2020–21 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

The 2020–21 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 18 February with the round of 32 and will end on 26 May 2021.
Qualified teams.
The knockout phase involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the 12 groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.
Format.
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score is still level. &lt;section begin="Format" /&gt; The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
In the knockout phase, teams from the same or nearby cities (e.g., Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur) are not scheduled to play at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, adjustments have to be made by UEFA. For the round of 32, since both teams were drawn to play at home for the second leg, the home match of the team which were not domestic cup champions in the qualifying season, or the team with the lower domestic ranking (if neither team were the domestic cup champions, e.g. Tottenham Hotspur for this season), were moved from Thursday to a different day. For the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, 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 were not domestic cup champions in the qualifying season, or the team with the lower domestic ranking, will be reversed from the original draw.
Schedule.
The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
Round of 32.
&lt;section begin="R32" /&gt; The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020, 13:00 CET.&lt;section end="R32" /&gt;
Summary.
&lt;section begin="R32" /&gt; The first legs were played on 18 February, and the second legs were played on 24 and 25 February 2021.
Matches.
"Tottenham Hotspur won 8–1 on aggregate."
"Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate."
"Manchester United won 4–0 on aggregate."
"Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate."
"3–3 on aggregate. Milan won on away goals."
"Rangers won 9–5 on aggregate."
"Slavia Prague won 2–0 on aggregate."
"Villarreal won 4–1 on aggregate."
"Roma won 5–1 on aggregate."
"Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Young Boys won 6–3 on aggregate."
"Molde won 5–3 on aggregate."
"Granada won 3–2 on aggregate."
"Shakhtar Donetsk won 3–0 on aggregate."
"Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate."
"Olympiacos won 5–4 on aggregate."
Round of 16.
&lt;section begin="R16" /&gt; The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021, 13:00 CET.&lt;section end="R16" /&gt;
Summary.
&lt;section begin="R16" /&gt; The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs will be played on 18 March 2021.
Notes&lt;section end="R16" /&gt;
Quarter-finals.
&lt;section begin="QF" /&gt; The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 19 March 2021, 13:00 CET. The first legs will be played on 8 April, and the second legs will be played on 15 April 2021.&lt;section end="QF" /&gt;
Semi-finals.
&lt;section begin="SF" /&gt; The draw for the semi-finals will be held on 19 March 2021, 13:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. The first legs will be played on 29 April, and the second legs will be played on 6 May 2021.&lt;section end="SF" /&gt;
Final.
&lt;section begin="F" /&gt;The final will be played on 26 May 2021 at the Stadion Miejski in Gdańsk. A draw will be held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.&lt;section end="F" /&gt;