How to Watch UEFA Champions League

• The UEFA Champions League competition is arguably soccer’s best tournament not named the World Cup.
• Play finally resumes August 7 after being on pause since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• The Champions League features the top professional teams from Europe—including England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, and Italy’s Serie A—in a mammoth 32-team competition.
• The Champions League knockout rounds involve the first and second place finishers from each of eight four-team groups. It goes from a Round of 16 to quarterfinals, semifinals, and a must-watch final match.
• Though Manchester City, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich all need to close out their final Round of 16 matches, they’re among the favorites to win. (Champions League odds also have Atletico Madrid and PSG in the top five.)
• All the remaining matches, including the final, will be played in Lisbon, Portugal.
• The quarterfinals start on August 12, with one a day at 3pm ET through the 15th.
• The semifinals are scheduled for August 18 and 19, and the final will be August 23.
• The coronavirus pandemic hit in the midst of the Round of 16, but not before Atletico Madrid knocked off defending champions Liverpool.
• Round of 16 matchups that are still to be decided: Manchester City vs. Real Madrid, Barcelona vs. Napoli, Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea, and Juventus vs. Lyon.
• CBS picked up rights to Champions League broadcasts in the U.S., meaning you’ll want access to CBS Sports Network and CBS All Access to catch all the Champions League action.

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Who’s left in the Champions League?

Twelve teams will journey to Lisbon for the remaining Champions League matches. Four teams have already played both their Round of 16 legs and have qualified for the quarterfinals, starting August 12, while eight teams must still finish their Round of 16 games.

Champions League quarterfinalists

• Atalanta (beat Valencia 8-4 on aggregate)
• Atletico Madrid (beat Liverpool 4-2 on aggregate)
• Paris Saint-Germain (beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 on aggregate)
• RB Leipzig (beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 on aggregate)

Round of 16 first leg results for remaining teams (with second legs scheduled August 7 and 8)

• Barcelona 1, Napoli 1
• Bayern Munich 3, Chelsea 0
• Manchester City 2, Napoli 1
• Lyon 1, Juventus 0

Live stream the Champions League Round of 16: UCL revised schedule

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid	Friday, August 7, 3pm ET CBS Sports Network and CBS All Access
Juventus vs. Lyon	Friday, August 7, 3pm ET CBS All Access
Barcelona vs. Napoli	Saturday, August 8, 3pm ET CBS Sports Network and CBS All Access
Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea	Saturday, August 8, 3pm ET CBS All Access

How to stream Champions League matches with CBS Sports Network

CBS will carry select matches on CBS Sports Network, including the final. (Though, if you want to watch both semifinal matches, you will need to spring for CBS All Access.) Here’s how to stream it.

Hulu Live TV

Hulu Live TV is a great way to stream live TV, as it comes with access to Hulu’s massive library of on-demand content. You’ll be able to choose from movies, shows, and Hulu’s original programming, and keep up with what’s new each month. Hulu plans even include a bundle option where you can access Disney+ and ESPN+ along with Hulu.

Hulu Live TV sets you up with local channels and has a broad spectrum of entertainment and sports channels to review, including the full suite of ESPN channels, Cartoon Network, FX, HGTV, and even deep cuts like National Geographic and Syfy. CBS Sports Network is also part of the Hulu channels list.

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FuboTV

FuboTV started as a streaming service geared toward sports fans, but it’s evolved into a broadly-appealing option with entertainment and news options alongside its robust sports choices. Depending on the package, you can access as many as 180+ FuboTV channels. If you’re looking to be entertained, Bravo, IFC, MTV, and VH1 are options even at Fubo’s most basic tier. The Fubo channel list still includes plenty of sports, including the Fubo Sports Network, which has original programming mixing sports and humor. The FuboTV cost starts at $54.99 a month, and with Disney Media favorites like ABC, ESPN, and the Disney Channel now on board, some who were on the fence about Fubo are giving it another look.

Every English-language FuboTV package, including Fubo Standard, gets you CBS Sports Network.

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YouTube TV

The YouTube TV channel list includes local channels, sports options including ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, FS2, and NBA TV, and plenty to keep kids (and kids at heart) occupied, including Disney Channel and its companion channels, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network—all in one easy-to-access package. It even comes with a few Spanish-language channels like Telemundo and NBC Universo. YouTube add-ons include HBO Max, Showtime, and Starz. YouTube TV packages have some advantages over their competitors, including a generous DVR and multiple screens package. From one account, each user can create an individual profile to track favorite shows.

If you’re looking for CBS Sports Network, know that you can stream it on YouTube TV.

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How to stream Champions League Matches with CBS All Access

If you want access to all the Champions League matches remaining this season, you’ll want to get CBS All Access. (The TV deal runs through 2024, so it will be an essential item in your soccer streaming arsenal.)

CBS All Access is the network’s official entry into the streaming arena, and set the tone for other major networks launching their own streaming services. (Looking at you, Peacock.) CBS All Access anchors itself in the vast CBS show library, going into TV history as well as relying on the Star Trek series and the crime dramas that help define it today. It also has a selection of movies tied to Paramount’s ownership by CBS parent Viacom. It’s also a destination for live events like the annual Grammy Awards, and it’s becoming a destination for live sports fans. The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup and a new role as Champions League soccer host makes it a legitimate player in sports programming.

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Champions League: Odds to Win 2019-20 Tournament

(according to BetMGM, as of August 4)

Manchester City	+300
Bayern Munich	+350
PSG	+500
Atletico Madrid	+800
Barcelona	+900
Atalanta	+900
RB Leipzig	+1400
Juventus	+1600
Real Madrid	+2200
Napoli	+6600
Lyon	+8000
Chelsea	+20000

What is the UEFA Champions League?

Started in 1992—building from the European Champions Cup that only featured league winners from Europe’s prime soccer-playing nations—the UEFA Champions League features the top 32 European club teams. In June, UEFA holds play-in matches to select six slots; those teams, plus 26 pre-qualified teams, make up eight groups of four teams each, which play in a group stage, much like World Cup entrants do. That group play happens between September and December, with each team playing six matches total. (Matches are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to fit in between the weekend matches teams play in their respective leagues.)

From that field, the first and second place teams in each group advance to a 16-team knockout round that typically starts in February and goes through May; each round leading up to the final has two legs, with each team playing a home and away match to determine who advances and who goes home.

The final was supposed to be May 30 at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul; the Turks will now host in 2021 provided the world returns to normal.

2019-20 Champions League Groups

Group A

• Paris Saint-Germain
• Real Madrid
• Club Brugge
• Galatasaray

Group B

• Bayern Munich
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Olympiacos
• Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda)

Group C

• Manchester City
• Shaktar Donetsk
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Atalanta

Group D

• Juventus
• Atletico Madrid
• Bayer Leverkusen
• Lokomotiv Moscow

Group E

• Liverpool
• Napoli
• Red Bull Salzburg
• Genk

Group F

• Barcelona
• Borussia Dortmund
• Inter Milan
• Slavia Prague

Group G

• Zenit
• Benfica
• Lyon
• RB Leipzig

Group H

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UEFA Champions League winners

• 2019: Liverpool (England)
• 2018: Real Madrid (Spain)
• 2017: Real Madrid (Spain)
• 2016: Real Madrid (Spain)
• 2015: Barcelona (Spain)
• 2014: Real Madrid (Spain)
• 2013: Bayern Munich (Germany)
• 2012: Chelsea (England)
• 2011: Barcelona (Spain)
• 2010: Inter Milan (Italy)

Here’s a complete list of the winners and runner-ups, dating back to the first European Cup winners in 1956.

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