{"id":28904,"date":"2025-08-27T23:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/champions-league-draw-2025-26-pots-defined-and-new-format-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:37:32","slug":"champions-league-draw-2025-26-pots-defined-and-new-format-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/champions-league-draw-2025-26-pots-defined-and-new-format-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Draw 2025\/26: Pots Defined and New Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Champions League Draw Pots Defined<\/h2>\n\nThe pots for the UEFA Champions League draw, which will be held on Thursday, have already been defined after the play-off round was completed on Wednesday. This will be the second draw held under the new format, which involves 36 teams in a single league table.\n\nThe draw will begin at 5 p.m. (UK time) \/ noon ET, and the first matches are scheduled to be played between September 16 and 18. UEFA is expected to publish the full match schedule on Saturday.\n\nThe league phase will extend until January, with the 18 matches of the last day, on January 28, being played simultaneously.\n\nInstead of dividing the teams into groups, the draw will define eight matchups for each club. Each team will play two matches against rivals from each of the four pots: one at home and one away.\n\nBecause teams now face clubs from their own pot, belonging to Pot 1 no longer grants an advantage. In previous seasons, being in Pot 1 allowed avoiding matches against the strongest teams in the tournament.\n\nPreviously, Pot 1 housed the Champions League and Europa League champions, as well as the champions of the six most important national leagues. Pots 2 to 4 were organized according to the strength of the teams, based on the UEFA club coefficient, which evaluates performance in Europe over the last five seasons. Now, only the Champions League champion will automatically be in Pot 1; the rest of the positions will be determined by the UEFA club coefficient.\n\nHowever, the six non-English teams in Pot 1 of the Champions League draw will have to face two Premier League clubs. This restriction in the draw is due to the rule that prevents clubs from the same country from facing each other in the league phase.\n\nThe final of this season will be held at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, May 30.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Composition of the Bass Drums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Pot 1:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paris Saint-Germain<\/li><li>Real Madrid<\/li><li>Manchester City<\/li><li>Bayern Munich<\/li><li>Liverpool<\/li><li>Internazionale<\/li><li>Chelsea<\/li><li>Borussia Dortmund<\/li><li>Barcelona<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Pot 2:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Arsenal<\/li><li>Bayer Leverkusen<\/li><li>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/li><li>Benfica<\/li><li>Atalanta<\/li><li>Villarreal<\/li><li>Juventus<\/li><li>Eintracht Frankfurt<\/li><li>Club Brugge<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Pot 3:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tottenham Hotspur<\/li><li>PSV Eindhoven<\/li><li>Ajax<\/li><li>Napoli<\/li><li>Sporting CP<\/li><li>Olympiacos<\/li><li>Slavia Prague<\/li><li>Bodo\/Glimt<\/li><li>Marseille<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Pot 4:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>F.C. Copenhagen<\/li><li>AS Monaco<\/li><li>Galatasaray<\/li><li>Union St.-Gilloise<\/li><li>FK Qarabag<\/li><li>Athletic Club<\/li><li>Newcastle United<\/li><li>Pafos<\/li><li>Kairat Almaty<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<b>Reservations:<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fenerbahce<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Champions League Draw Pots Defined The pots for the UEFA Champions League draw, which will be held on Thursday, have already been defined after the play-off round was completed on Wednesday. This will be the second draw held under the new format, which involves 36 teams in a single league table. 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