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Media Release Date: 29/07/2009
Communiqué aux médias No. 087
Medien-Mitteilung
Draws for UEFA Champions League
and UEFA Europa League
Draws for play-offs to be held at UEFA Headquarters on 07 August
The draw for the play-offs of the UEFA Champions League and of the UEFA Europa League
will take place on Friday 07 August at the House of European Football in Nyon, starting at
12.00 and 13.30 CET respectively.
The draw ceremonies will be conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and UEFA
Competitions Director Giorgio Marchetti.
For the champions route in the play-offs of the UEFA Champions League, the 10 teams will
be divided in equal number with 5 teams seeded and 5 teams unseeded in accordance with
the UEFA club coefficient rankings.
For the non-champions route, the 10 teams will be divided in equal number with 5 teams
seeded and 5 unseeded.
For the UEFA Europa League draw, the 76 teams will be divided into 6 groups of 10 teams
and into 2 groups of 8 teams, with an equal number of clubs seeded and unseeded within
each group. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
Media representatives wishing to attend these draws have to apply via e-mail to
accreditations@uefa.ch before Thursday 06 August midday.
Due to the number of club representatives expected for the draws, only photographers and a
restricted number of cameramen will be allowed to attend the draw in the auditorium, with
access being granted on a first-come-first-served basis.
A sound system will be installed for cameramen. Due to interference problems, it is
recommended for sound engineers not to use the following frequencies while in the House of
European Football: 783.875 MHz, 786.125 MHz, 782.250 MHz, 782.875 MHz, 784.625 MHz,
785.250 MHz, 792.500 MHz, 794.875 MHz.
The draw will be transmitted on uefa.com and on Eurosport.
Sandy
Author