2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage explained

The 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, which is first ever group stage of the competition, began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 16 December 2021.[1] [2] A total of 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout phase of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.[3]

Køge, 1899 Hoffenheim and Real Madrid were playing in Europe for the first time this season. Benfica, Juventus, Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv and Servette Chênois made their debut appearance in the last 16 under any format. Benfica were the first team from Portugal to in the last 16.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 13 September 2021, 13:00 CEST, in Nyon.[4] [5] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of four teams, based on the following principles:

Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Prior to the draw, UEFA formed one pairing of teams for associations with two or three teams based on television audiences, where one team was drawn into Groups A–B and another team into Groups C–D, so that the two teams played on different days. Clubs from countries with severe winter conditions (Sweden, Iceland) were assigned a position in their group which allowed them to play away on matchday 6.[7]

Teams

Below are the participating teams (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[8] grouped by their seeding pot. They include:[7]

Pot 1 (by association rank)!!Team!
TH & 3 Barcelona104.800
185.400
284.100
4 Chelsea70.700
Pot 2!Team!Notes!
124.400
97.100
27.700
17.000
Pot 3!Team!Notes!
16.100
15.200
15.100
12.800
Pot 4!Team!Notes!
9.100
7.600
6.900
5.600

Notes

Format

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 18 Equality of points – group stage, Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
  11. UEFA club coefficient.

Due to the abolition of the away goals rule, head-to-head away goals are no longer applied as a tiebreaker. However, total away goals are still applied as a tiebreaker.[9]

Groups

The fixtures were announced on 13 September 2021 after the draw.[10] The matches were played on 5–6 October, 13–14 October, 9–10 November, 17–18 November, 8–9 December, and 15–16 December 2021. The scheduled kick-off times were 18:45 and 21:00 CET/CEST, with two matches at both kick-off times on each day.

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 May 2021. 2021/22 Women’s Champions League: dates, access list, full guide. 1 July 2021. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  2. Web site: New Women's Champions League group stage: all you need to know. UEFA.com. 4 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League, 2021/22 Season . UEFA . 2021 . 30 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Women's Champions League group stage draw. 13 September 2021. Union of European Football Associations.
  5. Web site: UEFA Women's Champions League group stage draw made. 13 September 2021. Union of European Football Associations.
  6. Web site: Association coefficients 2019/20 . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 2020 . 24 August 2020 . 4 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204125228/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/#/yr/2020 . live .
  7. Web site: Women's Champions League group stage draw live on Monday: full guide. UEFA.com. 10 September 2021.
  8. Web site: Club coefficients . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 31 May 2021 . 9 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Abolition of the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions. UEFA.com. 24 June 2021.
  10. Web site: 13 September 2021. All the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage fixtures. UEFA.com.

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