Popular Post alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 Quote Which teams are in the group stage draw? The draw features 32 teams – 22 Europa Conference League play-off winners and ten sides transferring from the UEFA Europa League qualifying play-offs. When is the Europa Conference League group stage draw? The draw ceremony will begin at 14:30 CET on Friday 1 September. How does the group stage draw work? The 32 teams will be split into four seeding pots based on the club coefficient rankings. The four seeding pots will be confirmed on the morning of the draw. No team can play a side from their own association. Pairings and any other restrictions will be announced ahead of the draw. It’ll be streamed live in the UEFA website apparently. Friday 1st September. These are the 4 seeding pots, and we can’t play anyone from our pot (Pot 2), so one team form each pot, in each group. The winners of the group go through to the round of 16, the runners up have to play a knockout game between each other and the third placed Europa League teams to work out the other 8 for the last 16. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Ooh nice, will look forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 A few tasty teams in pot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post one_ian_taylor Posted August 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 Let's hope the draw is as exciting and easy to follow as the last one! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Now you've done it, 6-0 hibs win incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I guarantee those in pot 1 will be hoping to avoid us from pot 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2023 I don’t mean any disrespect to Hibs, but I think even their most ardent fans would likely agree that it’s very likely that we will progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted August 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2023 Off topic slightly - Only just realised there is a Gent and a Genk both coming from Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 minute ago, HongKongVillan said: Off topic slightly - Only just realised there is a Gent and a Genk both coming from Belgium Weird, I always thought they were the same team! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2023 20 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Off topic slightly - Only just realised there is a Gent and a Genk both coming from Belgium I remember finding this out years ago when I couldn’t work out who Benteke transferred from… it’s 50/50 but I was wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 22 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Off topic slightly - Only just realised there is a Gent and a Genk both coming from Belgium I wonder if there are rules forbidding teams from the same country being in the same group? If not, it is technically possible we might have both Genk and Gent in our group. How cool would that be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Exciting times! I’m going for a group of… Fenerbache Aston Villa Sparta Prague Aris Limassol A nice mix of shit teams, classic names and nice places to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, briny_ear said: I wonder if there are rules forbidding teams from the same country being in the same group? If not, it is technically possible we might have both Genk and Gent in our group. How cool would that be! Yes rule 14, subsection 3, point 35, part B says “No teams from the same association may play each other”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Astana would be a nightmare draw. That's a 10-12 hour flight away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Just now, It's Your Round said: Exciting times! I’m going for a group of… Fenerbache Aston Villa Sparta Prague Aris Limassol A nice mix of shit teams, classic names and nice places to visit. I’d rather not meet Fenerbache yet. Only the top team in the group qualifies automatically so we need to be better than that pot 1 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted August 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: Astana would be a nightmare draw. That's a 10-12 hour flight away. And they can't even spell Aston properly. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Is there a political reason that Kazakhstan play in Europe? I mean it's pretty much objectively part of Asia! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Is there a political reason that Kazakhstan play in Europe? I mean it's pretty much objectively part of Asia! They are a transcontinental country, most of it is in Asia but a small part is in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, ender4 said: I’d rather not meet Fenerbache yet. Only the top team in the group qualifies automatically so we need to be better than that pot 1 team. I did put Lille in to begin with because it’s closer, less dangerous and they’re probably not as good. But going away to Turkey is quite exciting, and that’s what we’re in Europe for. Obviously we need to win the group though so really I just want the weakest teams in ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2023 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Astana would be a nightmare draw. That's a 10-12 hour flight away. Yeah but it’s only a 69 hour drive. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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