2024–25 represented a new dawn for the Champions League, as UEFA opted for expansion (shock!) and the introduction of a Swiss model. Now, you can debate all you want about the success of the new format, but it certainly wasn’t an unmitigated disaster. While it’d perhaps make more sense to drop the number of league phase games from eight to six, there was reason to like the novel look to Europe’s premier club competition. Under the old format, the Champions League group-stage draw used to be a significant occasion. Claudio Ranieri’s doppelgänger would walk us through his usual necessary spiel before UEFA ambassadors—almost always stars of the competition from yesteryear—would come out on stage, talk about their Champions League experiences and draw balls from the pots. It’d go on for a bit, but there was a sense of excitement. Now, efficiency rules. Automation has come in and ensured the new league phase draw can be completed in no time at all. The technology used doesn’t determine the make-up of eight groups, but instead the opponents of all 36 teams in a blink of an eye. Here are all the confirmed teams for the 2025–26 Champions League and their respective pot placements for the league phase draw.