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Champions League: How every team can qualify for the knockout rounds

Related Topics: UEFA Champions League

We're into the closing matches of the Champions League group stage, and many teams have booked their places in the round of 16.

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Here we take a look at the state of play across all eight groups.

The group winners and runners-up will go into the Champions League round of 16; third place drops into the Europa League knockout round to face group runners-up from that competition; and fourth is knocked out completely.

QUALIFIED AS GROUP WINNERS: Chelsea, Manchester City
QUALIFIED AS GROUP RUNNERS-UP: Borussia Dortmund
QUALIFIED, POSITION TBC: Bayern Munich, Benfica, Club Brugge, Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid

ELIMINATED, COULD MAKE UEL: Dinamo Zagreb, Juventus, Maccabi Haifa, Rangers, Viktoria Plzen
ELIMINATED FROM EUROPE: Celtic,

TIEBREAKERS:
- points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- overall goal difference
- overall goals scored
- overall away goals scored
- overall wins
- overall away wins
- disciplinary points
- UEFA club coefficient

GROUP A

Next fixtures, Oct.