When is the draw for the 16th round of Europa League 2021/21?
The Europa League group stage 2020/21 has ended and now is the time for all the attention to be focused on the draw for the split in round 1/16 – which promises to have many attractive matches when strong teams dropped from the Champions League.
When and where will the Europa League round of 16 draws take place?
The draw for the 1/8 Champions League round will take on December 14, 2020, at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Clubs have won the right to the round of 1/16 Europa League
32 teams have won tickets to the round of 1/16 Europa League this season. Of these, there are 12 top teams and 12-second place teams along with 8 teams moving down from the Champions League.
The top 12 teams along with 4 teams from the Champions League with the best results will enter the seed group. 12-second place teams along with 4 teams down from the remaining Champions League will not be seeded.
The teams that have won tickets to the round of 16 after the group stage (ahead are the top teams) Group A: Roma, Young Boys Group B: Arsenal, Molde Group C: Bayer Leverkusen, Slavia Prague Group D: Rangers, Benfica Group E: PSV Eindhoven, Granada Group F: Napoli, Real Sociedad Group G: Leicester, Braga Group H: Milan, Lille Group I: Villarreal, Maccabi Tel Aviv Group J: Tottenham, Antwerp Group K: Dinamo Zagreb, Wolfsberger AC Group L: Hoffenheim, Red Star Belgrade
Teams moving down from the Champions League + Seed teams: MU, Club Brugge, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ajax + Teams not in the seed group: Krasnodar, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Kiev, Olympiacos.
The rules of the draw split pair in the round of 1/16 Europa League
Under UEFA rules, the team in the seed group will clash with a team that is not in the seed group. Also, the teams in the seed group will be kicked at home in the second leg.
Time to play round 1/16 of Europa League
The matches in round 1/16 Europa League 2020/21 will start to compete in February 2021. Specifically, the first leg will take place on February 18, 2021. The return round will take place on February 25, 2021. The draw for the 1/8 round will take place on February 26, 2021.