Nyon set for club draws

As the European club competition season reaches its closing stages, UEFA's House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, will host the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup this afternoon. Both UEFA club competition draws will be transmitted live on uefa.com and on Eurosport.

UEFA Champions League draw
The UEFA Champions League draw will be made at 12.00CET and will be conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and the ambassador for the Rome final, Bruno Conti. The UEFA Cup draw will follow at 13.00CET and will be carried out by Mr Taylor and the ambassador for the Istanbul final, Can Bartu.

Open draw
The eight winners of the ties played in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League will contest the quarter–finals, with the pairings determined by an open draw. This means that clubs from the same national association may be drawn against each other. The quarter-finals are played on a home-and–away basis, with the first legs scheduled for Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 April and the return legs for Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 April. The four winning teams will, at that stage, know who they will meet in the semi-finals, as the pairings will also be decided during the draw ceremony. The first legs of the semi-finals will be played just two weeks later, on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 April, with the second legs to be staged on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 May.

Final draw
A further small draw ceremony will also define whether the winner of semi-final 1 or the winner of semi-final 2 will be considered, for administrative purposes, as the 'home' team at the final to be held on Wednesday 27 May at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome from 20.45CET.

UEFA Cup draw
The same procedure will apply to the draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. The quarter-final matches will take place on 9 and 16 April, and the semi-finals on 30 April and 7 May. The final will be played at the Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday 20 May at 21.45 local time (20.45CET).

Media accreditation
A sound system will be installed for English-language crews but no extra facilities such as telephone or ISDN lines will be available inside the draw hall and there are no special facilities for radio stations or websites. Due to interference problems, it is recommended for sound engineers not to use the following frequencies while in the House of European Football: 783.875 MHz, 786.125 MHz, 782.500 MHz, 782.875 MHz, 784.625 MHz, 785.250 MHz, 792.500 MHz and 794.875 MHz.