The draw for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League took place on Friday 27 February 2026 at 12:00 CET.
The eight winning teams from the two-legged knockout phase playoffs joined the top eight teams from the league phase with a draw in the round of 16. The top eight players in the league phase were seeded into a round of 16 draw.
draw the result
round 16
paris vs chelsea
Galatasaray vs Liverpool
Real Madrid vs Man City
Atalanta vs Bayern Munich
Newcastle vs Barcelona
Atleti vs Tottenham
Bodo/Glimt vs Sport CP
Leverkusen vs Arsenal
quarterfinals
1 Paris / Chelsea vs Galatasaray / Liverpool
2 Real Madrid / Man City vs Atalanta / Bayern Munich
3 Newcastle / Barcelona vs Atleti / Tottenham
4 Bodø/Glimt/Sporting CP vs Leverkusen/Arsenal
Semi-final
1 Quarterfinals 1 vs Quarterfinals 2
2 Quarterfinals 3 vs Quarterfinals 4
final
Semi-final 1 vs Semi-final 2
Which teams made it to the Champions League round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-final draws?
The teams will be decided after the final tournament playoffs on Wednesday, February 25th.
Seeded (Top 8 in league phase, ranked by league phase)
Arsenal (English)
Bayern Munich (GER)
Liverpool (English)
Tottenham (English)
Barcelona (ESP)
Chelsea (English)
Sports CP (POR)
Man City (English)
Unseeded (playoff winner of knockout phase)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Paris (France)
Newcastle (English)
Atleti (ESP)
Atalanta (ITA)
Leverkusen (GER)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Bodo/Glimt (NOR)
How can I view the drawing?
The draw was streamed live on UEFA.com and the official UEFA Champions League app.
Where were the Champions League round of 16, quarter-final and semi-final draws held?
The draw was held at the European Football House in Nyon, Switzerland.
What did you think of the Champions League Round of 16 draw?
Clubs were paired based on their standing at the end of the league phase, forming four seeded pairs (1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th, and 7th and 8th clubs).
Each seeded pair of clubs would be drawn in one of two positions to play the relevant winner of the Knockout Phase Playoffs in the Round of 16, with their positions determined by the Knockout Phase Playoffs draw.
Four bowls were prepared for the draw, and a ball with the name of each pair of seeded teams was placed in the corresponding marked bowl according to the league ranking.
A lottery assigned bracket sides for all seeded teams, starting with teams ranked 7/8 and ending with teams ranked 1/2.
One ball was removed from a bowl containing two related ranked teams (i.e., the 7th and 8th place teams) and opened to display the teams. The first team selected from this bowl was placed in a reserved spot on the silver side of the bracket. The other seeded team in the pair was then drawn and displayed and assigned to the corresponding reserved spot on the blue side of the bracket. The same procedure was followed for the remaining seeded teams.
How were the draws determined for the Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final?
Teams are placed in the bracket by playoffs in the knockout phase and ties in the round of 16, so ties and order of matches are determined by teams’ placement in the previous round’s ties.
Teams that qualify from the round of 16 will follow the bracket path until the final, with the bottom team in each match combination playing the second leg of the relevant tie at home, as in previous rounds.
The winner of the semifinals on the silver side of the bracket will be designated as the nominal home team for the final.
Can teams from the same country play each other in the Champions League round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals?
Yes, clubs may face opposition from the same national association or from teams they have previously played against in the league stage.
When are the Champions League round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals held?
The remaining dates for the knockout phase are as follows:
round 16: March 2026 10/11, 17/18
quarterfinals: April 7/8, 2026, 14/15
Semi-final: April 28th/29th, May 5th/6th, 2026
final: May 30, 2026 (Budapest)
January 23rd: All matches will be played according to the UEFA match calendar (see Appendix C). These dates are final and binding on all parties, subject to the provisions of Sections 24.01 through 24.02. The following principles apply to this competition:
a) Matches will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday […]and the final will take place on Saturday. The UEFA Administrator may make exceptions to this rule.
b) From the play-offs onwards, the UEFA administration determines the match schedule for each round.
c) In each round of the final tournament, each club is scheduled to play once on Tuesday and once on Wednesday.
February 24th: If two or more clubs from the same city are within a radius of 50 km of each other and/or play in the same stadium, if they take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs involved expressly declare at the time of club entry that matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA Administration may change or confirm the dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles established by the Club Competitions Committee.
March 24th: The UEFA Secretariat will decide on match dates and reversals on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the applicable principles established by the Club Competition Committee. In any case, UEFA management reserves the right to change match dates depending on the circumstances.
The round of 16 match schedule will be announced on the night of the draw.
The quarter-final match schedule will be announced on March 19th after the Round of 16 return leg.
The match schedule for the semi-finals will be announced on April 16th after the return leg of the quarter-finals.