Champions League Draw Highlights: Liverpool vs PSG in UCL round of 16, Man United vs Real Sociedad in UEL last-16
Champions League Draw Highlights: Liverpool vs PSG in UCL round of 16, Man United vs Real Sociedad in UEL last-16
Viktoria Plzen vs Lazio
Ajax vs Frankfurt
Real Sociedad vs Manchester United
Fenerbahce vs Rangers
Bodo/Glimt vs Olympiacos
AZ Alkmaar vs Tottenham
FCSB vs Lyon
Roma vs Athletic Bilbao
Eintracht Frankfurt will play Ajax for the first time in the tournament while Lyon will lock horns with FCSB Bucharest.
Olympiacos vs Bodo/Glimt
Rangers vs Fenerbahce
Atletic Bilbao legend Aduriz takes the stage to help in the draw, which is just minutes away.
The following teams have qualified as playoff winners:
Ajax (NED)
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
FCSB (ROU)
Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Real Sociedad (ESP)
Roma (ITA)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
The following teams have qualified as top-eight ranked sides:
Athletic Club (ESP)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Lazio (ITA)
Lyon (FRA)
Manchester United (ENG)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Rangers (SCO)
Tottenham (ENG)
PSG vs Liverpool
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal
Benfica vs Barcelona
Borussia Dortmund vs LOSC Lille
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen
Feyenoord vs Inter Milan
The winners of SF1 and SF2 will face off at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.
SF1: WQF2 vs WQF1
SF2: WQF3 vs WQF4
QF1: W1 vs W2
QF2: W4 vs W3
QF3: W5 vs W6
QF4: W7 s W8
Inter Milan vs Feyenoord
Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven
Liverpool vs Paris Saint-Germain
Barcelona vs Benfica
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen
The Champions League draw begins:
Aston Villa vs Club Brugge
Lille vs Dortmund
Giovane Elber, a Champions League winner with Bayern Munich in 2001, arrives on stage to help in the draw as he we edge closer to the draw for the round of 16.
He says he feels Liverpool, Barcelona and Real Madrid are among the favourites to lift the title.
Giorgio Marchetti, the Deputy Secretary General of UEFA, takes the stage to begin the draw. Following are the main groupings:
Liverpool and Barcelona, Arsenal and Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen and, Lille and Aston Villa.
The stage is set and the auditorium looks full as officials of all the 16 clubs sit impatiently to know their opponents in the pre-quarterfinals.
Since this edition of the UEFA Champions League is being played under a new format, the draw for the round of 16 will also happen differently.
Following is the process for the draw:
The following teams secured qualification in the pre-quarterfinals by winning the two-legged playoffs on aggregate:
Bayern Munich, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, Paris Saint-Germain, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid
The following teams secured qualification by finishing in the top eight of the league phase:
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Inter Milan, Lille, Liverpool
The 2024-25 edition of the UEFA Champions League has reached the round of 16 stages, with half of them finalised after the knockout playoffs that ended on February 19.
This season’s Champions League is being played under a new format, wherein the group stages have been replaced by the league phase, with the top eight qualifying directly for RO16.
The teams placed ninth to 24th qualified for two-legged playoffs and the winners of the playoffs joined the top-eight in the pre-quarterfinals.
The teams placed 25th to 36th and the losing sides in the playoffs were eliminated from the competition.
