Pots of the draw for the 2023-2024 Champions League group stage: which teams are in each and how they are made

With the 2023 UEFA Champions League already over and Manchester City crowned champions for the first time, it’s time to think about the next edition, 2023-2024, with Wembley Stadium as the venue for the grand final on 11 June 2024 .

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Pots of the draw for the 2023-2024 Champions League group stage: which teams are in each and how they are made

The draw for the group stage of the 2023-2024 Champions League takes place on August 31, 2023 at Nyon, the headquarters of UEFA in Switzerland. The draw time is at 5.30pm, unlike the rest of the Champions League draws, the group stage draw usually takes place in the afternoon.

As in the rest of the seasons, the group stage draw includes four teams per group, with two conditions to highlight: You cannot play against teams from the same country in the group stage, nor against teams that are in the same pot.

As always, you’ll start by drawing lots for the teams from pot 1 first to see which seed goes into each group. Once that first draw is done, it will be announced which teams can or cannot move into the different groups, with each team’s future drawn from each of the other three drums.

How are the draw drums for the Champions League group stage made?

The draw drums for the Champions League are determined by the UEFA rankings. The UEFA ranking ranks the European teams based on the UEFA coefficient, which is taken from their results in Europe over the past five seasons.

In pot 1 there is no criterion based on UEFA coefficient. The eight members of Pot 1 and seeded leaders are the current winners of the Champions League year after year, the current winner of the Europa League and the winners of the main European competitions (Spain, England, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and the Netherlands ). ).

From pot 2 to 4, the teams are ranked by UEFA coefficient so that of those eight seeded teams, the teams with the best UEFA coefficient go to pot 2.

classified teams

The 32 who will play the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League

• Manchester City
• Arsenal
• Manchester United
• Newcastle
• Barcelona
• RealMadrid
• Atletico Madrid
• Real society
• Seville
• Bayern Munich
• Borussia Dortmund
• RB Leipzig
• Union Berlin
• napoli
• lazio
• Milan
• inter milan
• psg
• Lenses
• Port
• Benfica
• Salzburg
• red star
• Celtic Glasgow
• feyenoord
• Shaktar Donetsk

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The eight seeded teams, i.e. the eight teams that will be in pot 1, have already been confirmed and are as follows

• Manchester City (championship winner)
• Sevilla (Europa League winner)
• Barcelona
• Bayern Munich
• psg
• Benfica
• napoli
• feyenoord

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For example, the four drums of the draw for the group stage of the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League now stand. There are teams like Dinamo Zagreb, PSV Eindhoven, Young Boys or Marseille, among others, that have a better UEFA coefficient than some that are already classified, so they have options to join Pot 3 if they get a ticket to the knock-out stage. get out of phase. .