THE qualifying rounds for next season's Champions League and Europa League will primarily consist of one-legged ties, UEFA have announced.

Aleksander Ceferin, president of European football's governing body, announced the change in format at the association's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland this afternoon.

The qualifying campaign for next season's continental tournaments will begin in August and will conclude at the beginning of November.

The remaining games from the 2019/20 campaign will still go ahead with the Champions League and the Europa League set to restart on August 7 and August 10 respectively.

Deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti confirmed that the remaining Europa League last-16 ties - including the second leg of Rangers' clash with Bayer Leverkusen - will go ahead, with the remaining fixtures thereafter taking place in Germany.

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the Champions League will be played in Lisbon, Portugal from August 12-23.

The remaining last-16 games will be played on 7/8 August and the original venues have been pencilled in but this could change if it is not deemed safe to do so.

The Estadio Dragao, home of Porto, and Guimaraes' Estádio D. Afonso Henriques will be used as venues for the last 16 if matches cannot be played as originally planned.

The last 16 of the Europa League will be played on August 5/6, when Rangers will face Leverkusen away. The quarter-finals, semis and final will then be played in Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Gelsenkirchen from August 10-24.

Looking ahead to next season, the Champions League qualifiers will begin with the preliminary round on August 8/11, followed by the first round on August 18/19, the second round on 25/26 August and the third round on September 15/16. All of these ties will be one-legged.

The final play-off round will go ahead on September 22/23 and 29/30, and will feature home and away legs as normal.

The 2020/21 Europa League campaign will begin with the preliminary round on August 20, the first qualifying round on August 27, the second round on September 17, the third on September 24, with the play-offs going ahead on October 1. All of these matches will be one-legged ties.

The venue of each one-legged tie will be determined by the draw, with whichever team is drawn first as the home side.