UEFA Euro 2008 knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

The knockout stage of the 2008 UEFA European Championships is scheduled to begin with the quarter-finals on 19 June 2008, and be completed on 29 June 2008 with the final at Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.

The knockout stage is different from that of past tournaments. Teams in groups A and B will be separated from teams in groups C and D until the final. This increases the chance of a group fixture being replayed in the knockout stage, and renders impossible a final between two teams drawn in the same half of the tournament. The reason for the format change this year is to equalise the rest periods during the knockout stage. Also, in another major change, for the first time in a European Championship, only two venues (St. Jakob-Park, Basel and Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna) will be used for the seven matches in the knockout stage of the tournament.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 June - Basel
	Portugal
					25 June - Basel
	Germany
					Winner of QF1
	20 June - Vienna
					Winner of QF2
	Croatia
									29 June - Vienna
	Turkey
									Winner of SF1
	21 June - Basel
									Winner of SF2
	Netherlands
					26 June - Vienna
	Russia
					Winner of QF3
	22 June - Vienna
					Winner of QF4
	Spain
	Italy

All times local (UTC+2)

Quarter-finals

Portugal vs Germany

2008-06-19

20:45

Portugal	2 – 3	Germany
Nuno Gomes 40' Postiga 87'		Schweinsteiger 22' Klose 26' Ballack 61'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

PORTUGAL: GK 1 Ricardo RB 4 José Bosingwa CB 15 Pepe  60' CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho LB 2 Paulo Ferreira DM 8 Petit  26'  73' DM 10 João Moutinho  31' RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo AM 20 Deco LW 11 Simão CF 21 Nuno Gomes (c)  67' Substitutions: MF 6 Raul Meireles  31' MF 19 Nani  67' FW 23 Hélder Postiga  90'  73' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GERMANY: GK 1 Jens Lehmann RB 3 Arne Friedrich  48' CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 21 Christoph Metzelder LB 16 Philipp Lahm  49' RM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  83' CM 6 Simon Rolfes CM 13 Michael Ballack (c) LM 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger  73' CF 11 Miroslav Klose  89' CF 20 Lukas Podolski Substitutions: MF 18 Tim Borowski  73' MF 4 Clemens Fritz  83' DF 2 Marcell Jansen  89' Manager: Hans-Dieter Flick

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Stefan Wittberg Henrik Andrén Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras

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Croatia vs Turkey

2008-06-20

20:45

Croatia	v	Turkey

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Alessandro Griselli Paolo Calcagno Fourth official: Manuel Mejuto González

Netherlands vs Russia

2008-06-21

20:45

Netherlands	v	Russia

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Roman Slyško Martin Balko Fourth official: Massimo Busacca

Spain vs Italy

2008-06-22

20:45

Spain	v	Italy

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach Volker Wezel Fourth official: Frank De Bleeckere

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

2008-06-25

20:45

Winner of Quarter-final 1	v	Winner of Quarter-final 2

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Semi-final 2

2008-06-26

20:45

Winner of Quarter-final 3	v	Winner of Quarter-final 4

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Final

2008-06-29

20:45

Winner of Semi-final 1	v	Winner of Semi-final 2

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna