UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2012 began with the quarter-finals on 21 June 2012, and was completed on 1 July 2012 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, won by Spain.^[1] After the completion of the group stage on 19 June 2012, eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals (two from each group), which were played from 21 to 24 June 2012.^[2][3] Host nations Poland and Ukraine failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, making it only the third time in European Championship history that the host nation(s) failed to make it out of the group stage; at Euro 2000, co-host Belgium were eliminated at the group stage, and at Euro 2008, co-hosts Austria and Switzerland also failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Czech Republic	Greece
B	Germany	Portugal
C	Spain	Italy
D	England	France

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 June – Warsaw
	Czech Republic	0
					27 June – Donetsk
	Portugal	1
					Portugal	0 (2)
	23 June – Donetsk
					Spain (p)	0 (4)
	Spain	2
									1 July – Kyiv
	France	0
									Spain	4
	22 June – Gdańsk
									Italy	0
	Germany	4
					28 June – Warsaw
	Greece	2
					Germany	1
	24 June – Kyiv
					Italy	2
	England	0 (2)
	Italy (p)	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

Czech Republic vs Portugal

21 June 2012 (2012-06-21)

20:45 CEST

Czech Republic	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Ronaldo 79'

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 55,590^[4]

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Czech Republic[5]

Portugal[5]

GK 1 Petr Čech (c) RB 2 Theodor Gebre Selassie CB 6 Tomáš Sivok CB 3 Michal Kadlec LB 8 David Limberský  90' CM 17 Tomáš Hübschman  86' CM 13 Jaroslav Plašil RW 19 Petr Jiráček AM 22 Vladimír Darida  61' LW 14 Václav Pilař CF 15 Milan Baroš Substitutions: MF 9 Jan Rezek  61' FW 20 Tomáš Pekhart  86' Manager: Michal Bílek

GK 12 Rui Patrício RB 21 João Pereira CB 3 Pepe CB 2 Bruno Alves LB 5 Fábio Coentrão CM 16 Raul Meireles  88' CM 4 Miguel Veloso  27' CM 8 João Moutinho RF 17 Nani  26'  84' CF 23 Hélder Postiga  40' LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutions: FW 9 Hugo Almeida  40' MF 6 Custódio  84' DF 14 Rolando  88' Manager: Paulo Bento

Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)[4] Assistant referees:[6] Michael Mullarkey (England) Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Additional assistant referees: Martin Atkinson (England) Mark Clattenburg (England) Reserve assistant referee: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Germany vs Greece

22 June 2012 (2012-06-22)

20:45 CEST

Germany	4–2	Greece
Lahm 39' Khedira 61' Klose 68' Reus 74'	Report	Samaras 55' Salpingidis 89' (pen.)

PGE Arena, Gdańsk

Attendance: 38,751^[7]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Germany[8]

Greece[8]

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 20 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Mats Hummels CB 14 Holger Badstuber LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c) CM 6 Sami Khedira CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger RW 21 Marco Reus  80' AM 8 Mesut Özil LW 9 André Schürrle  67' CF 11 Miroslav Klose  80' Substitutions: MF 13 Thomas Müller  67' FW 23 Mario Gómez  80' MF 19 Mario Götze  80' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 13 Michalis Sifakis RB 15 Vasilis Torosidis CB 19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos  75' CB 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos LB 3 Georgios Tzavelas  46' CM 6 Grigoris Makos  72' CM 2 Ioannis Maniatis RW 18 Sotiris Ninis  46' AM 21 Kostas Katsouranis (c) LW 7 Georgios Samaras  14' CF 14 Dimitris Salpingidis Substitutions: FW 17 Theofanis Gekas  46' MF 16 Georgios Fotakis  46' FW 9 Nikos Liberopoulos  72' Manager: Fernando Santos

Man of the Match: Mesut Özil (Germany)[7] Assistant referees:[9] Primož Arhar (Slovenia) Matej Žunič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France) Additional assistant referees: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Matej Jug (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Frédéric Cano (France)

Spain vs France

See also: France–Spain football rivalry

23 June 2012 (2012-06-23)

21:45 EEST

Spain	2–0	France
Alonso 19', 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 47,000^[10]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Spain[11]

France[11]

GK 1 Iker Casillas (c) RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Sergio Ramos  31' LB 18 Jordi Alba RM 8 Xavi CM 16 Sergio Busquets LM 14 Xabi Alonso RF 21 David Silva  65' CF 10 Cesc Fàbregas  67' LF 6 Andrés Iniesta  84' Substitutions: FW 7 Pedro  65' FW 9 Fernando Torres  67' MF 20 Santi Cazorla  84' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c) RB 13 Anthony Réveillère CB 4 Adil Rami CB 21 Laurent Koscielny LB 22 Gaël Clichy DM 17 Yann M'Vila  79' CM 6 Yohan Cabaye  42' CM 15 Florent Malouda  65' RW 2 Mathieu Debuchy  64' LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 10 Karim Benzema Substitutions: MF 14 Jérémy Ménez  76'  64' MF 11 Samir Nasri  65' FW 9 Olivier Giroud  79' Manager: Laurent Blanc

Man of the Match: Xabi Alonso (Spain)[10] Assistant referees:[12] Renato Faverani (Italy) Andrea Stefani (Italy) Fourth official: Craig Thomson (Scotland) Additional assistant referees: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Paolo Tagliavento (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Alasdair Ross (Scotland)

England vs Italy

24 June 2012 (2012-06-24)

21:45 EEST

England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report
Penalties
Gerrard Rooney Young Cole	2–4	Balotelli Montolivo Pirlo Nocerino Diamanti

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 64,340^[13]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

England[14]

Italy[14]

GK 1 Joe Hart RB 2 Glen Johnson CB 6 John Terry CB 15 Joleon Lescott LB 3 Ashley Cole CM 4 Steven Gerrard (c) CM 17 Scott Parker  94' RW 16 James Milner  61' LW 11 Ashley Young SS 10 Wayne Rooney CF 22 Danny Welbeck  60' Substitutions: FW 9 Andy Carroll  60' MF 7 Theo Walcott  61' MF 8 Jordan Henderson  94' Manager: Roy Hodgson

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 7 Ignazio Abate  90+1' CB 15 Andrea Barzagli  82' CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci LB 6 Federico Balzaretti DM 21 Andrea Pirlo RW 8 Claudio Marchisio AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo LW 16 Daniele De Rossi  80' CF 9 Mario Balotelli CF 10 Antonio Cassano  78' Substitutions: MF 22 Alessandro Diamanti  78' MF 23 Antonio Nocerino  80' DF 2 Christian Maggio  94'  90+1' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[15] Assistant referees:[16] Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Additional assistant referees: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Reserve assistant referee: Bahattin Duran (Turkey)

Semi-finals

Portugal vs Spain

See also: Portugal–Spain football rivalry

27 June 2012 (2012-06-27)

21:45 EEST

Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report
Penalties
Moutinho Pepe Nani Alves	2–4	Alonso Iniesta Piqué Ramos Fàbregas

Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 48,000^[17]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Portugal[18]

Spain[18]

GK 12 Rui Patrício RB 21 João Pereira  64' CB 3 Pepe  61' CB 2 Bruno Alves  86' LB 5 Fábio Coentrão  45' CM 16 Raul Meireles  113' CM 4 Miguel Veloso  90+3'  106' CM 8 João Moutinho RF 17 Nani CF 9 Hugo Almeida  81' LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutions: FW 11 Nélson Oliveira  81' MF 6 Custódio  106' FW 18 Silvestre Varela  113' Manager: Paulo Bento

GK 1 Iker Casillas (c) RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa  84' CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Sergio Ramos  40' LB 18 Jordi Alba CM 8 Xavi  87' CM 16 Sergio Busquets  60' CM 14 Xabi Alonso  113' RF 21 David Silva  60' CF 11 Álvaro Negredo  54' LF 6 Andrés Iniesta Substitutions: MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas  54' MF 22 Jesús Navas  60' FW 7 Pedro  87' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match: Sergio Ramos (Spain)[17] Assistant referees:[19] Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Additional assistant referees: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey) Reserve assistant referee: Matej Žunič (Slovenia)

Germany vs Italy

See also: Germany–Italy football rivalry

28 June 2012 (2012-06-28)

20:45 CEST

Germany	1–2	Italy
Özil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 20', 36'

National Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 55,540^[20]

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Germany[21]

Italy[21]

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 20 Jérôme Boateng  71' CB 5 Mats Hummels  90+4' CB 14 Holger Badstuber LB 16 Philipp Lahm (c) CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger CM 6 Sami Khedira RW 18 Toni Kroos AM 8 Mesut Özil LW 10 Lukas Podolski  46' CF 23 Mario Gómez  46' Substitutions: FW 11 Miroslav Klose  46' MF 21 Marco Reus  46' MF 13 Thomas Müller  71' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 6 Federico Balzaretti CB 15 Andrea Barzagli CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci  61' LB 3 Giorgio Chiellini DM 21 Andrea Pirlo RW 8 Claudio Marchisio AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo  64' LW 16 Daniele De Rossi  84' CF 9 Mario Balotelli  37'  70' CF 10 Antonio Cassano  58' Substitutions: MF 22 Alessandro Diamanti  58' MF 5 Thiago Motta  89'  64' FW 11 Antonio Di Natale  70' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[20] Assistant referees:[22] Frédéric Cano (France) Michaël Annonier (France) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England) Additional assistant referees: Fredy Fautrel (France) Ruddy Buquet (France) Reserve assistant referee: Michael Mullarkey (England)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Final

1 July 2012 (2012-07-01)

21:45 EEST

Spain	4–0	Italy
Silva 14' Alba 41' Torres 84' Mata 88'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 63,170^[23]

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Spain[24]

Italy[24]

GK 1 Iker Casillas (c) RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa CB 3 Gerard Piqué  25' CB 15 Sergio Ramos LB 18 Jordi Alba DM 16 Sergio Busquets CM 8 Xavi CM 14 Xabi Alonso CM 10 Cesc Fàbregas  75' AM 21 David Silva  59' AM 6 Andrés Iniesta  87' Substitutions: FW 7 Pedro  59' FW 9 Fernando Torres  75' MF 13 Juan Mata  87' Manager: Vicente del Bosque

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 7 Ignazio Abate CB 15 Andrea Barzagli  45' CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci LB 3 Giorgio Chiellini  21' DM 21 Andrea Pirlo RW 8 Claudio Marchisio AM 18 Riccardo Montolivo  57' LW 16 Daniele De Rossi CF 9 Mario Balotelli CF 10 Antonio Cassano  46' Substitutions: DF 6 Federico Balzaretti  21' FW 11 Antonio Di Natale  46' MF 5 Thiago Motta  57' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match: Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[25] Assistant referees:[26] Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Ricardo Santos (Portugal) Fourth official: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Additional assistant referees: Jorge Sousa (Portugal) Duarte Gomes (Portugal) Reserve assistant referee: Bahattin Duran (Turkey)