The 2011-12 UEFA Champions League draw for the Round of 16 takes place on the same day as the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League draw for the Round of 32.
Date: 16 December 2011
Kick-off time: 12:00 CET / 11:00 UTC / 06:00 EST
Location: Nyon, Switzerland
Seeded group winners: Bayern Munich (A), Internazionale (B), Benfica (C), Real Madrid (D), Chelsea (E), Arsenal (F), APOEL (G), FC Barcelona (H).
Unseeded group runners-up: Napoli (A), CSKA Moscow (B), FC Basel (C), Olympique Lyonnais (D), Bayer Leverkusen (E), Olympique Marseille (F), Zenit St. Petersburg (G), AC Milan (H).
Draw explanation: The 2011-12 UEFA Champions League draw for the knockout phase will only have effects on the 16 remaining football teams in the competition. These clubs are the runners-up and winners of the 8 groups – in other words, the top 2 clubs from Group A to Group H.
These 16 clubs will be divided into pots and then placed against each other, so as to form 8 fixtures in the end. Losers from the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 onward will automatically be disqualified with no chance of entering the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League.
This UEFA Champions League draw for the Round of 16 will precede the quarter-finals draw.