GroupABCDEFGH
WinnerPSGBayernManCJuveLiverpoolBarcaLeipzigValencia
Runner-upRealTottenhamAtalantaAtleticoNapoliBVBLyonChelsea
  • Runners-up are matched with group winners
  • No matches allowed between teams from same association
  • No matches allowed between teams from same group
These rules lead to 2002 possible results of the draw in 2019. Intuitive: Fair draw should give each result a chance of 1/2002 = 0.0004995 = 0.04995%.
UEFA's draw mechanism is quite complicated, for a description see Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2013), 9(3), 249-270. At first glance, it appears to be fair, however: closer inspection shows that probabilities of UEFA's draw mechanism are slightly different, ranging from 0.036572% (approx. 1/2734) to 0.063349% (approx. 1/1579), corresponding to relative differences from -26.784% to 26.825%. Tableau with the smallest probability of being drawn by UEFA (approx. 1/2734) is
Real vs. ManC
Napoli vs. Leipzig
Tottenham vs. Valencia
BVB vs. Juve
Atalanta vs. Barca
Lyon vs. Liverpool
Atletico vs. Bayern
Chelsea vs. PSG
Tableau with the highest probability of being drawn by UEFA (approx. 1/1579) is
Real vs. Juve
Napoli vs. Bayern
Tottenham vs. Valencia
BVB vs. PSG
Atalanta vs. Liverpool
Lyon vs. ManC
Atletico vs. Leipzig
Chelsea vs. Barca
The draw procedure employed by UEFA also leads to the probabilities of pairwise matches being slightly different from their values under a perfectly fair draw.
GroupTeamDrawOpponents ranked by decreasing probability
Most probable2nd most3rd most4th most5th most6th most7th most
A PSGFair Chelsea
18.2817
Atletico
17.9321
Tottenham
17.3327
BVB
16.6833
Atalanta
14.8851
Napoli
14.8851
UEFA Atletico
18.4254
Chelsea
18.1785
Tottenham
17.3331
BVB
16.9852
Atalanta
14.5389
Napoli
14.5389
RealFair Liverpool
21.8781
ManC
21.8781
Juve
20.8791
Bayern
18.0819
Leipzig
17.2827
UEFA Liverpool
21.5779
ManC
21.5779
Juve
21.1469
Bayern
18.0844
Leipzig
17.6128
B BayernFair Atletico
18.8811
Chelsea
18.5814
Real
18.0819
Atalanta
15.0849
Napoli
15.0849
Lyon
14.2857
UEFA Chelsea
18.9008
Atletico
18.6929
Real
18.0844
Atalanta
15.0330
Napoli
15.0330
Lyon
14.2559
TottenhamFair Valencia
22.6773
Barca
22.3277
Juve
20.6294
PSG
17.3327
Leipzig
17.0330
UEFA Valencia
22.6079
Barca
22.0037
Juve
20.7197
Leipzig
17.3357
PSG
17.3331
C ManCFair Atletico
22.6274
Real
21.8781
BVB
20.7792
Napoli
17.6823
Lyon
17.0330
UEFA Atletico
22.3991
Real
21.5779
BVB
20.6167
Napoli
18.4382
Lyon
16.9681
AtalantaFair Valencia
18.9810
Barca
18.5814
Liverpool
17.6823
Bayern
15.0849
PSG
14.8851
Leipzig
14.7852
UEFA Valencia
18.9406
Barca
18.5539
Liverpool
18.4382
Bayern
15.0330
PSG
14.5389
Leipzig
14.4954
D JuveFair Chelsea
21.5784
Real
20.8791
Tottenham
20.6294
BVB
20.1798
Lyon
16.7333
UEFA Chelsea
21.6666
Real
21.1469
Tottenham
20.7197
BVB
20.0116
Lyon
16.4551
AtleticoFair Liverpool
22.6274
ManC
22.6274
Bayern
18.8811
Leipzig
17.9321
PSG
17.9321
UEFA Liverpool
22.3991
ManC
22.3991
Bayern
18.6929
PSG
18.4254
Leipzig
18.0836
E LiverpoolFair Atletico
22.6274
Real
21.8781
BVB
20.7792
Atalanta
17.6823
Lyon
17.0330
UEFA Atletico
22.3991
Real
21.5779
BVB
20.6167
Atalanta
18.4382
Lyon
16.9681
NapoliFair Valencia
18.9810
Barca
18.5814
ManC
17.6823
Bayern
15.0849
PSG
14.8851
Leipzig
14.7852
UEFA Valencia
18.9406
Barca
18.5539
ManC
18.4382
Bayern
15.0330
PSG
14.5389
Leipzig
14.4954
F BarcaFair Chelsea
23.3766
Tottenham
22.3277
Atalanta
18.5814
Napoli
18.5814
Lyon
17.1329
UEFA Chelsea
23.2769
Tottenham
22.0037
Atalanta
18.5539
Napoli
18.5539
Lyon
17.6116
BVBFair Valencia
21.5784
Liverpool
20.7792
ManC
20.7792
Juve
20.1798
PSG
16.6833
UEFA Valencia
21.7697
Liverpool
20.6167
ManC
20.6167
Juve
20.0116
PSG
16.9852
G LeipzigFair Chelsea
18.1818
Atletico
17.9321
Real
17.2827
Tottenham
17.0330
Atalanta
14.7852
Napoli
14.7852
UEFA Atletico
18.0836
Chelsea
17.9772
Real
17.6128
Tottenham
17.3357
Atalanta
14.4954
Napoli
14.4954
LyonFair Valencia
17.7822
Barca
17.1329
Liverpool
17.0330
ManC
17.0330
Juve
16.7333
Bayern
14.2857
UEFA Valencia
17.7411
Barca
17.6116
Liverpool
16.9681
ManC
16.9681
Juve
16.4551
Bayern
14.2559
H ValenciaFair Tottenham
22.6773
BVB
21.5784
Atalanta
18.9810
Napoli
18.9810
Lyon
17.7822
UEFA Tottenham
22.6079
BVB
21.7697
Atalanta
18.9406
Napoli
18.9406
Lyon
17.7411
ChelseaFair Barca
23.3766
Juve
21.5784
Bayern
18.5814
PSG
18.2817
Leipzig
18.1818
UEFA Barca
23.2769
Juve
21.6666
Bayern
18.9008
PSG
18.1785
Leipzig
17.9772
Teams get the following awards for reaching certain stages:
  • reaching quarter-final is awarded with EUR 10.5 million
  • reaching semi-final is awarded with additional EUR 12 million
  • reaching final is awarded with additional EUR 15 million
  • winning trophy is awarded with additional EUR 7.5 million (including award for UEFA Super Cup qualification)
Under a simple model (for details, see Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2013), 9(3), 249-270), with strengths being determined by weighted averages of team's UEFA coefficients of the last three years, this leads to the following expected payoffs and probabilities of reaching certain stages:
GroupTeamStrengthDrawProbablity of reaching ... (in percent)Exp. Payoff (EUR)
quarter-finalsemi-finalfinaltrophy
A PSG8Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
57.4808
57.3995
-0.0813
26.7459
26.6999
-0.0460
11.4362
11.4143
-0.0219
5.4308
5.4202
-0.0107
11,367,745.14
11,349,593.13
-18,152.02
Real9.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
49.0235
49.1776
0.1541
25.2112
25.2778
0.0667
12.0474
12.0752
0.0279
5.9340
5.9472
0.0132
10,424,964.46
10,454,318.63
29,354.17
B Bayern14Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
69.5796
69.5150
-0.0646
42.3730
42.3243
-0.0487
24.4290
24.3979
-0.0310
12.6771
12.6606
-0.0165
17,005,743.42
16,987,218.04
-18,525.38
Tottenham9.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
56.3819
56.5054
0.1235
28.7432
28.7945
0.0513
13.5974
13.6183
0.0210
6.6869
6.6968
0.0099
11,910,403.09
11,933,411.14
23,008.05
C ManC12.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
68.3611
68.3795
0.0184
39.5593
39.5588
-0.0005
21.5030
21.4993
-0.0037
10.9841
10.9817
-0.0024
15,974,288.64
15,975,421.66
1,133.02
Atalanta1Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
12.9493
12.8481
-0.1011
1.3483
1.3383
-0.0100
0.1234
0.1226
-0.0009
0.0186
0.0185
-0.0001
1,541,377.46
1,529,420.56
-11,956.90
D Juve11Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
60.3195
60.2111
-0.1084
33.0372
32.9694
-0.0678
16.8811
16.8445
-0.0366
8.4875
8.4689
-0.0186
13,466,738.63
13,440,332.95
-26,405.68
Atletico7Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
43.7714
43.9038
0.1323
19.1447
19.1914
0.0467
7.6748
7.6903
0.0155
3.5405
3.5473
0.0067
8,310,123.10
8,332,456.38
22,333.28
E Liverpool15.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
76.5505
76.7337
0.1831
48.5554
48.6633
0.1079
29.3572
29.4213
0.0641
15.4520
15.4856
0.0336
19,426,926.34
19,471,247.15
44,320.80
Napoli6Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
43.2673
43.1014
-0.1659
17.2109
17.1428
-0.0681
6.2359
6.2114
-0.0245
2.7470
2.7362
-0.0108
7,749,789.57
7,719,710.38
-30,079.19
F Barca15.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
71.9895
72.0889
0.0993
45.6915
45.7458
0.0543
27.6456
27.6758
0.0301
14.5626
14.5778
0.0152
18,280,918.27
18,303,531.80
22,613.53
BVB4Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
29.8326
29.9007
0.0681
9.3234
9.3368
0.0135
2.5929
2.5954
0.0025
0.9737
0.9744
0.0007
4,713,187.73
4,722,382.85
9,195.12
G Leipzig2Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
26.0138
25.8636
-0.1502
4.7707
4.7435
-0.0272
0.7768
0.7723
-0.0045
0.1944
0.1933
-0.0012
3,435,033.89
3,415,243.14
-19,790.75
Lyon3Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
21.6121
21.5864
-0.0257
5.6426
5.6331
-0.0095
1.2969
1.2946
-0.0023
0.4245
0.4238
-0.0007
3,172,760.50
3,168,520.22
-4,240.28
H Valencia5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
55.3669
55.3716
0.0046
19.1725
19.1660
-0.0065
6.0515
6.0483
-0.0032
2.4858
2.4843
-0.0014
9,208,389.69
9,207,514.84
-874.85
Chelsea12.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
57.5001
57.4138
-0.0863
33.4704
33.4142
-0.0561
18.3509
18.3184
-0.0325
9.4004
9.3835
-0.0169
13,511,610.07
13,489,677.14
-21,932.93