With each Round of 16 tie having two potential permutations heading into the draw – Palace know, for example, that we will face either Mainz or Larnaca – the full bracket will be mapped out on Friday afternoon.
Should we win our Round of 16 tie, we could face either Fiorentina (Italy), Strasbourg (France) or Rakow Czestochowa (Poland) in the quarter-finals.
Potential semi-final opponents would include AEK Athens (Greece), Sparta Prague (Czechia), AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), Lech Poznan (Poland), Rayo Vallecano (Spain) or Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine).
### When & where will our games take place?
One thing which we already knew heading into Thursday's game was whether each potential leg of the Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals would be played either home or away.
For the Round of 16, the first leg will be played at home on **Thursday, 12th March (kick-off time TBC)** – with ticketing details to be announced shortly.
The second leg will take place away on **Thursday, 19th March (KO TBC).**
For the **quarter-finals**, our home leg would be on Thursday, 9th April, with the return away leg on Thursday, 16th April (both times TBC).
In the **semi-finals**, the reverse: we would be away in the first leg on Thursday, 30th April, and at Selhurst Park for the home leg on Thursday, 7th May.
The **Final**, of course, would take place at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, on **Wednesday, 27th May 2026**.
Kick-off times for both Round of 16 legs are due to be confirmed by the night of the draw, according to UEFA's official channels. The quarter-finals and, in principle, the semi-finals match schedule will be communicated on 20th March 2026, after the conclusion of the round of 16.
**Fingers crossed, Eagles!**