| Tourney Name: | UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase started on 22 March 2022 with the quarter-finals and ended with the final on 21 May 2022 at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]
The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.
| Group | width=210 | Winners (seeded in quarter finals draw) | width=210 | Runners-up (unseeded in quarter finals draw) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | VfL Wolfsburg | Juventus | ||
| B | Paris Saint-Germain | Real Madrid | ||
| C | Barcelona | Arsenal | ||
| D | Lyon | Bayern Munich |
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | 20 December 2021 | 22–23 March 2022 | 30–31 March 2022 |
| Semi-finals | 23–24 April 2022 | 30 April – 1 May 2022 | |
| Final | 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin | ||
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 December 2021.[3] [4]
The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 30 and 31 March 2022.
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Paris Saint-Germain won 4–3 on aggregate.----Lyon won 4–3 on aggregate.----VfL Wolfsburg won 3–1 on aggregate.----Barcelona won 8–3 on aggregate.
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 December 2021 (after the quarter-final draw).
The first legs were played from 22 and 24 April and the second legs on 30 April 2022. Barcelona's home quarter- and semi-finals (91,553 and 91,648) were the largest known attendances for official women's football since the 1971 Women's World Cup (non-official),[5] [6] where Mexico–Denmark drew 110,000 spectators at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.[7] [8]
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Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.----Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.
See main article: 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final.
The final was played on 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin.[9] A draw was held on 20 December 2021, (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.