2024-2025 UEFA Champions League Round of 16, Quarter-final and Semi-final Draw
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The draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League’s round of 16, quarterfinals, and semi-finals is scheduled on Friday, February 21, 2025, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The top eight teams from the league phase have automatically qualified for the round of 16, and they will be joined by the eight winners from the newly introduced two-legged knockout phase play-offs. Inter stands out as the only team from Serie A to qualify for the Round of 16.
As the tournament progresses from the knockout phase play-offs, the matchups will follow a bracket system, with potential opponents for the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semi-finals predetermined based on the teams’ final league standings. The teams that secured first and second place in the league phase will compete against the winners of the knockout phase play-offs involving the teams that finished 15th to 18th. Meanwhile, those finishing third or fourth will face the winners from the play-offs involving the 13th, 14th, 19th, and 20th-placed teams, and so forth.
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👉 Which teams will be part of the Champions League round of 16 draw?
The eight teams that emerged victorious from the two-legged knockout phase play-offs will join the top eight teams from the league phase. The top eight from the league phase will be seeded in the draw and are expected to play their return matches at home.
✅ League phase top eight (seeded, ordered by league phase position)
1. Liverpool (ENG)
2. Barcelona (ESP)
3. Arsenal (ENG)
4. Inter (ITA)
5. Atleti (ESP)
6. Leverkusen (GER)
7. Lille (FRA)
8. Aston Villa (ENG)
✅ Knockout phase play-off winners (unseeded, ordered by league phase position)
10. B. Dortmund (GER)
11. Real Madrid (ESP)
12. Bayern München (GER)
14. PSV (NED)
15. Paris (FRA)
16. Benfica (POR)
19. Feyenoord (NED)
24. Club Brugge (BEL)
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