Europa Conference League Draw

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What is the UEFA Europa Conference League Draw?

The UEFA Europa Conference League draw is an annual event that takes place to determine the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The Europa League is the second-tier European club competition, after the UEFA Champions League. The draw will consist of 32 teams, who are divided into eight groups of four. The teams in each group will play each other twice, once at home and once away, to decide which two teams will progress to the knockout stages. The draw for the group stages of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League will take place on Friday 23 April 2021 in Nyon, Switzerland.

How the Draw Works

The teams that have qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League draw are split into four pots. Pot 1 contains the 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Champions League, Pot 2 contains the 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Europa League and Pot 3 contains the eight teams that have qualified from the UEFA Nations League. During the draw, each team from each pot is drawn into a group. The teams in each group must play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Key Dates for the Draw

The key dates for the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw are as follows:

Friday 23 April 2021: UEFA Executive Committee meeting to decide the draw procedure
Friday 7 May 2021: Draw for the group stages of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League
Monday 10 May 2021: Start of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stages
Thursday 10 June 2021: Group stages of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League conclude
Friday 11 June 2021: Draw for the knockout stages of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League
Monday 14 June 2021: Start of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout stages
Friday 23 July 2021: Final of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Who Will Be in the Draw?

The teams that will be in the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw are as follows:

UEFA Champions League: 12 teams qualifying from the group stages
UEFA Europa League: 12 teams qualifying from the group stages
UEFA Nations League: 8 teams qualifying from the group stages

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers

The 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Champions League for the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw are as follows:

FC Porto
RB Leipzig
Olympiacos
Club Brugge
Lazio
Borussia Dortmund
FC Salzburg
FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Dynamo Kyiv
FC Krasnodar
KAA Gent
FC Midtjylland

UEFA Europa League Qualifiers

The 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Europa League for the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw are as follows:

Arsenal
Roma
Napoli
Braga
Villarreal
Granada
Tottenham Hotspur
AC Milan
Real Sociedad
Lille
Sparta Praha
Slavia Praha

UEFA Nations League Qualifiers

The 8 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Nations League for the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw are as follows:

Spain
England
France
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands

Conclusion

The 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League draw will take place on Friday 7 May 2021 in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw will consist of 32 teams, who are divided into four pots. The teams in each pot are the 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Champions League, the 12 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Europa League and the 8 teams that have qualified from the UEFA Nations League. The teams in each group will play each other twice, once at home and once away, to decide which two teams will progress to the knockout stages.