranteed at least Europa League Even if every later tie is lost, the route still ends in the Europa League league phase.
Win 2 ties to guarantee at least Champions League That reaches the Champions League league phase directly.
Current starting point Champions League third qualifying round · League path
Win the tie Stay on the upward route
- 1 Next destination Champions League play-off round · League path
- 2 Win again Champions League league phase
Lose the tie Drop down or exit Europe
- 1 Immediate destination Europa League league phase
Direct entrants
7 namedClubs starting in this round
Provisional field
Not an eligible-opponent listNamed clubs and placeholders in the round model
Seeded and unseeded sides are calculated across the whole round. UEFA's eventual draw groups can narrow the eligible field.
Club Side Coefficient Basis
POR Sporting CP Seeded 84 Official
FRA Olympique Lyonnais Seeded 65.750 Official
NOR Bodø/Glimt Seeded 64 Official
GRE Olympiacos Seeded 62.250 Official
BEL Union Saint-Gilloise Seeded 48 Official
CZE Sparta Prague Unseeded 38.250 Official
NED NEC Nijmegen Unseeded 13.586 Official
+3 places still depend on an earlier tie, transfer or unpublished participant.