Thursday, August 25, 2005

This afternoon's Champions League Draw explained


The Champions League draw will take place later today at 2:30pm. There will be 4 pots corresponding to each of the 4 levels of seeds (details below). Each one of the eight groups will consist of one team from each seed. No team can draw another team from the same country, apart from the European Champions, Liverpool. This means Liverpool may get drawn in the same group as Chelsea as they are only 2nd seeds.

4th Seeds
SL Benfica (POR)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Real Betis Balompié (ESP)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
FC Thun (SUI)
FC Artmedia Bratislava (SVK)

3rd Seeds
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Olympiacos CFP (GRE)
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Rangers FC (SCO)
Werder Bremen (GER)

2nd Seeds
FC Porto (POR)
Juventus FC (ITA)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
AFC Ajax (NED)

Top Seeds
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Liverpool FC (ENG, holders)
Manchester United FC (ENG)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
FC Bayern München (GER)
Arsenal FC (ENG)

My ideal group would be Liverpool, Ajax, Club Brugge, & FC Thun. Please let me know who you would like to see in the draw.

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