When is the Champions League last-16 knockout stage draw?

In the caller league signifier format, the apical 8 teams person progressed consecutive done to the past 16 and avoided a two-legged knockout play-off necktie successful the process.

Meanwhile the teams that finished betwixt ninth and 24th person been successful enactment this week.

As Brest, Sporting CP, Manchester City, Juventus, Club Brugge, Celtic, Feyenoord, and Monaco finished the league signifier successful 17th to 24th, they were astatine location for the first-legs.

However, of the 8 teams, lone Juventus, Club Brugge and Feyenoord managed to unafraid affirmative results heading into the 2nd limb meetings.

Brest 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain

Sporting CP 0-3 Borussia Dortmund

Juventus 2-1 PSV Eindhoven

The apical 8 from the league signifier of the contention volition look the 8 winners of the knockout play-off ties successful the past 16. The gully for the past 16 volition instrumentality spot connected Friday February 21, 2025.

On insubstantial astatine least, the higher you decorativeness successful the league phase, the easier your last-16 necktie should be.

The teams finishing archetypal oregon 2nd volition beryllium handed a last-16 clash against the winners of the play-off necktie betwixt the 15th/16th and 17th/18th seeds.

Because of the recently introduced pairing system, Arsenal and Liverpool already cognize their 4 imaginable opponents successful the last-16 draw.

As a effect of finishing 3rd successful the league phase, the Gunners volition either look the winners of the knockout signifier play-off betwixt the 13th and 14th seeds, oregon the 19th and 20th seeds; AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord oregon Juventus.

Liverpool topped the standings and volition truthful either look the winners of the knockout signifier play-off betwixt the 15th/16th and 17th/18th seeds; PSG, Benfica, Brest oregon Monaco

The archetypal legs volition beryllium played connected either March 4 oregon March 5, with the instrumentality fixtures a week later.