The 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 27 September 2011 and concluded on 17 May 2012 with the

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at Olympiastadion in

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to decide the champions of the

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. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.

Format

The knockout phase involves 32 teams: 22 teams which qualified directly, and 10 teams which qualified from the

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(eight group winners and two best runners-up). Each tie in the

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, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the

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was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of

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was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by

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. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: *In the draw for the round of 32, 16 teams were seeded and 16 teams were unseeded, based on their

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s at the beginning of the season. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. *In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

As there were two draws, one for Round of 32 and 16 and another draw for the Quarter-finals to the final, the bracket has been created in retrospect.

Round of 32

Of the 32 teams that will participate in this round, 22 are directly qualified, and the last 10 qualify from the qualification groups above. Eight as group winners, and two as the best runners-up. When determining the best runners-up, matches against the fourth placed team in the group is not taken into account. 16 seeded teams will be drawn against 16 unseeded teams. The title holder is the number 1 seed all other are seeded by their UEFA coefficient. The following teams are qualified for the round of 32. The round of 32 and round of 16 were drawn on 23 August 2011 at UEFA headquarters. In the round of 32 no teams from the same country could be drawn against each other, same with teams from the same qualifying group. A change made to last year, when

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and

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met in qualifying and the round of 32. There are no restrictions to the round of 16. Seeded teams play their second leg at home. ''Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torres won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Turbine Potsdam won 14–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Glasgow City won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Energy Voronezh won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rossiyanka won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rayo Vallecano won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fortuna Hjørring won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Göteborg won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neulengbach won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Paris Saint-Germain won 5–0 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

Note 1: Order of legs reversed after original draw. ''Lyon won 12–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brøndby won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Turbine Potsdam won 17–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rossiyanka won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Göteborg won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Malmö won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frankfurt won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 17 November 2011. Matches were played on 14–15 March 2012 and 21–22 March 2012. ''Lyon won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Turbine Potsdam won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frankfurt won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

''Lyon won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frankfurt won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Final

References

External links

Official website
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