GroupABCDEFGH
WinnerNapoliPortoBayernTottenhamChelseaRealMan CityBenfica
Runner-upLiverpoolClub BruggeInterEintrachtMilanLeipzigBVBPSG
  • 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 3876 possible results of the draw in 2022. Intuitive: Fair draw should give each result a chance of 1/3876 = 0.000258 = 0.0258%.
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 0.018909% (approx. 1/5289) to 0.031101% (approx. 1/3215), corresponding to relative differences from -26.71% to 20.548%. Tableau with the smallest probability of being drawn by UEFA (approx. 1/5289) is
Liverpool vs. Bayern
Milan vs. Real
Club Brugge vs. Benfica
Leipzig vs. Napoli
Inter vs. Chelsea
BVB vs. Tottenham
Eintracht vs. Man City
PSG vs. Porto
Tableau with the highest probability of being drawn by UEFA (approx. 1/3215) is
Liverpool vs. Porto
Milan vs. Man City
Club Brugge vs. Benfica
Leipzig vs. Tottenham
Inter vs. Chelsea
BVB vs. Real
Eintracht vs. Napoli
PSG vs. Bayern
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 NapoliFair BVB
22.2652
Eintracht
22.2652
Leipzig
21.4138
Club Brugge
17.0279
PSG
17.0279
UEFA BVB
22.2193
Eintracht
22.2193
Leipzig
21.3412
Club Brugge
17.1101
PSG
17.1101
LiverpoolFair Bayern
39.8607
Real
20.6140
Benfica
19.7626
Porto
19.7626
UEFA Bayern
37.1212
Real
21.2812
Benfica
20.7988
Porto
20.7988
B PortoFair Liverpool
19.7626
Inter
14.4479
BVB
13.8287
Eintracht
13.8287
Milan
13.7255
Leipzig
13.2095
PSG
11.1971
UEFA Liverpool
20.7988
Inter
14.2229
BVB
13.7450
Eintracht
13.7450
Milan
13.3968
Leipzig
13.3048
PSG
10.7866
Club BruggeFair Bayern
18.1115
Napoli
17.0279
Man City
14.1899
Tottenham
14.1899
Chelsea
13.9319
Real
11.3519
Benfica
11.1971
UEFA Bayern
19.4641
Napoli
17.1101
Chelsea
13.9012
Man City
13.8776
Tottenham
13.8776
Real
10.9828
Benfica
10.7866
C BayernFair Liverpool
39.8607
Milan
23.9164
Club Brugge
18.1115
PSG
18.1115
UEFA Liverpool
37.1212
Milan
23.9505
Club Brugge
19.4641
PSG
19.4641
InterFair Man City
18.8854
Tottenham
18.8854
Chelsea
18.6791
Real
14.6543
Benfica
14.4479
Porto
14.4479
UEFA Chelsea
19.0770
Man City
18.8898
Tottenham
18.8898
Real
14.6976
Benfica
14.2229
Porto
14.2229
D TottenhamFair Inter
18.8854
BVB
18.0341
Leipzig
17.3891
Milan
17.3117
Club Brugge
14.1899
PSG
14.1899
UEFA Inter
18.8898
BVB
18.1436
Milan
17.8021
Leipzig
17.4094
Club Brugge
13.8776
PSG
13.8776
EintrachtFair Napoli
22.2652
Chelsea
18.0341
Man City
18.0341
Real
14.0093
Benfica
13.8287
Porto
13.8287
UEFA Napoli
22.2193
Man City
18.1436
Chelsea
17.9451
Real
14.2019
Benfica
13.7450
Porto
13.7450
E ChelseaFair Inter
18.6791
BVB
18.0341
Eintracht
18.0341
Leipzig
17.3891
Club Brugge
13.9319
PSG
13.9319
UEFA Inter
19.0770
BVB
17.9451
Eintracht
17.9451
Leipzig
17.2304
Club Brugge
13.9012
PSG
13.9012
MilanFair Bayern
23.9164
Man City
17.3117
Tottenham
17.3117
Real
14.0093
Benfica
13.7255
Porto
13.7255
UEFA Bayern
23.9505
Man City
17.8021
Tottenham
17.8021
Real
13.6517
Benfica
13.3968
Porto
13.3968
F RealFair Liverpool
20.6140
Inter
14.6543
BVB
14.0093
Eintracht
14.0093
Milan
14.0093
Club Brugge
11.3519
PSG
11.3519
UEFA Liverpool
21.2812
Inter
14.6976
BVB
14.2019
Eintracht
14.2019
Milan
13.6517
Club Brugge
10.9828
PSG
10.9828
LeipzigFair Napoli
21.4138
Chelsea
17.3891
Man City
17.3891
Tottenham
17.3891
Benfica
13.2095
Porto
13.2095
UEFA Napoli
21.3412
Man City
17.4094
Tottenham
17.4094
Chelsea
17.2304
Benfica
13.3048
Porto
13.3048
G Man CityFair Inter
18.8854
Eintracht
18.0341
Leipzig
17.3891
Milan
17.3117
Club Brugge
14.1899
PSG
14.1899
UEFA Inter
18.8898
Eintracht
18.1436
Milan
17.8021
Leipzig
17.4094
Club Brugge
13.8776
PSG
13.8776
BVBFair Napoli
22.2652
Chelsea
18.0341
Tottenham
18.0341
Real
14.0093
Benfica
13.8287
Porto
13.8287
UEFA Napoli
22.2193
Tottenham
18.1436
Chelsea
17.9451
Real
14.2019
Benfica
13.7450
Porto
13.7450
H BenficaFair Liverpool
19.7626
Inter
14.4479
BVB
13.8287
Eintracht
13.8287
Milan
13.7255
Leipzig
13.2095
Club Brugge
11.1971
UEFA Liverpool
20.7988
Inter
14.2229
BVB
13.7450
Eintracht
13.7450
Milan
13.3968
Leipzig
13.3048
Club Brugge
10.7866
PSGFair Bayern
18.1115
Napoli
17.0279
Man City
14.1899
Tottenham
14.1899
Chelsea
13.9319
Real
11.3519
Porto
11.1971
UEFA Bayern
19.4641
Napoli
17.1101
Chelsea
13.9012
Man City
13.8776
Tottenham
13.8776
Real
10.9828
Porto
10.7866
Teams get the following awards for reaching certain stages:
  • reaching quarter-final is awarded with EUR 10.6 million
  • reaching semi-final is awarded with additional EUR 12.5 million
  • reaching final is awarded with additional EUR 15.5 million
  • winning trophy is awarded with additional EUR 8 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 Napoli4Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
38.9039
38.9177
0.0138
12.1560
12.1597
0.0038
3.3691
3.3690
-0.0001
1.2622
1.2619
-0.0003
6,266,492.87
6,268,387.18
1,894.31
Liverpool16Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
58.5418
58.8073
0.2655
38.1825
38.3435
0.1610
23.6995
23.7879
0.0884
12.6150
12.6590
0.0440
15,660,872.62
15,726,357.69
65,485.07
B Porto7Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
50.4398
50.1459
-0.2939
22.3793
22.2542
-0.1251
9.0122
8.9621
-0.0501
4.1635
4.1404
-0.0231
9,873,995.21
9,817,588.91
-56,406.30
Club Brugge2.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
24.8878
24.7767
-0.1111
5.6355
5.6135
-0.0220
1.1262
1.1218
-0.0043
0.3313
0.3300
-0.0013
3,543,603.38
3,528,300.99
-15,302.39
C Bayern14Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
66.4333
67.0920
0.6587
41.1233
41.5129
0.3895
24.1098
24.3233
0.2135
12.5780
12.6871
0.1091
16,925,611.47
17,085,938.46
160,326.99
Inter6Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
41.6670
41.6294
-0.0376
16.9547
16.9383
-0.0164
6.2437
6.2362
-0.0075
2.7596
2.7559
-0.0037
7,724,578.30
7,717,093.71
-7,484.59
D Tottenham2.5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
37.7943
37.9732
0.1789
8.1862
8.2211
0.0349
1.5931
1.5992
0.0061
0.4627
0.4643
0.0017
5,313,405.87
5,337,820.37
24,414.49
Eintracht9Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
49.9662
49.9295
-0.0367
25.3457
25.3244
-0.0213
11.8257
11.8130
-0.0127
5.7778
5.7713
-0.0066
10,759,841.43
10,750,795.75
-9,045.69
E Chelsea12Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
64.7199
64.7350
0.0151
37.3415
37.3455
0.0039
20.1162
20.1129
-0.0033
10.2520
10.2499
-0.0021
15,466,171.00
15,467,578.99
1,407.99
Milan1Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
11.5867
11.6633
0.0765
1.2682
1.2749
0.0067
0.1197
0.1202
0.0005
0.0183
0.0184
0.0001
1,406,740.03
1,415,774.40
9,034.37
F Real13Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
66.3420
66.0821
-0.2599
39.7397
39.5802
-0.1595
22.3883
22.2934
-0.0950
11.5441
11.4947
-0.0494
16,393,423.87
16,327,279.17
-66,144.70
Leipzig8Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
53.4446
53.4485
0.0039
25.3162
25.3139
-0.0023
10.9919
10.9873
-0.0046
5.2399
5.2372
-0.0027
10,952,596.89
10,951,797.34
-799.55
G Man City15Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
72.6805
72.7772
0.0967
46.0833
46.1399
0.0566
27.7131
27.7417
0.0285
14.5642
14.5784
0.0142
18,925,221.21
18,948,107.50
22,886.29
BVB5Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
43.9594
43.9715
0.0121
15.8046
15.8062
0.0016
5.1121
5.1109
-0.0012
2.1125
2.1116
-0.0009
7,596,658.56
7,597,872.93
1,214.37
H Benfica10Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
61.9023
61.4862
-0.4161
32.9200
32.7008
-0.2192
16.2029
16.0943
-0.1086
8.0582
8.0044
-0.0538
13,832,745.90
13,740,105.48
-92,640.41
PSG11Fair
UEFA
UEFA-Fair
56.7304
56.5646
-0.1658
31.5633
31.4711
-0.0922
16.3765
16.3267
-0.0498
8.2606
8.2354
-0.0252
13,158,041.40
13,119,201.15
-38,840.25