Play-off draws in Nyon
Friday, August 3, 2012
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The draws for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League play-offs will take place in Nyon on Friday 10 August and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.
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The draws for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League play-offs will take place on Friday 10 August at the House of European Football in Nyon at 12.00 and 13.30CET respectively. The ceremonies will be conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and UEFA competitions director Giorgio Marchetti.
In the champions route of the UEFA Champions League play-offs, the ten teams will be divided in equal number, with five seeded and as many unseeded in accordance with the UEFA club coefficient rankings. The same procedure applies to the league route.
For the UEFA Europa League draw, the 62 teams will be divided into five groups of ten and one group of 12, with an equal number of clubs seeded and unseeded within each. Sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
Media representatives wishing to attend should send their application to fame_accreditations@uefa.ch before 12.00CET on 9 August.
Due to the number of club representatives expected for the draws, only eight photographers and a restricted number of cameramen will be allowed in the auditorium. A sound system will also be installed for cameramen. A live feed from the draw hall will be available in the media working area, which is equipped with Wi-Fi. The draw will be transmitted live on UEFA.com and on Eurosport 2.