# Champions League Draw

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955 "2008-12-19T19:10:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955/1 "2008-12-19T19:10:44Z")

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Adieu, Lyon, we’ll always have Paris. Or something.  
The draw has come out, and Lyon has the unenviable task of playing Barcelona, probably the hottest team in the world right now.

Here are the other match ups: [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=600979&sec=europe&cc=5901](http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=600979&sec=europe&cc=5901)

Can anyone find me a bracket showing the run from 16 teams down to the final? I can’t find one anywhere. Don’t these Europeans have illegal office betting pools? They really could take some lessons from the NCAA on that one. 🆒

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955/2 "2008-12-19T19:43:44Z")

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Reason you can’t find the draw: I think (don’t know) that they redraw again after each round. Maybe I’m wrong on that.

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**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955/3 "2008-12-19T19:46:46Z")

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Ah, that sounds familiar actually.

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/champions-league-draw/477955/4 "2008-12-19T19:48:18Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Reason you can’t find the draw: I think (don’t know) that they redraw again after each round. Maybe I’m wrong on that.

The draw for the quarters, semis, and final all happen after the first knockout round. It will be on Feb 20, 2009. Info here: [UEFA Website](http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=551134.html)