Europa League draw: When does it start and how to watch on TV in UK?

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Boss on Aug 23, 2022 - 10:31PM

Teams across Europe wait to find out their group stage opponents (Picture: Harold Cunningham – UEFA/UEFA via Getty)

The returns in September with some old and new faces waiting to find out the result of this week’s group stage draw.

Premier League pair and are amongst the favourites to get their hands on UEFA’s second European competition.

enters this year’s Europa League with , who qualified for the competition after last season.

Here is everything you need to know about the Europa League draw.

When does the Europa League draw start?

The Europa League 2022-23 group stage draw will start on Friday, August 26, at 12pm UK time.

The draw will take place in the Turkish capital Istanbul, which will also host the draws for the and the Europa Conference League.

The first games will be on Thursday, September 8.

How to watch the draw on TV in the UK

The draw will be available for UK viewers to watch live on BT Sport 1, with coverage getting underway from midday.

The draw will also be available to watch for free on .

Eintracht Frankfurt won last season’s Europa League (Picture: JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

How does the draw work?

A total of 11 clubs qualified for the Europa League automatically based on their league positions last season.

These teams will be joined by ten Europa League play-off winners and ten sides who failed to make it through Champions League qualifying.

The 32 teams will be placed into four pots based on UEFA’s club coefficient, which measures how clubs have performed in UEFA competition across the previous five years.

One team from each pot will be placed in each of the eight groups.

Which teams are in the Europa League draw?

The full lineup for the 2022/23 Europa League will not be known until the Champions League and Europa League playoffs have been completed.

However, 16 teams have already secured their place in this season’s competition.