The league placings created the knockout bracket, and the new "seeding" system means the highest-placed teams can't face each other until the latter stages of the knockout round.

Before the Champions League last 16 starts on Tuesday, plot the route to the final by picking your winners from every round.

With the old group stage scrapped, teams in the Champions League now battle all 35 other clubs in the hunt for a knockout spot. That first elimination stage begins this week.

The last 16 of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League is here. Following the competition’s first-ever knockout round playoffs, eight sides booked their place in this round, joining the top eight clubs from the league phase.