UEFA Draws Teams Against Opponents, New Rule Prohibits Three-in-a-Row Home Matches
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Beginning with the first pot, teams will be drawn against two opponents in each of the four pots until eight opponents are selected for the schedule. The draw moves to the other three pots in order until the entire league phase is finalized.
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BBC SportIn the league phase, each team will face eight different teams once, with four home matches and four away matches.
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Teams were placed into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients on Wednesday.
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BBC SportFor the draw, the 36 teams will be placed into four pots with one being the highest-ranked and four being the lowest. The pot placements are based on the club's Uefa club coefficient ranking from the five-season period ending at the conclusion of 2025-26.
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Uefa announced a new rule on Wednesday that sides cannot host the same team in three successive league phases - so Liverpool will not draw Real Madrid at home and Arsenal will not travel to Inter Milan. Those fixtures could be drawn in reverse though.
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Bleacher ReportHowever, a team cannot play the same individual league phase fixture for three seasons in a row under new UEFA regulations.
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01 BBC Sport Published The league phase draw for the 2026-27 Champions League campaign takes place on Thursday, 27 August at 17:00 BST in Monaco.
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02 Fox Sports This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.
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03 Bleacher Report The teams taking part in the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League were set after qualifying rounds concluded on Wednesday.
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04 ESPN When is the Champions League league phase draw? Date, how it works, more The draw for the Champions League league phase is upon us! Here's when it takes place and how it works.
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