UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Live Telecast: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw for the 2023-24 season will take place on Thursday.
The 32 teams in the group stage will be drawn into eight groups of four. The teams will be seeded into four pots, based on their UEFA club coefficients.
The top pot will contain the champions of the six highest-ranked leagues, as well as the holders of the UEFA Champions League title. The second pot will contain the runners-up of the six highest-ranked leagues, and so on.
Teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.
UEFA will announce several awards from last season’s competition during the group stage draw ceremony.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is expected to be on stage at the ceremony and will give a personal lifetime achievement award to former Germany great Miroslav Klose.
Ceferin, however, is not scheduled to take questions about the Luis Rubiales issue. Separately, the Spanish federation is leading a UEFA-backed bid to host the 2030 World Cup with Portugal, Morocco and possibly Ukraine.
Pots so far
Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, FC Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Feyenoord
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto, Arsenal
Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Bull Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio, Red Star Belgrade, Braga
Pot 4: Newcastle United, Union Berlin, Lens, Real Sociedad, Celtic, Galatasaray
When will the UEFA Champions League group stage draw take place?
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw will take place in Grimaldi Forum — Monaco, on Thursday August 31, and will be streamed live from 9:30 PM IST.
When will the UEFA Champions League group stage matches take place?
UCL group stage matches begin on September 19 and conclude on December 13
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