The 2022 Europa League features several continental powers as the tournament moves to the quarterfinal stage.
Among the teams in the quarterfinals are Spanish giants Barcelona, storied Scottish side Rangers, France’s Lyon, and Italy’s Atalanta. The English Premier League’s West Ham United needed extra time to get past Sevilla, which would have played in their home stadium in Seville had they reached the final.
RB Leipzig, seen by many as one of the favorites, are in the quarterfinals by default. They were scheduled to face Spartak Moscow in the Round of 16, but the series was cancelled after UEFA suspended all Russian teams from their competitions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The draw for the quarterfinal stage will be followed immediately by the draw for the semifinals. Here is all the information you need on the rest of the competition.
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When is the 2022 Europa League quarterfinal draw?
The draw for the remainder of the 2022 UEFA Europa League will take place on Friday, March 18. This is one day after the Round of 16 second legs.
- Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
- Time: 8:30 a.m. ET (1:30 p.m. CET)
- Streaming: UEFA.tv
The draw will take place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. It will be streamed live on UEFA.tv.
As mentioned above, this will be the last draw for the Europa League this season. That’s because the draw for the semifinal stage will also be held at the same time.
This ensures that each team will know their potential opponents at every stage on their way to lifting the trophy.
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Teams qualified for the Europa League quarterfinals
The Round of 16 for the Europa League concluded on March 17, the evening before the draw. The eight teams that advance from the Round of 16 are included in the quarterfinal draw.
Below are the matchups for the Round of 16:
Round of 16 schedule and results
| Round of 16 | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Team Qualified |
| Rangers vs. Red Star Belgrade | 3-0 | 1-2 | Rangers (Scotland) |
| Braga vs. Monaco | 2-0 | 1-1 | Braga (Portugal) |
| Porto vs. Lyon | 0-1 | 1-1 | Lyon (France) |
| Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen | 3-2 | 1-0 | Atalanta (Italy) |
| Sevilla vs. West Ham | 1-0 | 0-2 (a.e.t.) | West Ham (England) |
| Barcelona vs. Galatasaray | 0-0 | 2-1 | Barcelona (Spain) |
| RB Leipzig vs. Spartak Moscow | canc. | canc. | RB Leipzig (Germany) |
| Real Betis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt | 1-2 | 1-1 (a.e.t.) | Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) |
Can teams from the same country meet in quarterfinals?
From the quarterfinals onwards, there is no “country protection” as UEFA phrases it. In other words, clubs from the same league can be drawn against each other. The only two quarterfinal teams from the same nation hail for Germany: RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt can face off in the quarters.
Given the variety of teams that feature in the Europa League, a draw pitting two teams from the same country is not common. It didn’t happen in either of the last two seasons.
The last time it happened was in the 2018-19 competition. Valencia were drawn against Villarreal at the quarterfinal stage, and they won 5-1 on aggregate.
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Is the Europa League quarterfinal draw seeded?
There is no seeding at this stage of the competition.
Team were seeded in the previous rounds, depending on how they qualified (Ex. group winners, group runners-up, playoff winners or Champions League qualifiers), but from the quarterfinals onwards any team can be drawn against any other team.
Seeding was taken into account in the Round of 16, with group winners in one pot drawn against the teams that qualified through the knockout round playoffs.
UEFA Europa League quarterfinal schedule
Because Europa League games are played on Thursdays, all four quarterfinal first legs and second legs are scheduled for the same dates.
The first leg matches will take place on April 7, while the second leg games will go ahead on April 14.
The semifinals will follow, with the first leg of that phase happening on April 28, and the second leg following a week later, on May 5.
The final will take place just under two weeks later on May 18 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville.
- Quarterfinals: April 7 (1st Leg) & April 14 (2nd Leg)
- Semifinals: April 28 (1st Leg) & May 5 (2nd Leg)
- Final: May 18
How to watch the Europa League quarterfinals
The knockout stages of the Europa League are carried in the United States by CBS (English) and Univision (Spanish) across a number of TV and streaming platforms. DAZN is the exclusive broadcaster in Canada.
- Dates: Thursday, April 7 & Thursday, April 14
- USA TV Channels: TUDN, UniMas, Galavision, TUDNxtra
- USA Streaming: fuboTV, Paramount+, PrendeTV, TUDN.tv, TUDN app
- Canada Streaming: DAZN
USA: CBS Sports has live pregame, halftime and postgame studio shows, which stream on Paramount+.
Every Europa League quarterfinal match is available to be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial to new subscribers. The streaming platform carries CBS Sports Network and all the Univision family of channels: Univision, TUDN, UniMas, Galavision and TUDNxtra.
Canada: The Europa League is carried exclusively by DAZN in Canada with matches available live and on demand.
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