All eyes will soon be on the UEFA Champions League as Europe’s premier competition prepares for the group stage.
The 32 clubs participating in the group stage include all European heavyweights including Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool and defending champions Real Madrid.
Within the 32 field are six clubs emerging from five rounds of summer qualifying culminating in the decisive playoff round. The winners of the six playoff series will qualify for a lucrative group stage with guaranteed prize money for each participating club.
Sporting News has everything you need to know about the 2022/23 Champions League draw, including date, location, participating teams and how the draw will be drawn.
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When are the Champions League Group Stage draws?
Champions League group stage Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11am/4pm Istanbul, Turkey, will host the 2023 Champions League final.
The draw will divide the 32 teams into 8 groups of 4 each. During the draw, UEFA will select one team from each of his four pots, making up his four teams in each group.
Pot 1 will consist of the winners of the previous Champions League and Europa League titles, plus the reigning league champions from each of the top six countries ranked on UEFA’s country coefficient list.
Real Madrid are the Spanish League champions (top six countries) and holders of the UEFA Champions League, so the Pot 1 spot reserved for the Spanish champions goes to the next best country on the coefficient list. increase. In this case, the Netherlands and reigning Eredivisie his champions Ajax were promoted to Pot 1.
For pots 2, 3 and 4, it is based on the UEFA club coefficient list. This is a formula that measures a specific club’s performance in national and continental competitions over the past five years.
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How to watch the 2022/23 Champions League
| Country | tv channel | streaming |
|---|---|---|
| England | BT Sport 1/BT Sport Ultimate | BT Sport App, BTSport.com |
| united states of america | CBSSN, Univision, TUDN | fuboTV, Paramount+, ViX+ |
| Australia | — | stan sports |
| Canada | — | Dazone |
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Champions League Group Stage Draw Teams
| pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| real madrid | liverpool | Borussia Dortmund | Club Brugge |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Chelsea | RB Salzburg | Celtic |
| city of manchester | Barcelona | Shakhtar Donetsk | Playoff Round Qualifier |
| AC Milan | Juventus | inter milan | Playoff Round Qualifier |
| Bayern Munich | Atlético Madrid | Naples | Playoff Round Qualifier |
| PSG | Seville | Sporting CP | Playoff Round Qualifier |
| Porto | RB Leipzig | Bayer Leverkusen | Playoff Round Qualifier |
| ajax | tottenham | Olympique Marseille | Playoff Round Qualifier |
One club is selected from each pot to form eight groups of four teams. Clubs from the same country cannot be in the same group and must be moved to the next available group.
Seeds for Pot 1 include the UEFA Champions League winner (Real Madrid) and the Europa League winner (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Real Madrid are Champions League winners and Spanish League champions, so the Pot 1 seed designated Spanish League Champions is next to the next country on UEFA’s national coefficient list, the Netherlands (Dutch champions, Ajax ) is obtained.
Olympique de Marseille currently occupy Pot 3 but could be demoted to Pot 4 if a higher ranked team on the coefficient table qualifies for the group stage (currently Benfica, Rangers, Dynamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade rank high).
Champions League Playoff Round Qualifier
The winner of the next total points play-off series will join the other 26 clubs in the Champions League group stage draw.
champions pass
| match | 1st leg | second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Haifa (Israel) v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
| FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Trabzonspor (Turkey) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
| FK Bod/Glimt (Norway) vs. Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
| Karaberg (Azerbaijan) v Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
league pass
| match | 1st leg | second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers (Scotland) vs. PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
| Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) v Benfica (Portugal) | August 16-17 | August 23-24 |
Champions League Matches 2022/23
Preliminaries/Preliminaries Schedule
| round | draw | 1st leg | second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| qualifying round | June 7, 2022 | June 21, 2022 | June 24, 2022 |
| First qualifying round | June 14, 2022 | July 5-6, 2022 | July 12-13, 2022 |
| 2nd round of qualifying | June 15, 2022 | July 19-20, 2022 | July 26-27, 2022 |
| Qualifying round 3 | July 18, 2022 | August 2-3, 2022 | August 9-10, 2022 |
| playoff round | August 2, 2022 | August 16-17, 2022 | August 23-24, 2022 |
Group stage schedule
The draw for the 2022/23 Champions League group stage will take place on 25 August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
| game day | date |
|---|---|
| 1 | September 6-7, 2022 |
| 2 | September 13-14, 2022 |
| 3 | October 4-5, 2022 |
| Four | October 11-12, 2022 |
| Five | October 25-26, 2022 |
| 6 | November 1-2, 2022 |
Knockout stage schedule
The 2022/23 Champions League Round of 16 draw will take place on 7 November 2022.
The draw for the remaining rounds (quarter-finals and semi-finals) of the 2022/23 Champions League Knockout Stage will take place on 17 March 2023.
| round | 1st leg | second leg |
|---|---|---|
| round 16 | February 14-22, 2023 | March 7-15, 2023 |
| quaterfinals | April 11-12, 2023 | April 18-19, 2023 |
| semi-finals | May 9-10, 2023 | May 16-17, 2023 |
| Last | June 10, 2023 | |