With heavyweight teams like Arsenal, FC Porto, FC Sevilla, Manchester United competing for the title, there was only one big question for Luxembourg: who will F91 Dudelange face in the group phase?
The moment of clarity came at 1.40pm: Dudelange are in group A, along with Seville, Quarabag and APOEL.
1.02pm: the ceremony kicks off - two minutes late.
1.07pm: Eden Hazard was named UEFA Europa League Player of the Season.
1.11pm: Former Poland midfielder Andrzej Buncol, a member of Leverkusen’s UEFA Cup winning side in 1988, is on stage to assist with the draw.
1.16pm: Paulo Ferreira, who will make the draw alongside Cole, is on stage and reflecting on his 2011 UEFA Europa League win with Porto.
1.21pm: the drawing ceremony begins!
1.25: Seville (group A), Dynamo Kyiv (B), Basel (group C), Sporting (group D), Lazio (group E), Porto (group F), Moscow (group H), Wolfsburg (group I), Rome (group J), Arsenal (group F), Beskitas (group K), Manchester United (group L).
1.27pm: pot 2 is being drawn.
1.30pm: APOEL (A), Krasnodar (C), FC København (B), PSV Eindhoven (D), Celtics (E), Eintracht Frankfurt (F), Young Boys (G), Ludogorets (H), Borussia Mönchengladbach (J), Gent (I), Braga (K), Astana (L)
1.32pm: pot 3 is being drawn.
1.33pm: Qarabağ (A), Malmö (B), Getafe (C), Feyenoord (G), Rosenborg (D), Rennes (E), Espanyol (H), Standard Liège (F), Wolves (K)
1.39pm: Pot 4 is being drawn.
1.41pm Dudelange (A), Lugano (B), Trabzonspor (C), Rangers (G), LASK (D), CFR (E), Olexandriya (I), Vitória (F), Ferencváros (H), Wolfsberg (J), Slovan Bratislava (K), AZ Alkmaar (L)
