Behind the emergence of all the top 36 in the Champions League: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and other giants entered the first level only symbolic meaning

In the early morning of August 28, all 36 teams participating in the Champions League this season were produced. The top 36 will hold a league draw ceremony in the early morning of August 29, and the draw location is set in Monaco.

The Champions League round of 36 is divided into four levels. The first teams are Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Dortmund, and Barcelona. Except for the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain who directly entered the first level, the other teams are ranked according to European points. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern and Liverpool rank in the top four in European points, while Paris Saint-Germain is only ranked fifth.

The second teams are Arsenal, Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atlanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Frankfurt, Benfica, and Bruges; the third teams are Tottenham, Eindhoven, Ajax, Naples, Portugal Sports, Olympiacos, Slavia, Marseille, and Bode Shining; the fourth teams are Monaco, Galatasaray, San Giros, Bilbao, Newcastle, Copenhagen, Paphos, Carabach, and Almaty Keilat.

The first team quota in the old European Champions League system, that is, the seed team, is very "value". Being a seed team means that the opponents in the same group will not have seed teams. The seed team is in the same group as each team in the second, third and fourth grades. The Champions League has implemented a new competition system since last season, and the group stage has been cancelled, and the first phase has been changed to a league-like competition system.

Under the new competition system, the top 36 of the Champions League are actually divided into 36 groups, with each team as the main body, and 8 opponents are drawn respectively. There are two teams in each level, and when facing opponents of each level, they include one home court and one away game. The 36 teams have a total record ranking similar to the league. The top eight directly entered the top 16, and the ninth to 24th place entered the playoffs. According to the ranking, they adopt counterattacks similar to the NBA playoffs, and compete for the top 16 through two rounds of home and away game. Last season, the "Black 24 Miracle" broke out, and Bruges, ranked 24th, eliminated Atlanta, ranked 9th in the playoffs.

The new European Cup competition system is more exciting. The seed team will encounter two seed teams in the league stage, so the team division is only a symbolic meaning of identity. How many of the nine seed teams have entered the top 16 directly through the top eight of the league, which is worthy of fans' attention.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi