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When is the Champions League round-of-16 draw? Date, time, bracket - ESPN

The new-look UEFA Champions League is about to reach the round-of-16 stage. But when does the draw take place, and when will the matches take place?

Here's how it all works.

The round-of-16 draw takes place on Feb. 21 at 6 a.m. ET / 11 a.m. GMT.

The clubs that finished in the top eight of the league phase went directly through to the round of 16.

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen
Internazionale
Lille
Liverpool

They will be joined by the winners of the eight knockout playoff round ties, featuring the clubs placed ninth to 24th, with the second legs being played on Feb. 18 and 19.

Brest vs. Paris Saint-Germain (first leg 0-3)

Club Brugge vs. Atalanta (2-1)

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (2-3)

Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven (2-1)

Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. AC Milan (1-0)

Celtic vs. Bayern Munich (1-2)

Sporting CP vs. Borussia Dortmund (0-3)

AS Monaco vs. Benfica (0-1)

Clubs finishing 25th to 36th were eliminated at the end of the league phase.

The knockout bracket is largely predetermined by a club's final position in the league table. For instance, Liverpool and Barcelona, who finished first and second, can only play 15th, 16th, 17th or 18th (PSG, Benfica, Monaco or Brest) in the round of 16.

Under this new format, the draw places teams into a position in the bracket to create a fixture, rather than the traditional method of drawing one team against another.

The teams taking part in the knockout playoff round were drawn into their position in the bracket last month.

The round-of-16 draw sees the top eight teams go into one of two possible positions, which automatically creates not only the fixture but also the full bracket through to the final.

The top eight are in pairs: 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th and

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