UEFA Champions League Draw – Live Blog

When is the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League group stage draw? The Champions League draw is set to take place on Thursday the 25th of August 2022 from Istanbul, Turkey from 19:00 Mecca. You will be able to watch the draw live on beIN SPORTS 1 EN.  

Which teams will be taking part in the Champions League? All 32 teams have qualified for the group stages. With the final three sides are set to be confirmed later at the end of the Play-offs. Real Madrid (ESP, Champions League holders)

Eintracht Frankfurt (GER, Europa League holders)

Manchester City (ENG)

AC Milan (ITA)

Bayern München (GER)

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Porto (POR)

Ajax (NED)

Liverpool (ENG)

Chelsea (ENG)

Barcelona (ESP)

Juventus (ITA)

Atlético de Madrid (ESP)

Sevilla (ESP)

RB Leipzig (GER)

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Salzburg (AUT)

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Inter (ITA)

Napoli (ITA)

Sporting CP (POR)

Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

Marseille (FRA)

Club Brugge (BEL)

Celtic (SCO)Play-off Winners

Benfica (POR)

Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) Rangers (SCO) Copenhagen (DEN) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)How does the draw work? 26 teams were given direct entry to the group stage and the six winners of the play-off games.

Teams will be split into four seeding pots. Pot 1 will consist of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations who did not qualify via one of the 2021/22 titles; Pots 2 to 4 will be determined by the UEFA club coefficient rankings.

In the case of teams from the same country being drawn in the same group, clubs will be paired in order to split their games between Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In the case of countries with four sides in the tournament, two pairings will be made.

No team can play a side from their own country. Further