UEFA Champions League 2020/21 Round of 16 Draw: When Is it, How to Watch, Best & Worst Draws

The Champions League group stage is over and we know now the teams set to battle it out in the knockouts.

Those 16 teams will all learn their fate in the draw for the first knockout round, which will be held at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday, 14 December at 11:00 (BST).

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming draw.

Where to Watch

The draw will be broadcast live on UEFA's official website, but UK viewers can also check it out on BT Sport 2, with coverage beginning at 10:45 GMT.

How Does the Draw Work?

Teams are split into two pools. Those who won their respective groups are known as Seeded Teams, while runners-up are Unseeded Teams.

After all of the balls are given a full shake-up, teams will start to be drawn out to decide the upcoming fixtures. Seeded teams will always be at home in the second leg, and (crucially) clubs cannot play another team from their country. No Clasico here, unfortunately.

Clubs also will not be drawn against a side they played in the group stages.

Who's In the Draw?

Seeded Teams:

Bayern Munich
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Liverpool
Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain

Unseeded Teams:

Atletico Madrid
Borussia Monchengladbach
Porto
Atalanta
Sevilla
Lazio
Barcelona
Leipzig

When Will the Games Be Played?

The first legs of each tie will begin in February 2021, with the first batch of fixtures coming across February 16 and 17. Those which are not played then will be held a week later on February 23 and 24.

Return fixtures will be held in March, beginning on the 9th and 10th and ending on the 16th and 17th.

Best & Worst Case Scenarios

The three remaining English sides - Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City - all finished as group leaders, which usually means a more straightforward route into the next stage but that's not necessarily the case here.

The pool of unseeded teams features a handful of scary opponents, including La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid and a Barcelona side who are as good as anybody on the planet on their day.

There are obviously no easy games at this level, but you get the sense that most of the seeded sides will be hoping to come up against teams like Italian duo Lazio and Atalanta, both of whom sat outside the European spots in Serie A at the time of qualification. Porto and Borussia Monchengladbach may also be viewed more favourably than most.

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