Champions League round-of-16 draw simulator: create your own bracket

On Monday, we’ll find out who’ll be facing who in the opening knockout stage of the 2023/24 Champions League. At 6am ET/3am PT, the round-of-16 draw will be held at UEFA’s House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.

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How will the UCL draw work?

The eight group winners will each be paired with a runner-up from the round-robin phase. Sides cannot be drawn with a team they faced in the group stage, and clubs from the same national association will also be kept apart. This is the final point of the competition at which teams are separated by country.

Do your own round-of-16 draw

Back by popular demand ahead of Monday’s event at UEFA HQ is our Champions League draw simulator, which allows you to explore all the potential pairings in the round of 16. To conduct your draw, simply click on the balls at the bottom of the graphic one by one.

UCL draw simulator:

The two UCL draw pots:

Group winners (seeded)

Arsenal (ENG), Atlético Madrid (ESP), Barcelona (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Manchester City (ENG), Real Madrid (ESP) and Real Sociedad (ESP).

Group runners-up (unseeded)

Copenhagen (DEN), Inter Milan (ITA), Lazio (ITA), Napoli (ITA), Porto (POR), PSG (FRA), PSV Eindhoven (NED) and RB Leipzig (GER).