UEFA Champions League draw: Live stream, how to watch online, schedule, date, time, group stage matchups
The group stage of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League is upon us, but before the action gets underway in September, the draw will take place in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday. The 32 teams that qualified for the group stage will be split into eight groups of four and there is a possibility of more than one group of deaths. Can you imagine a group from Real Madrid Liverpool, Inter Milan and Celtic? How about Manchester City, Barcelona, Dortmund and Rangers or PSV? The possibilities are tempting for spectators, but not so much for teams hoping for a clear path to the knockout stages.
This draw will be streamed live on CBS Sports HQ and you will have 24/7 access to the streaming sports news network on Paramount+, CBSSports.com, Pluto TV and the CBS Sports app on mobile and streaming devices.
Paramount+ will also be your home for all UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Conference League and more matches.
CBSSports.com will also be reporting during the draw, including Thursday’s results and analysis.
Here’s what you should know:
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Date: Thursday 25 August | Time: 12 p.m. ET
Live broadcast: Paramount+ (try for free) and CBS Sports HQ
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Host: poppy miller
Analysts: Ian Joy, Luis Garcia, Jimmy Conrad and Fabrizio Romano
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What are the rules for the draw?
There will be four seeding pots, with the first made up of the top six league champions and the winners of the UCL and EL. Pots 2 through 4 are determined via the Club Coefficient Ranking List.
When forming groups, no team may play another team from its own association in the group stage, ie two teams from England cannot play in the same group, for example.
Champions League group stage pots
pot 1
- real Madrid
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Manchester City
- AC Milan
- Bayern Munich
- PSG
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- ajax
pot 2
- Liverpool
- Chelsea
- Barcelona
- juventus
- Atlético Madrid
- Seville
- RB Leipzig
- Tottenham
pot 3
- Borussia Dortmund
- RB Salzburg
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Inter Milan
- Naples
- Sporty Lisbon
- FC Bayern Leverkusen
- Olympic Marseille
pot 4
- Club Brugge
- Celtic
- Maccabi Haifa or Red Star Belgrade
- Copenhagen or Trabzonspor
- Bodo/Glimt or Dynamo Zagreb
- Karabag or Victoria Pilsen
- Rangers or PSV
- Dynamo Kyiv or Benfica
Group stage matchdays
- Matchday 1: 6th-7th September
- Matchday 2: September 13th and 14th
- Matchday 3: 4th-5th October
- 4th matchday: 11-12 October
- Matchday 5: 25-26 October
- Matchday 6: November 1st and 2nd
How to watch the Europa League draw
Date: Friday 26 August | Time: 7 p.m. ET
Live broadcast: Paramount+ (try for free) and CBS Sports HQ
What are the rules for the draw?
There are four pots of eight, similar to UCL, and there will also be eight groups of four teams each. Each group contains one team from each seed pot. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
Qualified Teams
- Roma
- Manchester United
- arsenal
- Lazio
- braga
- Feyenoord
- Rennes
- Real Sociedad
- Real Betis
- Union Berlin
- Freiburg
- nantes
- Monaco
- Storm Graz
- Union Saint Gilloise
- Midtjylland
Group stage matchdays
- Matchday 1: September 8th
- Matchday 2: 15 Sept
- Matchday 3: 6 Oct
- 4th matchday: 13 Oct
- Matchday 5: 27 Oct
- Matchday 6: Nov 3