The Champions League round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draw will take place on Friday, February 21 at the House of European Football

The Champions League round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draw will take place on Friday, February 21 at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland to determine the path of the 16 teams through to the final in Munich on May 31, 2025.

The top eight teams from the league phase (Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa) automatically qualified for the last 16 and they will be joined by the eight winners of the two-legged play-offs (Bayern Munich, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, Benfica, Real Madrid, PSG, Borussia Dortmund and PSV).

It is a draw in which the possible opponents in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals are also predefined by pairings that are determined by the final positions of the teams in the league phase, so Barcelona and Atletico already know the opponents they may face.

For example, the teams that finish first and second in the league phase (Liverpool and Barcelona) will face the winners of the knockout play-offs between the teams that finish 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th; the teams that finish third or fourth will face the winners of the knockout play-offs between the teams that finish 13th, 14th, 19th and 20th, and so on.

The clubs are paired according to their positions at the end of the league phase to form four pairs of seeds (clubs in positions 1 and 2 – Liverpool and Barca – 3 and 4 – Arsenal and Inter – 5 and 6 – Atletico and Leverkusen – 7 and 8 – Lille and Aston Villa).

The clubs from each pair of seeds will face each other in one of the two positions in the round of 16 against the corresponding winner of the knockout playoffs, whose position was determined in the previous draw.

For example, Barcelona will face the winner of PSG-Brest if they go on one side of the draw or Benfica on the other. Atletico will face the winner of Real Madrid-City or Bayern. And Real Madrid, if they go through, will face Atletico or Leverkusen.