Teams Learn Fate After The Conclusion Of The UCL, UEL, And UECL Draws By UEFA.

 Following the conclusion of the Round of 16 UEFA Champions League draw, the Europa League play-off draw, and the Europa Conference League play-off draw on Monday afternoon, all teams still in the various European competitions now know their next opponents.


The Champions League draw features 16 teams that advanced from the group stage, and as in the group stage, teams from the same country cannot play each other. 

Real Madrid doesn't have this problem, since they are the only Spanish club still left in the competition. 

Games must take place on different days due to television rights. For example, Inter Milan and AC Milan cannot play on the same match days.


The group winners were Napoli, Porto, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Man City and Benfica, and so none of those sides were drawn against one another. The runners-up were Liverpool, Club Brugge, Inter, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and PSG.

Of the 16 teams that have gone through, eight are seeded (group winners), while the other eight teams are unseeded (runners-up).


The round of 16 draws produced some thrilling fixtures to look forward to.


A repeat of last year's final, as defending champions Real Madrid will face Liverpool, while Paris Saint-Germain to face Bayern Munich.

Italian side Inter Milan will lock horns with Portuguese outfit FC Porto for a place in the quarter-finals. West London side Chelsea will meet Dortmund.

The Serie A holders AC Milan will meet Tottenham Hotspur, who topped Group D in the 2022-2023 season, and RB Leipzig battle Pep Guardiola's Man City.


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 DRAW IN FULL:

14th February 2023 | First Leg:

🇮🇹 AC Milan 🆚 Tottenham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇫🇷 PSG 🆚 Bayern Munich 🇩🇪

15th February 2023 | First Leg:

🇧🇪 Club Brugge 🆚 Benfica 🇵🇹

🇩🇪 Dortmund 🆚 Chelsea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

21st February 2023 | First Leg

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool 🆚 Real Madrid 🇪🇸

🇩🇪 Frankfurt 🆚 Napoli 🇮🇹

22nd February 2023 | First Leg:

🇮🇹 Inter 🆚 Porto 🇵🇹

🇩🇪 RB Leipzig 🆚 Man City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Return legs to be played on March 7, 8, 14 and 15.

The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League final will take place at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium on June 10, 2023.


In the Europa League, the play-off draw was between teams eight that finished third in their Champions League groups, and the eight teams that finished second in the Europa League group stage.


Premier League giants Manchester United will face La Liga heavyweights Barcelona in the knockout play-off round, while Juventus take on Nantes.

Sporting must overcome Midtjylland, Shakhtar Donetsk seek to continue their continental adventure against Rennes, Dutch giants Ajax tackle Union Berlin.

PSV face a tough test against record winners Sevilla, Bayer Leverkusen meet Monaco and Jose Mourinho’s Roma will be looking to prevail over two legs against Red Bull Salzburg.


EUROPA LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ROUND PLAY-OFF DRAW IN FULL:

🇪🇸 Barcelona 🆚 Man United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇹 Juventus 🆚 Nantes 🇫🇷

🇵🇹 Sporting 🆚 Midtjylland 🇩🇰

🇺🇦 Shakhtar 🆚 Rennes 🇫🇷

🇳🇱 Ajax 🆚 Union Berlin 🇩🇪

🇩🇪 Bayer 04 🆚 Monaco 🇫🇷

🇪🇸 Sevilla 🆚 PSV 🇳🇱 

🇦🇹 RB Salzburg 🆚 Roma 🇮🇹


The likes of Arsenal, Fenerbahce, Real Betis, Real Sociedad and Feyenoord, were not involved in the draw after topping their group and will rejoin the competition for the round of 16 in March. However, first up is the knockout round play-off that will take place on February 16, 2023 and the second legs a week later on February 23.

All of those that would be left in the competition after the play-off would be hoping to make their way to the final at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on May 31.


In the Europa Conference League play-off draw, West Ham were not involved after topping their group with six wins from six.

Other winners of each original group will await the winners of one of the play-off ties before rejoining the competition in the next round.


The play-off round features 16 teams that either came second in their Conference League group and third in their Europa League group.


THE EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF DRAW:

🇦🇿 Qarabag 🆚 Gent 🇧🇪

🇹🇷 Trabzonspor 🆚 Basel 🇨🇭

🇮🇹 Lazio 🆚 Cluj 🇷🇴

🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt 🆚 Lech Poznan 🇵🇱

🇵🇹 SC Braga 🆚 Fiorentina 🇮🇹

🇨🇾 AEK Larnaca 🆚 Dnipro 🇺🇦

🇲🇩 Sheriff Tiraspol 🆚 Partizan 🇷🇸

🇧🇬 Ludogorets 🆚 Anderlecht 🇧🇪


The ties will take place over a two-week period, with the first legs on February 16 and the second on February 23.


The Eden Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, this.This is the home of Slavia Praha that will host the Conference League Final on 7, June 2023. 







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