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

Jonathan Victoria • 22 Apr 2025 Guides

Down to the final four…

The football season is drawing to a close which means we are nearing the time to crown a new champion of Europe.

Just four teams remain in the 2024/25 Champions League campaign, two of which aiming to finally claim their first title, while the other two looking to add to their multiple title tally.

Five exciting games remain in the competition that you won't want to miss. Check out the important information about the tournament here.

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

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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: Quarter-final results

The quarter-final results from the 2024/25 Champions League campaign.

The quarter-final round saw a major surprise result, not in it being a giant killing but by the scoreline as Arsenal comfortably dumped Real Madrid out.

Real as ever are the biggest threat in the competition, so to see them convincingly beat over both legs, even at the intimidating new Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, was a sight to behold and solidifies the Gunners as a true threat to the remaining three teams.

Speaking of the remaining three, Barcelona had the easiest run to the semis after defeating Borussia Dortmund 5-3 on aggregate. They had the tie wrapped up after a 4-0 first leg win but Dortmund gave them a slight scare with a 3-1 win in the second leg.

Inter Milan bravely fought German giants Bayern Munich and came out superior. After stealing the win in the first leg at the Allianz Arena in Munich, they returned to the San Siro and managed to secure the tie with a 2-2 draw, advancing 4-3 on aggregate.

And finally, Aston Villa's fairy-tale campaign finally came to an end at the hands of PSG, although they went down with a strong fight. Down 3-1 after the first leg in Paris, they then found themselves chasing a four-goal deficit thanks to two early goals from their opponents.

Despite clawing three back, they couldn't find the fourth to take the tie to extra time and thus, PSG advanced to their second consecutive Champions League semi-final.