Uefa Champions League seeding system
So, this year's Uefa Champions League is now coming to an end with only the semi-finals left which will be Bayern Munich Vs FC Barcelona and Juventus Vs Real Madrid.
This year we wont be having any problem in the seeding system but next year the whole seeding system will change.
For the 2015-16 campaign, the eight top seeds will be the champions from Europe's top seven leagues and the competition's holders.
The change in rules should lead to more of Europe's major clubs meeting each other in the group stage.
Previously teams were seeded by Uefa's rankings, based on results in Europe.
That meant Chelsea and Arsenal were both in pot one for the group-stage draw at the start of the season.
But, as there is no Premier League side left in this year's competition, only the English champions will be placed among the top seeds next season.
So,the league which will most be affected by these changes in the drawing system is going to be English Premier League.
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Now, in general the pot system will be like:-
The champions of Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia will be in Pot 1 for next term's group stage draw, as confirmed by the 2015/16 regulations.
A significant change in the regulations concerns the seedings for the group stage draw on 28 August. Previously, the pots were ordered purely by the coefficients of the competing clubs. Now, the top pot will be formed by the champions of the top seven associations – that is, Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Russia – plus the UEFA Champions League title holders.
If the team that triumph in Berlin this June also win their own domestic championship, then the club finishing top in the Netherlands – the eighth-ranked association – will also be automatically seeded in the top pot.
The change was proposed in 2014 by the UEFA Club Competitions Committee before being approved by the UEFA Executive Committee. It is another decision that helps strengthen the hand of domestic titleholders in the competition.
In 2009/10, the path to the group stage was split into a champions route and a league route from the third qualifying round. That gave domestic champions a passage to the group stage where they would not have to play higher-ranked clubs who were non-titleholders.
The other three pots will be set using the club coefficient rankings, which UEFA compiles based on results over the last five UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League campaigns.
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