Football fans will be waiting nervously for the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City begin their title defence this season.
City’s success in Istanbul marked a first-ever Champions League title for the club as part of a historic trophy treble win for Guardiola’s team at the back end of the 2022/23 campaign.
However, the new season means a new page is turned in the competition, with 32 teams entering the group stages with the hope of glory in the final at Wembley in 2024.
The Sporting News takes a look at the details for the draw including start times across the world and TV/streaming details.
LIVE: Champions League draw updates and results
What time is the Champions League group stage draw?
The draw ceremony will start at 6 p.m. local time (CET) at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, on August 31, 2023. Here’s how that looks in territories around the world:
| Date | Start time | |
| USA | Thu, Aug. 31 | 12 p.m. ET |
| Canada | Thu, Aug. 31 | 12 p.m. ET |
| UK | Thu, Aug. 31 | 5 p.m. BST |
| Australia | Fri, Sep.1 | 2 a.m. AEST |
| India | Thu, Aug. 31 | 9.30 p.m. IST |
| Hong Kong | Fri, Sep.1 | 12 a.m. HKT |
| Malaysia | Fri, Sep.1 | 12 a.m. MYT |
| Singapore | Fri, Sep.1 | 12 a.m. . SGT |
| New Zealand | Fri, Sep.1 | 4 a.m. NZDT |
Build-up, live updates and full details of the draw and teams involved are available on UEFA.com.
Which teams are in the Champions League draw?
The draw will include 32 teams, with 24 automatic qualifiers already confirmed, with six teams emerging through the playoff rounds ahead of the draw.
These teams are divided into four pots of eight teams, with the eight groups taking one team from each pot. Teams from the same association, such as Manchester City and Arsenal, cannot be drawn in the same group as per UEFA rules.
The exact lineup in each pot was decided on the basis of UEFA’s coefficient rankings following the conclusion of the final playoff matches on August 30.
- England: Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United
- Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla
- Germany: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Union Berlin
- Italy: Napoli, Lazio, FC Inter, AC Milan
- France: Paris Saint-Germain, Lens
- Scotland: Celtic
- Portugal: Benfica, Porto Sporting Braga
- Netherlands: Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven
- Serbia: Red Star Belgrade
- Austria: RB Salzburg
- Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
- Switzerland: Young Boys
- Turkey: Galatasaray
- Belgium: Royal Antwerp
- Denmark: FC Copenhagen
How to watch the Champions League group stage draw
The draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com. In the UK, it will also be shown on TV on TNT Sports 1 and via stream on the Discovery+ app with Paramount+ covering it in the USA.