UEFA Women's Champions League third qualifying round draw made
Sunday, August 31, 2025
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The draw set nine two-legged ties to decide the last places in the new 18-club league phase.
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The 2025/26 UEFA Women's Champions League third qualifying round draw has set the nine two-legged ties – to be played on 11 and 18 September – which will decide the last remaining places in the new 18-club league phase.
Women's Champions League third qualifying round draw
Champions path
Vålerenga Fotball (NOR) vs Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) vs OH Leuven (BEL)
SKN St. Pölten (AUT) vs Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
GKS Katowice (POL) vs FC Twente (NED)
League path
BK Häcken FF (SWE) vs Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Paris FC (FRA) vs FK Austria Wien (AUT)
SK Brann (NOR) vs Manchester United Women (ENG)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) vs Real Madrid CF (ESP)
AS Roma (ITA) vs Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
The third qualifying round is split into two paths: the champions path (for domestic champions) and the league path. There will be four ties in the champions path and five in the league path.
The winners of each third qualifying round tie qualify for the league phase. The nine defeated teams will enter the new UEFA Women's Europa Cup at the second qualifying round stage.
Teams entering the league phase directly
Nine teams will enter the new league phase directly (with the other nine slots filled by the third qualifying round winners).
These are the clubs that will begin directly in the league phase as per the access list:
Holders: Arsenal FC
France: OL Lyonnes, Paris Saint-Germain
Germany: FC Bayern München, VfL Wolfsburg
Spain: FC Barcelona
England: Chelsea FC
Portugal: SL Benfica
Italy: Juventus
How the draw 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.
In both paths, a draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determined the ties. The club drawn first plays the first leg of the tie at home.
In the champions path, the eight clubs were divided into two pots of four seeded and four unseeded clubs in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season.
Seeding pots: Champions path
Seeded
SKN St. Pölten (AUT)
FC Twente (NED)
Vålerenga Fotball (NOR)
FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
Unseeded
Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
OH Leuven (BEL)
GKS Katowice (POL)
In the league path, the ten clubs were divided into two pots of five seeded and five unseeded clubs in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season.
Clubs from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
Seeding pots: League path
Seeded
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
AS Roma (ITA)
BK Häcken FF (SWE)
SK Brann (NOR)
Paris FC (FRA)
Unseeded
Manchester United Women (ENG)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
FK Austria Wien (AUT)
Draw procedure
In the draw for each path, three bowls were prepared; one containing the seeded clubs, one containing the unseeded clubs, and one central empty bowl.
One ball was taken from each of the seeded and unseeded bowls and placed in the third empty bowl, where they were shuffled. The first club draw will play its first match at home against the second club drawn.
The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the third qualifying round pairings.
If a draw condition applied, the club drawn would be automatically transferred to be the away club of the next tie and another club drawn from the same bowl into the free position of the current tie, ensuring each tie is composed of one seeded and one unseeded club. Similarly, when completing the next tie, the home 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 two ties, the two clubs would be drawn and assigned to the ties.