The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 15 February with the round of 16 and ended on 28 May 2022 with the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]
Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Qualified teams
The knockout phase involved the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, 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 extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. 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.[2]
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 could not 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 onwards 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).
Schedule
The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]
Bracket
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021, originally at 12:00 CET.[3] The draw featured multiple irregularities: Manchester United were mistakenly included in the draw for Villarreal's opponent (both were in Group F), and subsequently were selected; another ball was then drawn, with Manchester City chosen instead. In the following tie, Liverpool were mistakenly included in the draw for Atlético Madrid's opponent (both were in Group B), while Manchester United were incorrectly excluded.[4] Later that day, UEFA voided the original draw due to a "technical problem" with the draw computer, and it was entirely redone at 15:00 CET.[5]
The round of 16 ties were initially drawn (and later voided) as follows:[6]
The final was played on 28 May 2022 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. A draw was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[23]
^CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 26 March 2021 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
^The final, originally scheduled for 21:00 CEST, was delayed 36 minutes due to security issues with fans entering the stadium.
References
^ a b"2021/22 UEFA Champions League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ a b"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^"UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^Crafton, Adam; Brown, Luke (13 December 2021). "Controversy as Manchester United incorrectly excluded from section of Champions League draw". The Athletic. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^"Champions League round of 16 draw declared void and will be redone at 15:00 CET". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^"UCL chaos: UEFA confirm re-draw as Man United, Ronaldo initially pitted against Messi's PSG". ESPN. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Red Bull Salzburg v Bayern Munich" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Bayern Munich v Red Bull Salzburg" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Sporting CP v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Manchester City v Sporting CP" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Benfica v Ajax" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Ajax v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Chelsea v Lille" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Lille v Chelsea" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Atlético Madrid v Manchester United" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Manchester United v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Villarreal v Juventus" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Juventus v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Internazionale v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Liverpool v Internazionale" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 1st Leg – Paris Saint-Germain v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Round of 16 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ a b c"UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Chelsea v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Chelsea" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Manchester City v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Atlético Madrid v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Villarreal v Bayern Munich" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Bayern Munich v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st Leg – Benfica v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd Leg – Liverpool v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st Leg – Manchester City v Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 2nd Leg – Real Madrid v Manchester City" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st Leg – Liverpool v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^"Full Time Summary Semi-finals 2nd Leg – Villarreal v Liverpool" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^"2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
