UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round: Man United, Fortuna, Roma among teams through

Former finalists Fortuna Hjørring, recent group contenders Brann, Roma, Twente and Vålerenga, plus Manchester United, Austria Wien, Ferencváros, GKS Katowice, Vorskla Poltava and debutants OH Leuven, are through from the UEFA Women's Champions League second qualifying round after winning their groups on Saturday.

The 11 knockouts mini-tournaments began with Wednesday's semi-finals, and along with the final winners progressing in this competition, 22 other clubs have transferred to the new UEFA Women's Europa Cup.

Reformatted for this season, the old 16-team group stage is replaced by an 18-club league phase for which holders Arsenal are among nine direct entries. The other nine contenders will emerge from three rounds of qualifying, split into a champions path (producing four qualifiers) and league path (five).

The champions path began with the first qualifying round that ended on 2 August, which produced the last six contenders for the second qualifying round to join the 22 teams previously drawn into groups for the knockout mini-tournaments. The seven group final winners (Ferencváros, Fortuna Hjørring, GKS Katowice, OH Leuven, Twente, Vålerenga and Vorskla Poltava) advance to join St. Pölten in the third qualifying round of the champions path.

The league path started with the second qualifying round, for which the 15 teams played in four mini-tournaments. Group winners Austria Wien, Brann, Manchester United and Roma join Real Madrid, Häcken, Paris FC, Atlético de Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting CP in the third qualifying round of the league phase.

The draw for the third qualifying round set nine two-legged ties to be played on 11 and 18 September.

Meanwhile, 22 teams will also transfer from the second qualifying round mini-tournaments to the new UEFA Women's Europa Cup. The 11 group runners-up will go into the second qualifying round, while the 11 third-place finishers will enter in the first qualifying round.

Women's Champions League second qualifying round results

LEAGUE PATH

• The four final winners join Real Madrid, Häcken, Paris FC, Atlético de Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt and Sporting CP in the third qualifying round (played as two-legged ties, with the five winners advancing to the league phase).

Group 1 (Hosts: Hammarby)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Manchester United 1-0 Hammarby
Third-place match
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0-2 PSV Eindhoven

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Manchester United 4-0 PSV Eindhoven 
Hammarby 5-4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Group 2 (Hosts: Sparta Praha)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Roma 5-1 Sparta Praha 
Third-place match 
Nordsjælland 4-2 Aktobe 

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals: 
Roma 2-0 Aktobe
Sparta Praha 4-4 Nordsjælland (aet, Sparta win 4-3 on pens)

Roma beat debutants Aktobe to begin their bid to get through qualifying for the fourth year in a rowAS Roma via Getty Images

Group 3 (Hosts: Inter)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Brann 1-0 Braga
Third-place match 
Valur 1-4 Inter

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Brann 2-1 Inter
Valur 1-3 Brann 

Group 4 (Hosts: Austria Wien)

Saturday 30 August:
Final
FC Minsk 0-3 Austria Wien

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-final
Glasgow City 0-2 Austria Wien 

Team guide

• Sparta Praha made their 22nd entry, behind only SFK 2000 Sarajevo (23).

• Brann, Glasgow City, Roma, Sparta and Valur are past quarter-finalists.

• Brann, Hammarby and Roma previously competed in the old group stage. Roma beat Sparta to earn their group debut in 2022/23.

• Made European debut in second qualifying round: Aktobe, Inter

• Austria Wien previously entered as as USC Landhaus.

CHAMPIONS PATH

• The seven group final winners join St. Pölten in the third qualifying round (played as two-legged ties, with the four winners advancing to the league phase).

Group 1 (Hosts: Mura)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Mura 0-2 GKS Katowice 
Third-place match
BIIK-Shymkent 2-1 Spartak Myjava 

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
BIIK-Shymkent 0-2 GKS Katowice 
Mura 3-2 Spartak Myjava

Group 2 (Hosts: Apollon LFC)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Fortuna Hjørring 1-0 YB Frauen
Third-place match 
Apollon LFC 2-3 Hibernian 

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Apollon LFC 0-1 YB Frauen 
Fortuna Hjørring 2-1 Hibernian

Group 3 (Hosts: OH Leuven)

Saturday 30 August:
Final
Rosengård 2-3 OH Leuven
Third-place match 
SFK 2000 Sarajevo 5-0 Ljuboten

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Rosengård 5-0 Ljuboten 
SFK 2000 Sarajevo 1-2 OH Leuven (aet)

Debutants Leuven made a dramatic comeback in extra time to defeat Sarajevo before eliminating former semi-finalists RosengårdBELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Group 4 (Hosts: Vllaznia)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Ferencváros 4-0 Dinamo-BSUPC 
Third-place match 
Vllaznia 3-1 Racing Union Luxembourg

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Ferencváros 3-0 Racing Union Luxembourg 
Vllaznia 1-2 Dinamo-BSUPC 

Group 5 (Hosts: Gintra)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Vorskla Poltava 2-0 Gintra 
Third-place match 
Lanchkhuti 1-4 Farul Constanța

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Vorskla Poltava 5-0 Lanchkhuti 
Gintra 2-1 Farul Constanța

Group 6 (Hosts: Twente)

Saturday 30 August:
Final
Twente 2-0 Breidablik 
Third-place match 
Crvena Zvezda 0-2 Athlone Town

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Breidablik 3-1 Athlone Town 
Twente 6-0 Crvena Zvezda

Group 7 (hosts: HJK Helsinki)

Saturday 30 August:
Final 
Slavia Praha 0-4 Vålerenga 
Third-place match
HJK Helsinki 2-3 ABB Fomget

Wednesday 27 August:
Semi-finals
Slavia Praha 2-1ABB Fomget
Vålerenga 1-0 HJK Helsinki 

Team guide

• Sarajevo entered for a record 23rd time (including the pre-2009 UEFA Women's Cup), all in consecutive seasons. Gintra made their 22nd entry.

• Fortuna were runners-up in 2002/03, HJK Helsinki and Rosengård are past semi-finalists, and both Breidablik and Slavia have made the last eight.

• Breidablik, Rosengård, Slavia, Twente, Vålerenga and Vllaznia previously competed in the old group stage.

• Vorskla Poltava also beat Lanchkhuti 5-0 in the old round 1 semi-finals in 2022/23.

 • Made European debut in second qualifying round: OH Leuven.

• ABB Fomget, debutants Athlone Town, Lanchkhuti, Ljuboten, Racing Union Luxembourg and Spartak Myjava progressed from the first qualifying round.