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Alex Young

Who Tottenham could face in Champions League group stage

Tottenham finished the job on the final of the Premier League season by qualifying for the Champions League ahead of rivals Arsenal.

Spurs are back at Europe's top table for the first time since the 2019-20 season seeing off the faltering challenge of Arsenal.

It marks incredible work by Antonio Conte, who joined in mid-season with Champions League qualification nothing more than a pipe dream. Eight wins in their final 10 games of the season and this Spurs are a different team to when the Italian took charge.

Spurs can now look ahead to August, when the draw for the Champions League group stage is made.

Here's who they could face.

Pot 1

  • 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮Liverpool or Ajax*
  • Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Manchester City
  • Real Madrid
  • AC Milan
  • Bayern Munich
  • Paris Saint-Germain
  • Porto

*Depends if Liverpool win Champions League final, otherwise Eredivisie champions Ajax will take their place in Pot 1.

Pot 2

  • Liverpool or Ajax
  • Chelsea
  • Barcelona
  • Juventus
  • Atletico Madrid
  • Sevilla
  • RB Leipzig
  • Tottenham

Pot 3

  • Borussia Dortmund
  • FC Salzburg
  • Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Inter Milan
  • Napoli
  • Sporting
  • Bayer Leverkusen
  • Benfica*

*If they progress from the third qualifying round.

Pot 4

  • Rangers*
  • Dinamo Zagreb*
  • Red Star Belgrade*
  • Marseille
  • Olympiakos*
  • Copenhagen*
  • Club Brugge
  • 󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Celtic

*If they progress through the qualifying rounds

Others

Possible alternative entries in Pot 3 include PSV Eindhoven, Dynamo Kiev, Monaco and Viktoria Plzen

Tottenham are guaranteed a spot in Pot 2 after beating Arsenal to fourth place in the Premier League. As such will avoid being drawn against the likes of European heavyweight Barcelona, Juventus and Atletico Madrid.

However, Pot 3 is bursting with plenty of threats, including Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund.

The draw for the Champions League group stage is made on August 25, with the play-off round concluding the day before.

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