How UCL pots are shaping up nine days until group stage draw

The draw for the group stage of the 2019/20 Champions 

League will be made on August 29 in Monaco.

A total of 32 teams will be put into four pots before the draw 

takes place, with 26 clubs already qualified and eight still to 

be decided by the playoffs.

Pot one is made up of the Champions League holders 

Liverpool, Europa League winners Chelsea and the winners of 

the top six leagues in Europe.

Pot two consists of the eight teams with the highest UFEA 

coefficient such as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

With seven spaces already decided, Ajax will take the eighth 

spot if they make it through their playoff against APOEL. If the

Dutch giants are knocked out, Lyon will take their place in pot 

two.

Pots three and four are also decided by UEFA coefficient, with 

clubs with lower coefficients taking up the slots. Valencia will 

be in pot three, while Lokomotiv Moscow and Genk are still to 

find out which of the two lower pots they will be in.

Possible groups of death

The Spanish clubs could be dealt difficult groups depending 

on which pot they are in.

Barcelona could be placed alongside Tottenham, Inter and RB 

Leipzig.

Real Madrid and Atletico could both be put in the same group 

as Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta.