Europa League and Conference League draw: Man Utd, Spurs and Chelsea discover opponents

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Pot Two is coming up. 12:24PM Tottenham Hotspurs’ Europa League fixtures Roma (H) Rangers (A) AZ Alkmaar (H) Ferencvaros (A) Qarabag (H) Galatasaraay (A) Elfsborg (H) Hoffenheim (A) 12:23PM Manchester United’s draw Rangers (H) Porto (A) PAOK (H) Fenerbache (A) Bodo (H) Viktoria Plzen (A) FC Twente (H) FCSB (A) 12:18PM Rangers first club drawn Rangers are the first club out of the pot. A button is pressed to reveal these fixtures: Spurs (H) Man Utd (A) Lyon (H) Olympiacos (A) Union SG (H) Malmo (A) FCSB (H) OGC Nice (A) 12:17PM Man Utd, Rangers and Spurs coming up in Pot One And we’re off. 12:16PM A few minutes to go While they review the very dull technical procedures of this new-look draw, which has just been described as a system that will bring us a ‘more dynamic’ and ‘competitive’ tournament this year. Here’s a reminder of the pots, we’ll start with Pot One. The pots are confirmed ✅#UELdraw pic.twitter.com/1mEmoRETrM— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 30, 2024 12:12PM A final in Bilbao Former Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz is the next to head up onto the stage. He is here to sing the praises of the city, which is hosting the final. Aritz Aduriz ?⚪️ ? Who will lift the trophy in Bilbao?#UELdraw pic.twitter.com/l20MsKBGyU— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 30, 2024 12:08PM Atalanta legend Stromberg is the first guest out And here’s our first guest. Atalanta legend Glenn Stromberg trots out with the gigantic Europa League trophy. The Swede moved to the club in 1984 after netting three goals for Sweden against Italy at that year’s Euros. All was resolved and he ended up playing 219 times for Atalanta, scoring 18 times. 12:04PM We’re underway in Monaco We start with a look back at last season’s Europa League, where Atalanta triumphed. We’ll shortly be introduced to the special guests and the pomp will get into full swing. Credit: Charles McQuillan – UEFA 12:00PM Will changes make Europa League more exciting? More of a revolution than a revamp. From this season, the competition will adopt the ‘Swiss Model’. There will be one league of 36 teams. Each team will be drawn to play eight matches against different opponents, half at home and half away. Uefa will trot out the usual line about evolving the competition. But the bottom line is that there are four more teams in the group stages and each club gets two more games. More TV broadcasting money, more gate receipts and more supporters travelling across the continent. The format does allow for more big-hitters playing each other in the new league-style group stage. But the top eight will automatically qualify for the round of 16, so they could secure a place early and then rest big players for important matches at the weekend. Those finishing between ninth and 24th go into two-legged play-offs. So every place counts. But if a team cannot finish in the top eight, does it matter too much who they face in the play-offs? The battle for 24th will be exciting. 11:55AM UEFA’s big three on display in Monaco Credit: Valerio Pennicino – UEFA 11:42AM Chelsea scrape into Conference League despite loss to Servette Chelsea are featuring in today’s Conference League draw despite making hard work of a messy loss away to Servette in Geneva. Christopher Nkunku put Chelsea ahead from a penalty after 14 minutes, as he had in the first leg and everything seemed set fair for a straightforward passage into the next phase. But Servette striker Jeremy Guillemenot levelled against the run of play before the interval, and substitute Enzo Crivelli headed the hosts in front on the night after 72 minutes. Chelsea had chances to settle their nerves, but in the end they were relieved to hear the final whistle. Credit: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 11:36AM 1999 winner Gigi Buffon returns for the Europa draw Buffon, 1999 winner ?#UELdraw pic.twitter.com/fB5h4myPC0— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 30, 2024 11:34AM The four Europa League pots confirmed Pot One: AS Roma, Manchester United, Porto, Ajax, Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Tottenham, Slavia Prague. Pot Two: Real Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar, Braga, Olympiakos, Lyon, PAOK, Fenerbahce, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ferencvaros. Pot Three: Qarabag, Galatasaray, Viktoria Plzen, Bodo/Glimt, Union SG, Dynamo Kyiv, Ludogorets, Midtjylland, Malmo. Pot Four: Athletic Club, Hoffenheim, Nice, Anderlecht, Twente, Besiktas, FK RFS, Steaua Bucharest, Elfsborg. 11:26AM Europa and Conference league in revamped Swiss-style ‘draw’ Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the Europa league and UEFA Conference League phase draws. Man Utd, Spurs and Rangers will feature in the former, which gets underway at midday. Chelsea and Hearts are among those involved in the latter, taking place just after at around 1.30pm. In the new ‘Swiss model format’, the Europa League has been expanded to 36 teams, all of the clubs will compete against each other in one big league table rather than eight groups of four. Each team will play eight matches against eight different opponents, four at home and four away, with two opponents drawn from each of the four pots. In the Conference League though, each side will face six different teams (three home games, three away) as the boosted 36 teams have been split into six pot. In both tournaments, the top eight in the league qualify automatically for the knockout stages, while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure a place in the last 16. As was the case with yesterday’s Champions League draw, the new system simply involves too many multiples and permutations to be done manually using bowls full of Uefa-branded, star-spangled plastic balls. Instead, each of 36 teams will have one ball in the bowl. Each of the Pot One teams will be drawn out first, before their fixtures are spat out by a supercomputer. These will be displayed on a screen for the audience to see. With the teams in Pot Two already aware of their Pot One opponents, they will be drawn out of the bowl and their remaining six fixtures revealed. And so on, through to the last Pot. Related Topics Europa League, Europa Conference League , Manchester United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Chelsea FC X Icon Facebook Icon WhatsApp Icon Email Icon Comment speech bubble icon License this content Join the conversation The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Please review our commenting policy. 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