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<\/p>\nThe event will be happening at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.<\/p>\n
The teams involved in the draw are as follows:<\/p>\n
Spain:<\/p>\n
Barcelona<\/p>\n
Real Madrid<\/p>\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/p>\n
Valencia<\/p>\n
England:<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/p>\n
Chelsea<\/p>\n
Manchester City<\/p>\n
Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n
Italy:<\/p>\n
Juventus<\/p>\n
Napoli<\/p>\n
Internazionale Milano<\/p>\n
Atalanta<\/p>\n
Germany:<\/p>\n
Bayern M\u00fcnchen<\/p>\n
Borussia Dortmund<\/p>\n
Bayer Leverkusen<\/p>\n
RB Leipzig<\/p>\n
France:<\/p>\n
PSG<\/p>\n
Lyon<\/p>\n
LOSC Lille<\/p>\n
Russia:<\/p>\n
Zen it<\/p>\n
Lokomotiv Moskva<\/p>\n
Portugal:<\/p>\n
Benfica<\/p>\n
UKR<\/p>\n
Shakhtar Donetsk<\/p>\n
Belgium:<\/p>\n
Genk<\/p>\n
Turkey:<\/p>\n
Galatasaray<\/p>\n
Austria<\/p>\n
Salzburg<\/p>\n
Plus the six winning teams from the play-offs.<\/p>\n
What are the draw pots?<\/p>\n
Only Pot 1 is known in its entirety; the other pots will be confirmed once the final six teams have qualified via the play-offs.<\/p>\n
Pot 1
\nLiverpool (holders)
\nChelsea (UEFA Europa League winners)
\nBarcelona
\nManchester City
\nJuventus
\nBayern M\u00fcnchen
\nParis Saint-Germain
\nZenit<\/p>\n
Clubs\u2019 coefficients are determined either by the sum of all points won in the previous five years or by the association coefficient over the same period \u2013 whichever is higher (under a new system introduced for 2018\/19 onwards), according to UEFA.com<\/p>\n
The 26 teams given direct entry to the group stage under the competition system introduced in 2018\/19 are joined by the six winners of the play-off ties.
\nThe teams are split into four seeding pots.<\/p>\n
Pot 1 consists of the holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations. Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient rankings.
\nNo team can play a club from their own association and, based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, clubs from Russia and Ukraine must not be drawn in the same group.<\/p>\n
In the case of associations with two or more representatives, clubs will be paired in order to split their matches between Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n
If a paired club is drawn, for example, in Groups A, B, C or D, the other paired club \u2013 once drawn \u2013 will automatically be assigned to one of Groups E, F, G or H.<\/p>\n
The draw also establishes the groups for the UEFA Champions League path of the UEFA Youth League.<\/p>\n
UEFA awards:<\/p>\n
UEFA Men\u2019s Player of the Year: Messi, Ronaldo or Van Dijk?<\/p>\n
The following award winners will also be announced during the draw ceremony:<\/p>\n
UEFA Men\u2019s Player of the Year
\nUEFA Women\u2019s Player of the Year
\nGoalkeeper of the 2018\/19 UEFA Champions League season
\nDefender of the 2018\/19 UEFA Champions League season
\nMidfielder of the 2018\/19 UEFA Champions League season
\nForward of the 2018\/19 UEFA Champions League season
\nSeason calendar<\/p>\n
17\/18 September: group stage, matchday one
\n1\/2 October: group stage, matchday two
\n22\/23 October: group stage, matchday three
\n5\/6 November: group stage, matchday four
\n26\/27 November: group stage, matchday five
\n10\/11 December: group stage, matchday six<\/p>\n
16 December: round of 16 draw<\/p>\n
18\/19\/25\/26 February: round of 16, first leg
\n10\/11\/17\/18 March: round of 16, second leg<\/p>\n
20 March: quarter-final & semi-final draw<\/p>\n
7\/8 April: quarter-finals, first leg
\n14\/15 April: quarter-finals, second leg
\n28\/29 April: semi-finals, first leg
\n5\/6 May: semi-finals, second leg<\/p>\n
Saturday 30 May: final \u2013 Atat\u00fcrk Olimpiyat Stad\u0131, Istanbul.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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