Champions League among women's teams: the 2021/2022 season in an updated format will begin with a draw on June 21

28.04.2021 14:01

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The draw for the first and second rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League-2021/2022 will take place on June 21 this year.

How will the tournament go?

The central stage is a group stage with the participation of 16 clubs. The teams will be divided into four quartets, in which they will play each other at home and away in the fall of 2021. The winners of the first two places will receive tickets to the playoffs, which will be held in the spring of 2022. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, the teams will play two matches each, the final will consist of one match and will take place in Turin.

Four teams will receive direct tickets to the group stage, and the winners of the other 12 will be determined in the qualification within the Champions' Path (seven places) and the League's Pathway (five places).

Qualifications in both ways will be the same. In the first round, the teams will compete in the format of mini-tournaments, the winners of which will advance further. In the second round, the teams will be divided into pairs, and they will play each other at home and away. If there are more than 50 participants, the preliminary round will take place as part of the Champions' Way, where the teams will play each other at home and away.

How many clubs will play from each association?

List of participants is based on the female club rating of UEFA associations at the end of the 2019/2020 season. The top 6 rating associations (France, Germany, Spain, England, Sweden, the Czech Republic) will be represented by three teams each. The next 10 associations (Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Scotland, Russia, Belarus) delegate two teams each. Other associations, including Ukraine, will be represented by one participant.

At what stage will the teams start the tournament?

The current Champions League winner and the champions of the three best associations (France, Germany, Spain) immediately go to the group stage. Champions of other associations will get to the Way of Champions of qualification.

The champions of the associations, ranked fourth to sixth (England, Sweden, Czech Republic), will start the tournament from the second round, others, including the representative of Ukraine - from the first round.

The vice-champions of the six strongest associations (France, Germany, Spain, England, Sweden, the Czech Republic) will start the tournament from the second round of the League. The third place winners of these six associations, as well as the second place winners of the next 10 associations (Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Scotland, Russia, Belarus) will compete in the first round of the League.

Women's Champions League-2021/2022

Draw of the previous, first and second rounds

June 21, 2021.

Preliminary round (if required)

First leg: July 28/29, 2021.

Second leg: August 4/5, 2021.

First round (mini-tournaments)

Semifinals: August 18, 2021.

Final / match for 3rd place: August 21, 2021.

Second round

First leg: August 31 / September 1, 2021.

Second leg: September 8/9, 2021.

Group stage draw

September 13, 2021.

Group stage

Round 1: October 5/6, 2021.

Round 2: October 13/14, 2021.

Round 3: November 9/10, 2021.

Round 4: November 17/18, 2021.

Round 5: December 8/9, 2021.

Round 6: December 15/16, 2021.

Draw of quarterfinals and semifinals

December 20, 2021.

Quarterfinals

First leg: March 22/23, 2022.

Second leg: March 30/31, 2022.

Semifinals

First leg: April 23/24, 2022.

Second leg: April 30 / May 1, 2022.

Final (Juventus Stadium, Turin)

May 22, 2022

We will add that the representative of Ukraine in the women's Champions League-2021/2022 should be determined by May 29.