Today, July 3rd, the draw for the preliminary and main rounds of the UEFA Champions League in futsal for the 2025/2026 season took place. The Ukrainian representatives, Kyiv clubs 'HIT' and 'Aurora', learned about their opponents, as reported by 'Glavkom' with reference to UAF.
The tournament format includes two stages - the preliminary (August 26-31) and the main (October 28 - November 2) rounds. Thanks to Ukraine's high positions in the futsal national team rankings, both clubs will start directly from the main round. 'HIT' participates in Path B from the first basket, while 'Aurora' is also in Path B, but from the second basket.
Futsal Champions League 2025/2026
Preliminary Round
Mini-tournaments: August 26-31.
Main Round
Mini-tournaments: October 28 - November 2.
Draw of the playoffs (Round of 16 and beyond)
November 6
Round of 16
First matches: November 24.
Return matches: December 5.
Quarter-finals
First matches: February 23, 2026.
Return matches: March 6, 2026.
Final Tournament (Final Four)
Semi-finals: May 7 or 8, 2026.
Final and third-place match: May 9 or 10, 2026.
According to the draw, both Ukrainian teams ended up in Group 8. Their opponents will be the winner of Group C of the preliminary round (participants include 'Vrhnika' from Slovenia, 'Burus' from Sweden, 'Tallinn' from Estonia, and 'Vangoly' from Turkey), as well as the winner of Group A of the preliminary round (where 'Yerevan Futsal' from Armenia, 'Forza' from North Macedonia, 'Encamp' from Andorra, and 'Murata' from San Marino will compete).
Group 8: 'HIT', 'Aurora', winner of Group C, winner of Group A.
- 'Fluminense' (Brazil) - 'Al-Hilal' (Saudi Arabia)
- 'Palmeiras' (Brazil) - 'Chelsea' (England)
- 'PSG' (France) - 'Bayern' (Germany)
- 'Real' Madrid (Spain) - 'Borussia' Dortmund (Germany)
The quarter-finals will start on July 4 at 10:00 PM Kyiv time with the match 'Fluminense' - 'Al-Hilal'.
The last participant of the semi-final will be determined on July 5, after the game between 'Real' and 'Borussia'.
As reported, in the second qualifying round of the Champions League 'Dynamo' will play against the winner of the pair 'Zalgiris' (Lithuania) - 'Hamrun Spartans' (Malta).
Matches of this stage will be played on July 22/23 and July 29/30, respectively, for 'Dynamo' they will be the first official matches of the new season.
The first game of 'Dynamo' will be played on the opponent's field. The second match will be formally home for the Kyiv club.
The Kyiv clubs 'HIT' and 'Aurora' learned their opponents in the UEFA Futsal Champions League for the 2025/2026 season. Both clubs from Ukraine will start from the main round and ended up in one group with teams from other countries.