UEFA publishes official Champions League qualifying fixtures and structure

UEFA’s official Champions League tracker now serves as the central public guide to the 2026-27 qualifying rounds, with fixtures, results, dates and format all posted in one place. UEFA says qualifying for this season began on July 7 and will conclude on August 26. The governing body’s site also says 29 clubs are already in the league phase, with the final seven places to be decided through qualifying. (uefa.com) The tracker was showing live and scheduled third qualifying round ties this week, including GNK Dinamo against Kauno Žalgiris and Mjällby against Slovan Bratislava. (uefa.com) UEFA’s match pages list those ties over two legs and provide match information, squad details and updates. UEFA’s homepage on Thursday also carried a qualifying prompt under “Fixtures, results, format.” (uefa.com) ### How is UEFA presenting the qualifying rounds? UEFA’s qualifying page sets out fixtures, results, dates and “how it works” for the competition’s entry rounds through the play-offs. The page says all ties are played over two legs and that the route into qualifying is determined by association club coefficient rankings. (uefa.com) The same UEFA explainer says the process ends with August play-offs that determine the last seven clubs to reach the league phase. That structure is part of the expanded Champions League format already in place, with direct entrants separated from clubs that must advance through qualifying. (uefa.com) ### Which matches were on UEFA’s tracker this week? UEFA listed GNK Dinamo’s first-leg meeting with Kauno Žalgiris in Zagreb on August 4 and the return leg in Kaunas on August 11. The match pages identify both games as part of the third qualifying round. UEFA also listed Mjällby’s first-leg match against Slovan Bratislava on August 4 and the second leg in Bratislava on August 11. (uefa.com) Those pages were among the live or recent ties visible through UEFA’s qualifying coverage this week. ### Where does Hapoel Beersheba fit into the results? UEFA’s competition pages include Hapoel Beersheba among the clubs with Champions League fixtures and results this season. (uefa.com) The upstream briefing for this story cited UEFA’s qualifying results listing Hapoel Beersheba’s 1-0 win over Red Star Belgrade, a result also reported elsewhere on Wednesday as a first-leg third qualifying round outcome. UEFA’s club page for Hapoel Beersheba links readers to the team’s match list within the 2026-27 Champions League. (uefa.com) The broader fixtures-and-results page is the competition-wide index where those results are aggregated. ### What should readers watch next on UEFA’s site? August 11 is the next key date on the specific ties surfaced here. (uefa.com) UEFA lists Kauno Žalgiris vs GNK Dinamo in Kaunas and Slovan Bratislava vs Mjällby in Bratislava as the second legs of their third qualifying round matchups. August 26 is the end date UEFA gives for qualifying as a whole. Until then, the official UEFA fixtures-and-results and qualifying-format pages are the main reference points for updated pairings, scores and the route into the league phase. (uefa.com 1) (uefa.com 2) (uefa.com 3)