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UEFA Champions League 2016 group stage draw results

This page will have the results updating live as they come in.

The UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place on Thursday, with the 32 remaining teams getting sorted into eight groups of four. Regular favorites like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are here, along with a surprise English team in Pot 1, Leicester City.

On Wednesday, the playoffs concluding, adding 10 teams to this group along with the 22 that had qualified automatically through their league position or, in Sevilla’s case, winning the UEFA Europa League. Spain dominates the field with five entrants, while England and Germany both have four. After that, the field gets more diverse, with teams from all around Europe.

The draw starts at 12 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. local time from Monaco. You can catch it on UEFA.com, as well as on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox’s streaming platforms. Below, the draw results.

Draw results

Group A

1. Paris Saint-Germain
2. Arsenal
3. FC Basel
4. Ludogorets

Group B

1. Benfica
2. Napoli
3. Dynamo Kiev
4. Besiktas

Group C

1. Barcelona
2. Manchester City
3. Borussia Mönchengladbach
4. Celtic

Group D

1. Bayern Munich
2. Atlético Madrid
3. PSV Eindhoven
4. FC Rostov

Group E

1. CSKA Moscow
2. Bayer Leverkusen
3. Tottenham Hotspur
4. AS Monaco

Group F

1. Real Madrid
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Sporting Lisbon
4. Legia Warsaw

Group G

1. Leicester City
2. FC Porto
3. Club Brugge
4. FC Copenhagen

Group H

1. Juventus
2. Sevilla
3. Olympique Lyonnais
4. Dinamo Zagreb

Below, here are the pots the groups are drawn from.

Pot 1

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Leicester City
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain
CSKA Moscow
Juventus

Pot 2

Atlético Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal
Manchester City
Sevilla
FC Porto
SSC Napoli
Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 3

FC Basel
Tottenham Hotspur
Dynamo Kiev
Olympique Lyonnais
PSV Eindhoven
Sporting Lisbon
Club Brugge
Borussia Mönchengladbach

Pot 4

Celtic FC
AS Monaco
Besiktas
Legia Warsaw
Dinamo Zagreb
Ludogorets Razgrad
FC Copenhagen
FC Rostov

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