The knockout stage of the

2006–07 UEFA Champions League The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan ...

began on 20 February 2007 and culminated with the final match at the

Olympic Stadium ''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words ''Olympic Stadium'' as ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

on 23 May. Times are

CET CET or cet may refer to: Places * Cet, Albania * Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus * Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England Arts, entertainment, and media * Comcast En ...

CEST CEST or cest may refer to: * Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), daylight saving time observed in the central European time zone * Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory * Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer, a subset of Magnetization transfer in ...

, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Format

The draw for the first knockout round took place on 15 December 2006 and involved each of the top two teams from each group in the

group stage A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...

. The winners of each group were paired up with the runners-up from another group. Each knockout round tie consisted of two-legged matches, home and away, in which the team with the higher aggregate score progressed to the next round, with the exception of the final, which was played over just one match at a neutral venue. In the event that the two teams' aggregate scores were tied, the team that scored more goals in their away leg progressed to the next round, with extra time and a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

being used if the tie was still level.

Qualified teams

Bracket

Round of 16

First leg

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Second leg

''Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.'' ---- ''Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.'' ---- ''PSV Eindhoven won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''4–4 on aggregate; Bayern Munich won on away goals.'' ---- ''Manchester United won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

---- ---- ----

Second leg

''Manchester United won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

----

Second leg

''1–1 on aggregate; Liverpool won on penalties.'' ---- ''Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Final

Notes

External links

2006–07 UEFA Champions League
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 UEFA Champions League knockout stage Knockout Stage 2006-07