Benfica Qualifies For UCL Group Stage, Beats Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 On Aggregate

UEFA Champions League group stage draws hold Thursday evening in Istanbul, Turkey
August 23, 2022

Portuguese side Benfica booked their spot in the UEFA Champions League group stage following their 3-0 win on Tuesday night against Dynamo Kyiv in the second leg of the qualifying stage reports Prime Business Africa.

Benfica had defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie and now advances to the group stages with a 5-0 aggregate win.

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The draw for the group stage draw will hold on Thursday evening at 5pm Nigerian time.

Following their victory, Benfica makes it to the Pot 3 of the draw ceremony.

UCL Group Stage Confirmed Draw Pots:

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Frankfurt, Man City, AC Milan, Bayern, PSG, Porto, Ajax

Pot 2: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico, Sevilla, Leipzig, Spurs

Pot 3: Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Inter, Napoli, Benfica, Sporting, Leverkusen

Pot 4: Marseille, Club Brugge, Celtic, ViktoriaPlzeň, Maccabi Haifa

The final ties in the qualifiying stages will hold on Wednesday evening with the winners joining the lucky teams in the draw.

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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