When is Champions League last-16 draw? Start time, qualified teams and how to watch online

The Champions League knockout draw for the last-16, quarter-finals and semi-finals takes place in Nyon, Switzerland this morning.

The midweek play-off games sent eight more sides into the round of 16 to join the top eight from the league phase. Five Premier League teams – Arsenal , Liverpool , Tottenham , Chelsea and Manchester City – had already qualified for the knockout rounds, with Newcastle joining them via the play-offs.

The outline of the draw has already been made, with teams grouped into small four-way pools of possible opponents based on their league placings.

Arsenal , who finished top of the league phase , are facing either a Bundesliga or Serie A team, with both Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta progressing from the play-offs.

Manchester City could meet Real Madrid for the fifth season in a row, or a rematch with the fairytale story of Bodo/Glimt ; one of Liverpool and Tottenham will meet Atletico Madrid ; while Chelsea and Newcastle could draw each other.

The Champions League last-16 draw will take place in Nyon at 11am GMT (12pm local time).

The draw will be streamed live on Uefa’s website, YouTube channel and Champions League app.

The top eight sides in this season’s Champions League league phase await in the knockout rounds. They are:

The teams who finished between ninth and 24th in the league phase went into the play-offs. These are the results from those ties, after two legs.

The teams have been grouped into seeded couplets according to how they finished in the league phase, so, for example, Arsenal (who finished top) or Bayern Munich (who finished second) will play either Bayer Leverkusen , who defeated Olympiacos, or Atalanta , who knocked out Borussia Dortmund.

Teams from the same national league can play each other in the knockout rounds.

Here are the last-16 draw permutations:

Barcelona and Chelsea will be drawn against:

Liverpool and Tottenham will be drawn against:

Sporting and Manchester City will be drawn against:

Arsenal and Bayern Munich will be drawn against:

The last-16 ties will take place in mid-March. Here are the remaining round dates:

Round of 16: 10/11 & 17/18 March 2026

Quarter-finals: 7/8 & 14/15 April 2026

Semi-finals: 28/29 April & 5/6 May 2026

Final: 30 May 2026 (Budapest)

Here’s the latest odds from UK bookmakers on who will win the Champions League this season.

Arsenal – 7/2

Bayern Munich – 9/2

PSG – 7/1

Manchester City – 7/1

Barcelona – 8/1