"The 16 clubs are comprised of the top eight teams in the league phase, who qualified automatically for the last 16, and the eight sides to progress from the play-off round. However, the eight seeded clubs have already been paired based on their finishing positions in the league phase - so Arsenal and Bayern Munich, who were first and second, have been paired together, as have the third and fourth-placed teams, and so on."
"The seeded clubs are drawn into one of two brackets of the last 16 draw against the relevant winners of the play-offs, whose position was determined by the play-off draw. That is why Newcastle, for example, already know that they will play either Chelsea or Barcelona in the last 16."
The Champions League last 16 draw takes place on Friday, February 27 at 11am GMT in Nyon, Switzerland. Sixteen teams compete: the top eight from the league phase and eight play-off winners. Newcastle United joined five other Premier League clubs—Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham—in qualifying. Elite teams like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain are also competing. The draw uses a specific format where the eight seeded clubs are pre-paired based on their league phase finishing positions. Arsenal and Bayern Munich, as first and second-placed teams, are paired together, with subsequent pairings following the same pattern. Seeded clubs draw against play-off winners from designated brackets, meaning some matchups are predetermined.
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