The UEFA Champions League 2021/2022 it is taking shape. While the preliminary round is being defined, everything is already organized for the 67th edition of the maximum European competition at club level. The group stage draw will take place next Thursday, August 26 in Istanbul, Turkey. One week for structuring the teams and their respective drums.
The Chelsea, the last champion of the tournament, beat Villarreal on penalties and won the European Super Cup after twenty-three years of waiting. The Blues of Thomas Tuchel They will seek to repeat the great feat carried out during last season where they gave the blow to heavyweight rivals such as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Porto and Atlético Madrid in the elimination period.
The 32 participants of the group stage are yet to be confirmed, only six teams remain to join the squad. So far, there are 26 clubs that have their place assured in the Champions League 2021/2022 thanks to the classification. Except in the cases of Londoners and Villarreal, owners of the “Orejona” and the Europa League during the previous season respectively.
The date where the round of 16 of the contest will be raffled is already known, it will be on December 13. The group stage qualifiers so far: Ajax, Atalanta, Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Besiktas, Chelsea, Bruges, Borussia Dortmund, Dinamo Kiev, Inter Milan, Juventus, RB Leipzig, Liverpool, Lille, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan, PSG, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Sporting Lisboa, Villlarreal, Wolfsburg and Zenit.
The venues of the next European finals
Over the next four years, the finals of the Champions League They will be played in Russia, Turkey, England and Germany. In 2022 it will be in Saint Petersburg, 2023 in Istanbul, 2024 in London and 2025 in Munich again. While the decisive matches in the Europa League They will be played in Spain, Hungary, Ireland and Spain. 2022 in Seville, the following year in Budapest, followed by Dublin and finally in Bilbao.
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