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The 2023-24 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 draw will take place Friday at 1100GMT at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland.
The top eight teams from the league phase have secured qualification to the Round of 16, avoiding the knockout playoffs. The teams include Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.
They were joined by the eight winners of the newly introduced two-legged knockout phase playoffs, a format implemented for the 2024-25 season.
Those teams include Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and PSV — all have secured spots in the Round of 16 by beating their opponents in the additional knockout stage.
The first legs of the Round of 16 will be played March 4 – 5, while the return legs are scheduled for March 11 – 12.
