Roma misses the Champions League, Barcelona locks in the first seed team draws

As Roma missed the Champions League, Barcelona will become the first seed team in the 25-26 season in a row.

Last season, if Atalanta ranked fifth in Serie A, Roma would qualify for the Champions League, but in the end they ranked fourth. This season, Juventus locked in fourth place in the last round, once again squeezing Roma to the Europa League.

The defending champion of the Champions League and the eight clubs with the best European results in the past five seasons will enter the first level. Rome ranks 9th, while Barcelona ranks 10th. After Roma missed the Champions League, Barcelona entered the first level.

After defeating Fulham 2-0, Manchester City locked in third place in the Premier League and was also confirmed to enter the first level. Chelsea, who beat Nottingham Forest 1-0, will also enter the first level, and will compete in the Europa League final with Real Betis this Wednesday.

However, since each team draws two teams in four levels, seed teams in each level have limited relevance - the first level teams cannot avoid the same level teams. A new system like

has created many possibilities, and most of the work of drawing lots is done by computers. The teams in the first gear will be drawn out in the traditional way, and the process of selecting opponents will be automatically performed.

First level: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Dortmund, Barcelona

Second level: Arsenal, Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Benfica (need to participate in the qualifying round), Atlanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Frankfurt, Bruges (need to participate in the qualifying round), Glasgow Rangers (need to participate in the qualifying round), Donetsk Miners (need to participate in the qualifying round)

The third and fourth levels will be allocated according to the results of the qualifying round. If Benfica or Bruges fails to advance to the Champions League, Tottenham will enter the second gear. Eindhoven is another team that could go from third to second.

Ajax, Naples, Portugal Sports, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague and Marseille are confirmed to enter the third level.

Celtics, Monaco, Athletic Bilbao and Newcastle may enter the fourth tier.