UEFA Champions League Draw: live stream, start time, TV info and more

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Today UEFA will draw from 4 pots to determine the the groups to kick off the Champions League tournament. Each group of 4 will play each other home and away with the top 2 teams from each group advancing. The teams that finish in third place will join the Europa League tournament. No team from any league can meet a team from the same league in the group stage.

Here is how UEFA explains it.

From UEFA.com:

"Ten play-off winners join the 22 automatic entrants in the group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, where the 32 sides are split into four seeding pots and one from each is drawn into the eight groups. Seeds are based on UEFA’s coefficient system and no team can meet another from the same association."

Date: August 29
Start Time: 11:45 p.m. ET
Location: Monaco
Stadium: Grimaldi Forum
TV Info: FOX Soccer Plus (U.S.), British Eurosport and Sky Sports News (U.K.)
Live Stream: UEFA.com or FOX Soccer 2 Go

Club	Route	Last in	Years**	2012/13***	Best****
Pot 1
FC Bayern München	Holders	2012/13	16	Winners	Winners x 5
FC Barcelona	Champions, Spain	2012/13	17	Semi-finals	Winners x 4
Chelsea FC	Third place, England	2012/13	11	UEL, winners*	Winners x 1
Real Madrid CF	Runners-up, Spain	2012/13	17	Semi-finals	Winners x 9
Manchester United FC	Champions, England	2012/13	18	Round of 16	Winners x 3
Arsenal FC	Fourth place, England	2012/13	15	Round of 16	Runners-up x1
FC Porto	Champions, Portugal	2012/13	17	Round of 16	Winners x 2
SL Benfica	Runners-up, Portugal	2012/13	8	UEL, runners-up*	Winners x 2
Pot 2
Club Atlético de Madrid	Third place, Spain	2009/10	3	UEL, round of 32	Runners-up x 1
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Champions, Ukraine	2012/13	8	Round of 16	Quarter-finals
AC Milan	Third place, Italy	2012/13	16	Round of 16	Winners x 7
FC Schalke 04	Fourth place, Germany	2012/13	5	Round of 16	Semi-finals
Olympique de Marseille	Runners-up, France	2011/12	8	UEL, group stage	Winners x 1
PFC CSKA Moskva	Champions, Russia	2011/12	6	UEL, play-offs	Quarter-finals
Paris Saint-Germain FC	Champions, France	2012/13	5	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals
Juventus	Champions, Italy	2012/13	13	Quarter-finals	Winners x 2
Pot 3
FC Zenit	Runners-up, Russia	2012/13	3	UEL, round of 16*	Round of 16
Manchester City FC	Runners-up, England	2012/13	2	Group stage	Group stage
AFC Ajax	Champions, Netherlands	2012/13	11	UEL, round of 32	Winners x 4
Borussia Dortmund	Runners-up, Germany	2012/13	6	Runners-up	Winners x 1
FC Basel 1893	Champions, Switzerland	2011/12	4	UEL, semi-finals	Last 16
Olympiacos FC	Champions, Greece	2012/13	14	UEL, Round of 32*	Quarter-finals
Galatasaray AŞ	Champions, Turkey	2012/13	11	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Third place, Germany	2011/12	7	UEL, Round of 32	Runners-up x 1
Pot 4
FC København	Champions, Denmark	2010/11	2	UEL, group stage	Round of 16
SSC Napoli	Runners-up, Italy	2011/12	1	UEL, round of 32	Round of 16
RSC Anderlecht	Champions, Belgium	2012/13	9	Group stage	Semi-finals
Celtic FC	Champions, Scotland	2012/13	7	Round of 16	Winners x 1
FC Steaua Bucureşti	Champions, Romania	2008/09	6	UEL, round of 16	Winners x 1
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Champions, Czech Republic	2011/12	1	UEL, round of 16	Group stage
Real Sociedad de Fútbol	Fourth place, Spain	2003/04	1	N/A	Semi-finals
FK Austria Wien	Champions, Austria	N/A	0	Did not participate	Semi-finals

*Finished third in UEFA Champions League group
**Past group stage appearances not including 2013/14
***UEFA Champions League unless stated
****Includes pre-1992 European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEL = UEFA Europa League

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