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Real Madrid complete Champions League group stage draw seeds

Real Madrid's title success has completed the lineup of seeds for next season's Champions League group stage draw.

Zinedine Zidane's side beat Malaga 2-0 to edge out Barcelona in La Liga, and they will be seeded along with the champions of the major leagues across Europe.

Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Chelsea, Monaco, Spartak Moscow are in the top pot by right, while Ukraine champions Shakhtar Donetsk are promoted to pot 1 as the position held for the holders -- Juve or Real Madrid -- will not be used.

That means there will again be a strong collection of teams in the second pot, with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Man City and Porto assured of their places.