CL Second Group Stage: Participants, Draw Scenarios And Speculation
The first group stage of the UEFA Champions League is over and we get down to the best part of the competition where sixteen of Europe's top clubs will go head-on in four groups. Here is the final list of clubs that qualified from the first group stages:
The first group stage of the UEFA Champions League is over and we get down to the best part of the competition where sixteen of Europe's top clubs will go head-on in four groups. Here is the final list of clubs that qualified from the first group stages:
Group Winners:
Arsenal FC
Valencia
Real Madrid
Internazionale
Juventus
Manchester United
AC Milan
FC Barcelona
Group Runners-up:
Borussia Dortmund
FC Basel
AS Roma
Ajax Amsterdam
Newcastle FC
Bayer Leverkusen
Deportivo La Coruña
Lokomotiv Moskva
The second group stage draw will pull two winners and two runners-up into each group. The sixteen teams have been divided into four pots based on seeding. One team from each pot will be extracted into one group. Teams from the same federation and teams that were in the same group in the first group stage cannot be drawn together.
POT 1:
Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, Valencia
POT 2:
AC Milan, Internazionale, Juventus, Arsenal
POT 3:
Deportivo, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, Borussia Dortmund
POT 4:
Lokomotiv, Ajax, Newcastle United, FC Basel
INTERESTING SCENARIOS:
A possible draw could be as follows:
Group A: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, FC Basel.
Group B: Man Utd, Juventus, Ajax, Deportivo La Coruña.
Group C: Barcelona, Arsenal, Roma, Lokomotiv Moscow.
Group D: Valencia, Internazionale, Dortmund, Newcastle.
All eyes will now be on Geneva, where the Champions League second group stage draw will occur this Friday, Nov 15th.