UEFA Women's Champions League first and second qualifying round draws

The UEFA Women's Champions League first and second qualifying round draws have been made to begin the new-look competition.

Hosts are to be confirmed for all mini-tournament in both rounds.

The first and second qualifying rounds are played in the form of mini-tournaments with semi-finals, a final and (in four-team groups) a third-place match, all single-leg ties, hosted by one of the participating clubs.

In all cases, if the score is equal at the end of normal time, two 15-minute periods of extra time are played. If one of the teams scores more goals than the other during extra time, that team are declared the winners. If the score is still equal after extra time, the winners are determined by a penalty shoot-out. The winners of the finals qualify for the next round of their respective paths.

How the draws worked

Clubs were seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season and with the principles set by the Women's Football Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the rounds in question were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the clubs involved in undecided ties was used for the purposes of the draw.

For the draws for the first and second qualifying rounds, which are played in the form of mini-tournaments, the clubs are divided into two pots. For four-team mini-tournaments, the clubs are all drawn into semi-final pairings with the clubs from pot 1 designated as the home teams. For the final and third-place match, the club with the highest coefficient in the tie concerned are designated as the home team. If it is necessary to draw clubs into groups of three teams, the club with the highest coefficient qualifies automatically for the final and are designated as the home team for that tie; the remaining two clubs play a single-leg semi-final, with the club from pot 1 designated as the home team.

First qualifying round draw

Prohibited team clashes

Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, clubs from the following associations could not be drawn into the same group:

• Armenia & Azerbaijan

Pots

• The 21 clubs were divided into one pot of 12 clubs and one pot of nine clubs and be drawn into three four-team mini-tournaments and three three-team mini-tournaments.

• Within each four-team group, clubs were drawn into two semi-final ties, with the clubs from pot 1 designated as the home teams of semi-finals 1 and 2 respectively.

• For the three groups with three teams, the club with the highest coefficient were seeded directly to the final and designated as the home team of that tie; the remaining two clubs play a single-leg semi-final with the club from pot 1 designated as the home team.

Pot 1: Seeded

1 Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX)
2 Tallinna FC Flora (EST)
3 Women's FC Kiryat Gat (ISR)
4 WFC Lanchkhuti (GEO)
5 Agarista CSF Anenii Noi 2020 (MDA)
6 FC NSA Sofia (BUL)
7 KFF Mitrovica (KOS)
8 Spartak Myjava (SVK)
9 ŽFK Ljuboten (MKD)
10 ŽNK Agram (CRO)
11 Cardiff City FC Women (WAL)
12 Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fomget SK (TUR)

Pot 2: Unseeded

13 AEK Athens WFC (GRE)
14 Athlone Town AFC (IRL)
15 Swieqi United FC (MLT)
16 Riga FC Women (LVA)
17 ŽFK Budućnost (MNE)
18 Cliftonville Ladies (NIR)
19 Pyunik Women (ARM)
20 Neftçi PFK (AZE)
21 NSÍ Runavík (FRO)

Draw procedure

The 12 seeded clubs in Pot 1 were drawn into the home team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with Group 6, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applied for all three four-team groups

- Continuing the draw with the three three-team groups, a ball was drawn and held in suspense until a second ball was drawn and the coefficients of the two clubs known, determining their positions in Groups 4, 5 or 6 respectively:

• The club with the higher coefficient were allocated as home team of the final.
• The other club were allocated as home team of the semi-final.

The nine unseeded teams in Pot 2 were drawn into the away team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with Group 6, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applies until all three four-team groups were complete

- Finishing the draw with the three three-team groups, the last three balls drawn were allocated to the semi-final ties of Groups 4, 5 and 6.

If a draw condition applied, the club drawn would be placed in the same position of the first available group in numerical order and another club drawn from the same bowl into the free position of the current tie. Similarly, when completing the ties in the next group, the club would be drawn from the relevant bowl in order to respect the seeding principles. Should a clash have been possible when drawing the last groups, the clubs would be drawn and assigned to the groups.

Match dates

Semi-finals: Wednesday 30 July
Final and third-place matches: Saturday 2 August

Second qualifying round

Prohibited team clashes

Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, clubs from the following associations could not be drawn into the same group:

Champions path
• Armenia & Azerbaijan
• Kosovo & Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kosovo & Serbia
• Ukraine & Belarus

League path
• Ukraine & Belarus

Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in either round of the league path.

Champions path

Pots

• The 28 clubs (22 entering directly and six winners of the first qualifying round mini-tournaments, indicated for the purposes of this draw as Winner CH-P Q1 Gr1 to Gr6) were divided into two pots of 14 clubs and be drawn into seven four-team mini-tournaments.

• Within each four-team group, clubs were drawn into two semi-final ties, with the clubs from pot 1 designated as the home teams of semi-finals 1 and 2 respectively.

• As the clubs qualifying from the first qualifying round were not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the club with the highest coefficient of the four teams involved in the undecided mini-tournament ties was used for the seeding for the purposes of the draw. Therefore, if a club in a first qualifying round mini-tournament had a coefficient that would entitle it to be seeded for the second qualifying round draw, that group was automatically seeded for the draw.

Pot 1: Seeded

1 SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
2 FC Rosengård (SWE)
3 FC Twente (NED)
4 Vålerenga Fotball (NOR)
5 FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
6 WFC BIIK-Shymkent (KAZ)
7 KFF Vllaznia (ALB)
8 Apollon Ladies FC (CYP)
9 ŽNK Mura (SVN)
10 SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH)
11 FC Gintra (LTU)
12 Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
13 Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
14 Breidablik (ISL)

Pot 2: Unseeded

FC Dinamo-BSUPC (BLR)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)
Hibernian FC Women (SCO)
ŽFK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
OH Leuven (BEL)
FCV Farul Constanța (ROU)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
GKS Katowice (POL)
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 1
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 2
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 3
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 4
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 5
Winners CH-P Q1 Gr 6

*NB: Order in Pot 2 depended on composition of groups in UEFA Women’s Champions League first qualifying round

Draw procedure

The 14 seeded clubs in Pot 1 were drawn into the home team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with Group 7, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applied for all three four-team groups

The 14 unseeded clubs in Pot 2 were drawn into the away team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with Group 6, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applied until all seven groups were complete

If a draw condition applied, the club drawn would be placed in the same position of the first available group in numerical order and another club be drawn from the same bowl into the free position of the current tie. Similarly, when completing the ties in the next group, the club would be drawn from the relevant bowl in order to respect the seeding principles. Should a clash have been possible when drawing the last groups, the clubs would be drawn and assigned to the groups.

League path

Pots

• The 15 clubs were divided into one pot of eight clubs and one pot of seven clubs and drawn into three four-team mini-tournaments and one three-team mini-tournament.

• Within each four-team group, clubs were drawn into two semi-final ties, with the clubs from pot 1 designated as the home teams of semi-finals 1 and 2 respectively.

• For the group with three teams, the club with the highest coefficient were seeded directly to the final and designated as the home team of that tie; the remaining two clubs play a single-leg semi-final with the club from pot 1 designated as the home team.

Pot 1: Seeded

1 AS Roma (ITA)
2 AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
3 SK Brann (NOR)
4 Manchester United Women (ENG)
5 Valur (ISL)
6 FC Minsk (BLR)
7 Glasgow City FC (SCO)
8 Hammarby IF (SWE)

Pot 2: Unseeded

9 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
10 FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (UKR)
11 Sporting Braga (POR)
12 PSV Eindhoven Vrouwen (NED)
13 FK Austria Wien (AUT)
14 FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
15 WFC Aktobe (KAZ)

Draw procedure

The eight seeded clubs in Pot 1 were drawn into the home team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with Group 4, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applied for all three four-team groups

- Continuing the draw with the three-team group, a ball was drawn and held in suspense until a second ball was drawn and the coefficients of the two clubs known, determining their positions in Groups 4:

• The club with the higher coefficient allocated as home team of the final.
• The other club allocated as home team of the semi-final.

The seven unseeded clubs in Pot 2 were drawn into the away team positions of the ties in the groups in numerical order, starting with Group 1 and completing the draw with G, as follows:

- The first ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 1

- The second ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 1

- The third ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 1 in Group 2

- The fourth ball drawn was allocated to semi-final 2 in Group 2

- The same process applied until all three four-team groups are complete

- Finishing the draw with the three-team group, the last ball drawn was allocated to the semi-final tie of Group 4.

If a draw condition applied (prohibited team clash or country clash), the club drawn would be placed in the same position of the first available group in numerical order and another club drawn from the same bowl into the free position of the current tie. Similarly, when completing the ties in the next group, the club would be drawn from the relevant bowl in order to respect the seeding principles. Should a clash have been possible when drawing the last groups, the clubs would be drawn and assigned to the groups.

Match dates

Semi-finals: Wednesday 27 August
Final and third-place matches: Saturday 30 August