LIVE: 2017/18 European Rugby Challenge Cup and Champions Cup pool draws

Former European Cup winners Ieuan Evans and Austin Healey make the draw for the 2017/18 Champions Cup competition at Hotel Beau-Rivage in Neuchatel, Switzerland.

The Champions Cup draw will follow the draw for the Challenge Cup, which is due to start at 13.00 UK & Irish time.

The mechanics of the Champions Cup draw are as follows:

CHAMPIONS CUP RANKINGS

For the purposes of creating the Tiers, the Premiership, PRO12 and TOP 14 clubs are ranked based on their league performances and on their performances in the knockout phases. For clubs which did not qualify for the knockout phases of their leagues, or which were eliminated at the same stage of the knockout phase, rankings are decided by league table finishing positions.