LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – 16 teams have confirmed their spots in the next round of the prestigious UEFA Champions League competition after the last round of matches were concluded.
Holders Manchester City and fellow English team Arsenal, won their groups to seal their passage into the knockout stages, while Newcastle, Manchester United and Scottish champions Celtic dropped out of Europe entirely.
Here’s a BBC Sport lowdown on the draw.
Who has gone through?
Seeded: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad.
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Unseeded: Copenhagen, Inter Milan, Lazio, RB Leipzig, Napoli, Paris St-Germain, Porto, PSV Eindhoven.
When is the draw and where?
The Champions League last-16 draw will be held on Monday, 18 December at 11:00 GMT at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
How does the draw work?
Each group winner will be seeded and drawn against a team who finished second in another group, who are all unseeded. Teams cannot draw a club who are from the same country, or a team who were in the same group as them.
When is the last 16 played?
The first legs of the last 16 will be played across two weeks, 13-14 and 20-21 February 2024, with the second legs on 5-6 and 12-13 March.
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-final will be done together on Friday, 15 March.