What's the event: This Thursday, August 24, the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League's eight groups and the 2017 UEFA Best Player winner will be revealed. Luckily for fans across the globe, we got you covered on where you can follow the draw live.
What time: 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm UTC / 5pm BST / 6pm CET.
Which venue: At the UEFA the headquarters in Monaco.
Which channels:
- In USA on: Fox Sports 2 USA, FOX Soccer Match Pass, FOX Sports GO, FOX Deportes, fuboTV
- In UK on: BT Sport 2, EuroSport 1 UK, BT Sport Live
- Internationally: On our UEFA Champions League draw page, a clickable button should appear close to kick-off. This should take you straight to UEFA's DrawCentre to enjoy free live streaming. Note: geo-restrictions apply.
You can also tune in to RMTV, UEFA TV, Barca TV, Sport 24
*View up-to-date global listings
2017-18 UEFA Champions League draw pots
Of the 10 play-off spots, only five have been decided, with as many empty slots remaining. Those five qualified teams are: Celtic of Scotland, Napoli of Italy, Sevilla of Spain, Olympiacos of Greece, and Maribor of Sweden.
Pot 1: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Monaco, and Spartak Moscow
Pot 2: Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Manchester City, FC Porto, and Manchester United
Pot 3: Napoli, Tottenham, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Anderlecht, Roma, Besiktas TBD (Liverpool or Celtic)
Pot 4: Feyenoord, NK Maribor, RB Leipzig, TBD (Celtic or Hoffenheim), TBD (CSKA Moscow or Young Boys), TBD (Steaua București or Sporting), TBD (FC Koebenhavn or Qarabag FK), TBD (Slavia Prague or APOEL Nicosia)
2017 UEFA Best Player award
80 coaches voted on who were the best players in Europe last season, and they chose Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi; and Cristiano Ronaldo as their top three. Only those three names can compete for the prize on Thursday.
The likes of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, and Sergio Ramos narrowly missed out on the top three after guiding Los Blancos to a 12th Champions League title. Paulo Dybala, who guided Juventus to a runners-up finish, came in at sixth.
Kylian Mbappe, Robert Lewandowski, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed the last three spots in the top 10, respectively.
Match details, result and original broadcast info
UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw
August 24, 2017 12:00pmThis match has ended. Below are the original Live broadcast details for this match.
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