More Champions League Throwbacks
The fourth round and final round of qualification for the Group Stage of the Champions League was completed tonight, with the 10 losers being dumped down into the Europa League.
Sheriff, København, Celtic, Timişoara, Sporting, Panathinaikos, Levski Sofia, Anderlecht, Salzburg and Ventspils with be entered into the draw for the Europa League Group Stage along with the 38 winners from Play Off Round, which will hopefully include Villa.
It’s looking likely that Levski Sofia will also be a Pot 3 team with Villa, so are the only team among these ten that we cannot meet in the group stage.
Sporting and Panathinaikos will almost certainly be in the top seeded Pot 1.
Celtic, Anderlecht and probably København will be in Pot 2.
Sheriff, Timişoara, Salzburg and Ventspils will actually be the 4 lowest ranked teams in the competition by some margin and will definitely be drawn from Pot 4.
The flow chart below illustrates the process (click for full size).
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