Two rounds of home-and-away knockout matches will be held during the international windows in October 2026 and November–December 2026.[2]
Round 1: Thirty-two teams will advance from the league phase and be drawn into two paths to compete 7–13 October 2026.
Path 1: The runners-up and third-place teams from League A will be drawn against the group winners and two best-ranked runners-up from League C. The League A teams will be seeded and host the second legs of their respective ties.
Path 2: The fourth-place teams from League A and the group winners from League B will be drawn against the runners-up and third-place teams from League B. The fourth-place League A teams and League B group winners will be seeded and host the second legs of their respective ties.
Round 2: Sixteen teams will advance from Round 1. The winners from Path 1 will be drawn against the winners from Path 2 to compete 26 November – 5 December 2026. The Path 1 winners will be seeded and host the second legs of their respective ties.
The team scoring the most goals after two matches will win the tie. If the scores are even after regulation in the second leg, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played. If the scores are still even after extra time, the tie will be decided by kicks from the penalty spot (Regulations Article 28).[2]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the play-offs. They are ordered according to their overall league rank:
Seeded teams
Unseeded teams
Round 1 Path 1
Round 1 Path 2
Round 1 Path 2
Round 1 Path 1
1st League A runner-up
2nd League A runner-up
3rd League A runner-up
4th League A runner-up
1st League A third-place
2nd League A third-place
3rd League A third-place
4th League A third-place
1st League A fourth-place
2nd League A fourth-place
3rd League A fourth-place
4th League A fourth-place
1st League B winner
2nd League B winner
3rd League B winner
4th League B winner
1st League B runner-up
2nd League B runner-up
3rd League B runner-up
4th League B runner-up
1st League B third-place
2nd League B third-place
3rd League B third-place
4th League B third-place
1st League C winner
2nd League C winner
3rd League C winner
4th League C winner
5th League C winner
6th League C winner
1st League C runner-up
2nd League C runner-up
Round 1
Draw
The draws for rounds 1 and 2 are scheduled to take place 22 June 2026.[1] The exact procedures and any restrictions will be published at a later date.