The 2022–23 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 14 February with the round of 16 and ended on 10 June 2023 with the

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at the

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, Turkey, to decide the champions of the

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. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase. Times are

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Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the

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Format

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, then 30 minutes of

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was played (the

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was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a

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. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.

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. 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 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 against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city (e.g.

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and

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, who share the same stadium), were not scheduled to play at home on the same day or consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team which was not titleholders of Champions League or Europa League (or lower-tier, if both were continental titleholders), or the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season (if neither team were continental title holder, e.g. Inter Milan for this season) was reversed from the original draw.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in

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, Switzerland).

Bracket

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022, 12:00

Summary

The first legs were played on 14, 15, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 7, 8, 14 and 15 March 2023.

Matches

''Manchester City won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Napoli won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00

Summary

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 April, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 April 2023.

Matches

''Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Manchester City won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, 12:00

, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

The first legs were played on 9 and 10 May, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 May 2023.

Matches

''Inter Milan won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Manchester City won 5–1 on aggregate.''

Final

The final was played on 10 June 2023 at the

. A draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Notes

References

External links

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