UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw: All you need to know | Champions League

When will the drawing be done?

The draw for the group stage for the 2021/202 UEFA Champions League begins on Thursday 26 August at 6pm CET. The ceremony was held in Istanbul, Turkey. It will be the lottery Streaming live on UEFA.com. Special guests Branislav Ivanovic and Michael Essien help in the draw.

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What is the difference in the lottery bowl?

Twenty-six teams automatically qualified for the group stage, and six teams were determined by play-off matches:

NS: Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea
ESP: Atletico, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Seville, Villarreal
ITA: Inter Milan, Milan, Atalanta, Juventus
gear: Bavaria, Leipzig, Dortmund, Wolfsburg
from: Lusk, Paris
bySporting Lisbon, Porto, Benfica
Ned: Ajax
Russians: Zenit
or: Salzburg
cute – good: Club Brugge
United kingdom: Dynamo Kiev, Shakhtar Donetsk
over there: Besiktas
SUI: Young Boys
SWE: Malmo
MDA: Sherif

How does drawing work?

The teams are divided into 4 pots. Pot 1 contains the defending champions, the UEFA Europa League winner, and the champions of the six top-ranked countries; The decision to occupy pots 2 through 4 is made by Club coefficient arrangement.

No team can be played against an opponent from its association. More restrictions will be announced before the draw.

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If individual associations have two representatives in the race, the respective teams’ matches will be distributed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. If there are four (or more) reps, there will be two (or three) matches on each of the two days. The basis for this is TV viewership numbers, and confirmation is made before the draw.

Who is in which bowl?

The lottery pot crew looks like this:

bowl 1

Chelsea (England) 98000
Villarreal (ESP) 63000
Bavaria (Germany) 134,000
Manchester City (England) 125,000
Atlético Madrid (Spain) 115,000
Inter Milan (ITA) 53000
Sporting Lisbon 45500
Lusc Lille (France) 14000

bowl 2

Real Madrid (Spain) 127000
Barcelona (Spain) 122000
Juventus (Italy) 120,000
Manchester United (England) 113,000
Paris Saint-Germain 113000
Liverpool (England) 101,000
Seville (Spain) 98000
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 90 thousand

3 . pot

Port (Port) 87000
Ajax (NED) 82500
Shakhtar Donetsk (UK) 79000
Leipzig (Germany) 66000
Salzburg (AUT) 59000
Benfica (Bur) 58000
Atalanta (ITA) 50500
Zenith (Russia) 50,000

4 . bowl

Besiktas 49000
Dynamo Kiev (UK) 47000
Club Brugge (Belgium) 35500
Young Boys (Switzerland) 35000
Milan (Italy) 31000
Malmö (Switzerland) 18500
Wolfsburg (Germany) 14.714.2007
Sheriff of Tiraspol (MDA) 14500

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Which clubs mate?

To ensure that doubles from the same country play on different days, the eight groups are marked by colour: groups A through D in red and groups E through H in blue. For example, if a club in the pairing moves to a red group (A, B, C, or D), the other club in that pairing – once tied – automatically moves to one of the four blue groups (E, F, G, or H) . The following pairs were created:

Chelsea and Manchester City
Atletico Madrid and Seville
C Inter and Juventus
D Bayern and Dortmund
E Lusk Lille and Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid and Barcelona
J Man. United and Liverpool
H Porto and Benfica
I am Shakhtar and Dynamo Kiev
J Leipzig and Wolfsburg
K Atalanta and AC Milan

When will it be played?

The full schedule will be announced after the draw. The dates are already fixed:

First round: 14./15. September
Second round: 28. / 29. September
Third round: 19./20. October
Round 4: 2./3. November
Fifth round: 23./24. November
Round 6: 7./8. Dec

Calendar 2021/22

What prizes will be awarded during the ceremony?

Winners in the following categories will be presented during the drawing ceremony:

Robert Lewandowski: Player of the Year 2019/20

UEFA Player of the Year
UEFA Player of the Year
UEFA Coach of the Year
UEFA Coach of the Year

Goalkeeper for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League season
Defender of the UEFA Champions League 2020/21 season
Midfielder for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League season
2020/21 UEFA Champions League striker

Goalkeeper for the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2020/21 season
Defender of the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2020/21 season
Midfielder for the 2020/21 UEFA Women’s Champions League season
2020/21 UEFA Women’s Champions League striker