Hello and welcome to live coverage of the UEFA Europa League league phase draw.
Tottenham and Manchester United are the English sides who qualified for the competition, thanks to an FA Cup victory for Erik ten Hag's side which knocked Chelsea down into the Conference League, although it will be a very different look to the tournament we have grown accustomed to. A new format has been introduced with a 36-team league phase starting in September.
Spurs will play eight matches in the new league phase, against eight different teams, split evenly between home and away games. A top-eight finish will guarantee progression to the round of 16, while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will face a two-legged play-off to determine their fate.
Teams from the same nation cannot be drawn against each other, meaning Spurs will avoid Man United, and teams can only face a maximum of two clubs from the same nation in the league phase. The draw is set to be held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and is due to start at 5pm BST.
football.london will be bringing you live coverage of the draw below!
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Pot 1
We are ready to go with Pot 1, which includes Tottenham and Man Utd.
Giorgio Marchetti is here
Giorgio Marchetti is now on stage to explain the new draw process.
We shouldn't be too far away from the draw getting underway.
A reminder of the draw process
Rather than the usual 32 teams in this stage of the competition, this time 36 teams will be involved in the league phase draw.
Every team will play two teams from each of the four pots - with four games at home and four away - and the league standings will be updated every gameweek.
The top eight teams go straight into the last 16, with the teams finishing ninth to 24th going into a play-off round.
Here we go!
The draw ceremony is now underway at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
We will have the usual presentations and an explanation of the new format before the league phase draw officially starts.
Ten-minute warning
We're now only ten minutes away from the Europa League draw commencing!
Fixture announcement
Tottenham fans will have to wait until Saturday, August 31 for the release of their Europa League fixtures.
While we will shortly find out who Tottenham will play in the competition, the order, dates and kick-off times will be finalised tomorrow as UEFA need to ensure that there are no scheduling conflicts with the Champions League and Europa Conference League to also consider.
A reminder of the pots
Here are the four pots for today's draw:
Pot 1: Roma (ITA), Manchester United (ENG), Porto (POR), Ajax (NED), Rangers (SCO), Frankfurt (GER), Lazio (ITA), Tottenham (ENG) , Slavia Prague (CZE).
Pot 2: Real Sociedad (ESP), AZ Alkmaar (NED), Braga (POR), Olympiacos (GRE), Lyon (FRA), PAOK (GRE), Fenerbahce (TUR), M. Tel-Aviv (ISR), Ferencvaros (HUN).
Pot 3: Qarabag (AZE), Galatasaray (TUR), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), Bodø/Glimt (NOR) , Union SG (BEL), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Ludogorets (BUL), Midtjylland (DEN), Malmo (SWE).
Pot 4: Athletic Club (ESP), Hoffenheim (GER), Nice (FRA), Anderlecht (BEL), Twente (NED), Besiktas (TUR), FCSB (ROU), RFS (LVA), Elfsborg (SWE).
One-hour warning
We're now just one hour away from today's Europa League league phase draw!
Stay tuned.
Tottenham transfer state of play
It's not just the Europa League draw on the agenda for Tottenham today.
Ange Postecoglou is speaking ahead of the Newcastle United game at 1pm and then we also have the transfer deadline later this evening with the summer window closing for business at 11pm.
Tottenham fans are desperate to see more transfers happen over the coming hours and everyone will be hoping that Postecoglou can add to his squad.
Ahead of the deadline, here is the current state of play in N17 going into the final few hours of the summer market.
Read here.
Tottenham's Europa League challenge
While we don't know Tottenham's European opponents just yet or the exact order of the fixtures, what we do know is who Ange Postecoglou's side face in the Premier League after Europa League games.
Who a side plays directly after playing in Europe is always a big talking point, especially if they are on the road so soon after playing European football.
So who do Spurs have on the calendar after their Europa League matches? You can find out right here.
When will the fixtures be announced?
While the teams will be aware of all their opponents by the end of the draw, the fixture list detailing match dates and kick-off times will be compiled later and announced on Saturday, August 31, to avoid any scheduling conflicts with teams in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League playing in the same cities.
Matchday 1: September 25–26, 2024
Matchday 2: October 3, 2024
Matchday 3: October 24, 2024
Matchday 4: November 7, 2024
Matchday 5: November 28, 2024
Matchday 6: December 12, 2024
Matchday 7: January 23, 2025
Matchday 8: January 30, 2025
How do Tottenham qualify for the knockout stages?
The results of each match will decide the overall ranking in the new league, with the usual three points for a win and one for a draw awarded. The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the round of 16, while those that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated. No teams from this season's Champions League will drop into the Europa League at any point.
The teams finishing in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure their path to the last 16 of the Europa League. Those who finish between 9th and 16th will be seeded, and face one of the teams who finished 17th to 24th, with the second leg at the seeded team’s ground.
The eight play-off winners will then face one of the seeded top-eight finishers in the round of 16, when the competition returns to its traditional two-legged knockout method.
Best and worst case scenarios
There is the potential for Tottenham to get an extremely tricky set of fixtures in the Europa League draw.
Spurs can up against teams such as Roma, Porto and Ajax from Pot 1. with Pot 4 even containing the likes of Athletic Club, Hoffenheim and Nice.
We could even see a Jose Mourinho reunion on the cards as his Fenerbahce side are in Pot 2.
Ahead of today's draw, we've taken a look at the best and worst case draw scenarios facing Tottenham right here.
The draw itself
So, there are 36 teams in the draw today, not 32 like normal.
And there will not be eight groups of four teams this time around, all 36 teams will be in the same league for the tournament.
Every team will play two teams from each pot - with four games at home and four away - and the league standings will be updated every gameweek.
The top eight teams go straight into the last 16, with the teams finishing ninth to 24th going into a play-off round.
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When is the draw?
Today's Europa League draw takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco at 12pm BST.
We're still a few hours away from discovering Tottenham's opponents but we'll keep you up to date with all the latest ahead of the draw ceremony.
As it is also transfer deadline day, you can keep an eye on the latest on the transfer front by viewing our live Tottenham transfer blog right here.
Confirmed pots
UEFA have confirmed the four pots for this afternoon's Europa League draw in Monaco.
All clubs will be paired against two teams from each of the four pots to determine the eight league phase fixtures, with four games at home and the other four away.
The four pots are as follows:
Pot 1: Roma (ITA), Manchester United (ENG), Porto (POR), Ajax (NED), Rangers (SCO), Frankfurt (GER), Lazio (ITA), Tottenham (ENG) , Slavia Prague (CZE).
Pot 2: Real Sociedad (ESP), AZ Alkmaar (NED), Braga (POR), Olympiacos (GRE), Lyon (FRA), PAOK (GRE), Fenerbahce (TUR), M. Tel-Aviv (ISR), Ferencvaros (HUN).
Pot 3: Qarabag (AZE), Galatasaray (TUR), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), Bodø/Glimt (NOR) , Union SG (BEL), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Ludogorets (BUL), Midtjylland (DEN), Malmo (SWE).
Pot 4: Athletic Club (ESP), Hoffenheim (GER), Nice (FRA), Anderlecht (BEL), Twente (NED), Besiktas (TUR), FCSB (ROU), RFS (LVA), Elfsborg (SWE).
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