The knockout phase of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League began on 12 February and concluded on 25 May 2013 with the

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, England. Times are CET/ CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Round and draw dates

All draws were held at UEFA headquarters in

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Format

The knockout phase involved the sixteen teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the

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. 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 had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the

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

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were played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. 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 qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by a

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. In the final, the tie was played as a single match. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: *In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other. *In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn with each other.

Qualified teams

Bracket

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 20 December 2012.

Summary

The first legs were played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2013. A

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was held before the Borussia Dortmund v Shakhtar Donetsk second leg to commemorate the victims of the crash of South Airlines Flight 8971, which had been filled mostly with football fans heading for the match.

Matches

''Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Bayern Munich won on away goals.'' ---- ''Borussia Dortmund won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Málaga won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2013.

Summary

The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2013.

Matches

''Borussia Dortmund won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate; Barcelona won on away goals.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 4–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 April 2013.

Summary

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2013.

Matches

''Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Dortmund won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Final

The final was played on 25 May 2013 at

, England. A draw was held on 12 April 2013, after the semi-final draw, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Notes

References

External links

2012–13 UEFA Champions League
UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Uefa Champions League Knockout Phase

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