UEFA Champions League Draw LIVE Updates: The UEFA Champions League draw is underway in Monaco on Thursday. UEFA’s draw software will allocate eight opponents to each team, comprising four home matches and four away fixtures, with two opponents drawn from each seeding pot. Seeding is determined by a team’s European performances over the past five years. Teams cannot be drawn against opponents from their own country.
Defending champions PSG headline the 36-team lineup alongside a stellar group of contenders, including record 15-time European champions Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and last season’s finalists Arsenal. Four clubs will make their Champions League debuts this season: Como of Italy, coached by Cesc Fabregas; Austria’s LASK; Norway’s Viking; and Azerbaijani champions Sabah, who were founded in 2017.
The event begins with a musical performance of the UEFA Champions League anthem! The first round of games is played Sept. The league phase resumes in January with the eighth and final round on Jan. Teams placed 25th to 36th are eliminated. Welcome to the live coverage of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.
8-10 with the first six rounds played through December. 27. The top eight teams in the final standings go direct to the round of 16 in March. Teams placed ninth to 24th enter the knockout playoffs in February to decide the other eight teams in the round of 16. Fate of 36 teams will be decided and one thing is guaranteed – we will be witnessing several high-profile matches in this year’s competition
