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Champions League draw top seeds: Who joins Barcelona, Juventus and Man City as first seeds
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE draw - Who are the top seeds? Express Sport has all the details.
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The draw is made up of 32 clubs, 26 of whom are direct entrants while six qualify through the play-offs.
The teams will be split into four seeding pots for the draw.
Pot 1 consists of the Champions League holders, the Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations.
Pots 2 to 4 are determined by the club coefficient with some teams still awaiting to be assigned to a pot, including the play-off winners.
Champions League draw top seeds
Pot 1 for the draw consists of the following teams:
Real Madrid (holders)
Atletico Madrid (Europa League winners)
Barcelona (La Liga champions)
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga champions)
Manchester City (Premier League champions)
Juventus (Serie A champions)
Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 champions)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russian Premier League champions)
Who is in the Champions League draw?
ESP: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia
GER: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Hoffenheim
ENG: Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Liverpool
ITA: Juventus, Napoli, Roma, Inter
FRA: Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Monaco
RUS: Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow
POR: Porto
UKR: Shakhtar Donetsk
BEL: Club Brugge
TUR: Galatasaray
CZE: Viktoria Plzen
SUI: Young Boys
NED: Ajax
GRE: AEK Athens
Plus three play-off winners to be settled on August 29 from RB Salzburg vs Red Star Belgrade, PAOK Salonika vs Benfica and PSV Eindhoven vs BATE Borisov.
When is the Champions League group stage draw?
The draw for the group stages takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The ceremony begins at 6pm (BST) on Thursday, August 30.
Once the draw is made, the first round of fixtures are due to be played on September 18/19.
This year’s final will be played at Atletico Madrid’s home ground, Wanda Metropolitano.