32 Set For Champions' League Group Stage, Waiting For Draw

The final fixtures of the play-off round ended today in the UEFA Champions' League.

Most notable of today's matches, Tottenham unleashed four goals on Swiss surprise Young Boys, who seemed in prime position up 3-0 in the first leg before Spurs got two goals back before time. The final aggregate was 6-3.

Hapoel Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, Basel, Zilina, Partizan, Braga, Werder Bremen, Auxerre, and Ajax were the other nine teams to join the 22 who earned direct qualification through their domestic leagues last season.

The 32 clubs are separated into four pots for the draw, which takes place on Thursday.

There are eight teams to a pot and are placed by UEFA Club Coefficient.

One team from each of the pots will be selected to each of the eight groups for the Group Stage, which runs from September 14th to December 8th.

Six clubs are entering the Group Stage for the first time. Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bursaspor, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Twente, Braga, and Zilina will all be debutants in the Group Stage of Europe's most elite club competition.

Four of the five clubs who wear the UEFA Champions' League Badge of Honor: Milan, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Ajax Amsterdam, will be present in the Group Stage. The other, Liverpool, is playing in the UEFA Europa League.

Inter Milan enter the tournament as defending champions and are preparing to represent Europe at the FIFA Club World Cup in December.

The clubs will be organized as follows:

Pot 1-

Inter Milan (Italy)

Barcelona (Spain)

Manchester United (England)

Chelsea (England)

Arsenal (England)

Bayern Munich (Germany)

AC Milan (Italy)

Olympique Lyonnais (France)

Pot 2-

Werder Bremen (Germany)

Real Madrid (Spain)

Roma (Italy)

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Benfica (Portugal)

Valencia (Spain)

Olympique Marseille (France)

Panathinaikos (Greece)

Pot 3-

Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Rangers (Scotland)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 (Germany)

Basel (Switzerland)

Braga (Portugal)

Copenhagen (Denmark)

Spartak Moscow (Russia)

Pot 4-

Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)

FC Twente (Netherlands)

Rubin Kazan (Russia)

Auxerre (France)

CFR Cluj (Romania)

Partizan (Serbia)

Zilina (Slovakia)

Bursaspor (Turkey)

Once the draw is set, the teams will play their group mates twice each. The two clubs with the most points advance to the Knockout Rounds.