Champions League draws: Confirmed pot for Barcelona

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The pots for the Champions League group stage draw have now been finalised following Wednesday night’s Champions League play-off ties.

Champions League holders Real Madrid are in Pot 1.

Other teams in Pot 1 are Premier League champions Manchester City, German champions Bayern Munich, French champions Paris Saint-Germain, Dutch champions Ajax, Portuguese champions Porto, Italian champions AC Milan and last season’s Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt.

Barcelona are in pot 2 alongside last year’s beaten finalists Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham.

In Pot 2, we also have La Liga sides Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, while RB Leipzig and Juventus are also in Pot 2.

See all four pots for the draws below

POT 1

Real Madrid

AC Milan

Eintracht Frankfurt

Bayern Munich

Manchester City

Ajax

Paris Saint-Germain

Porto

POT 2

Liverpool

Chelsea

Barcelona

Atletico Madrid

Sevilla

RB Leipzig

Juventus

Tottenham

POT 3

Borussia Dortmund

Bayer Leverkusen

RB Salzburg

Napoli

Shakhtar Donetsk

Sporting CP

Inter

Benfica

POT 4

Club Brugge

Marseille

Celtic

Rangers

Maccabi Haifa

FC Copenhagen

Viktoria Plzen

Dinamo Zagreb

The Champions League draw will take place on Thursday at 17:00 BST in Istanbul.

This year’s group stage will run over a nine-week period from September 6 to November 2 due to the World Cup in Qatar.

The knockout stages will be played at a much later date.