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. 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. 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.
Assistant referees: 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
Germany
4–2
Greece
Lahm 39'
Khedira 61'
Klose 68'
Reus 74'
Report
Samaras 55'
Salpingidis 89' (pen.)
PGE Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 38,751
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Germany
Greece
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)
Assistant referees: 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
Spain
2–0
France
Alonso 19', 90+1' (pen.)
Report
Donbas Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Spain
France
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)
Assistant referees: 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)
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