Good day everyone,
I hope you are all well and having a great week so far, welcome to CryptoGod-1's blog on all things sports. Today I will be doing a quick preview on the upcoming Champions League Group Stage Draw. The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage draw will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday 25 August. It will take place at 18:00 CET with all 32 teams being drawn into 8 groups of four teams.
How the Draw Works
Below I have broken down how the draw works and the main rules for how the teams are drawn against each other.
The teams are seeded into four pots. The way they are placed in these pots is based on coefficients and the winners of last seasons Top Leagues and European Competitions.
Pot 1 - This Pot contains the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League winners, along with the winners of the English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Dutch, and Portuguese Leagues.
Pot 2 - The next eight highest ranked UEFA Coefficients for clubs who have qualified.
Pot 3 - The next eight highest ranked UEFA Coefficients for clubs who have qualified.
Pot 4 - The remaining eight clubs who have qualified, where their UEFA Coefficients did not allow for them to be ranked in a higher pot.
Teams from the same association are not allowed to be drawn in a group together, meaning Premier League sides cannot be drawn against other Premier League side, La Liga sides cannot play other La Liga sides, etc.
A side note that associations with two or more representatives will see the clubs paired in order to split their matches between Tuesdays and Wednesdays. These pairings are to be based on TV audiences.
Match Days
The games will happen in a much more condensed schedule this season thanks to the 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP in Qatar. All matches will be completed over 2 months instead of 3, meaning the competition will have concluded the group stage games by early November. Below are the days for each Matchday in this seasons UEFA Champions League Groups.
Matchday 1: 6/7 September
Matchday 2: 13/14 September
Matchday 4: 11/12 October
Matchday 5: 25/26 October
Matchday 6: 1/2 November
Round of 16 draw: 7 November
Qualified Teams
Below are the qualified teams who will be a part of the draw. The teams will be in eight groups of four teams, with the top two teams in each group qualifying for the round of last sixteen. The third-placed sides in each group will be moved to the UEFA Europa League knockout stage, where they will face the UEFA Europa League group runners-up for places in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League.
Pot 1
Real Madrid (ESP, Champions League holders)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER, Europa League holders)
Manchester City (ENG, title winners)
AC Milan (ITA, title winners)
Bayern München (GER, title winners)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA, title winners)
Porto (POR, title winners)
Ajax (NED, title winners)
Pot 2
Liverpool (ENG)
Chelsea (ENG)
Barcelona (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)
Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Sevilla (ESP)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Pot 3
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Salzburg (AUT)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Inter (ITA)
Napoli (ITA)
Sporting CP (POR)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Marseille (FRA)
Pot 4
Benfica (POR)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Club Brugge (BEL)
Celtic (SCO)
* The three remaining spots for Pot 4 will be decided on Wednesday in the final Champions League Qualifier Games. First leg results are shown in brackets.
Dinamo Zagreb - Bodo/Glimt (0-1)
PSV Eindhoven - Rangers (2-2)
Trabzonspor - FC Copenhagen (1-2)
I will do a post on the draw once it has taken place and each team knows their opponents for the Champions League Group Stage 22/23 campaign.
Have a great day, I hope you enjoyed the preview of the Champions League Group Stage Draw and get a chance to see the draw on Thursday.
Peace. CryptoGod-1.
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