2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Champions League
Year:2024–25
Size:275
Dates:Qualifying rounds:

Competition proper:
Num Teams:Competition proper: 16
Total: 72
Associations:50
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League will be the 24th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 16th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It will be the final edition to feature a 16-team group stage.

The final will be held at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]

Association team allocation

The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[2]

An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league to enter a team. As of 2019–20, 52 of the 55 UEFA member associations organize a women's domestic league, with the exceptions being Andorra (1 club in Spain), Liechtenstein (3 clubs in Switzerland) and San Marino (1 club in Italy).

Association ranking

For the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2023 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018-19 to 2022–23.[3]

Association ranking for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
180.833align=center rowspan="6" 3
276.666
371.166
461.833
535.000
626.999
726.166align=center rowspan="10" 2
825.750
924.000
1022.000
1120.500
1220.500
1320.250
1420.000
1518.500
1618.500
1718.500align=center rowspan="3" 1
1816.250
1914.000
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
2014.000align=center rowspan="4" 1
2114.000
2212.000
2311.500
2414.2500
2511.000align=center rowspan="13" 1
269.500
279.500
289.500
298.000
308.500
317.500
327.500
337.500
347.000
357.000
366.500
376.500
RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes
386.000align=center rowspan="14" 1
395.500
405.500
415.500
425.000
434.500
444.500
454.000
463.500
473.000
3.000
3.000
3.000
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Distribution

Access list for 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League[4] !!Path!Teams entering in this round!Teams advancing from previous round
Round 1
(Mini-tournament)		Champions Path
  • 42 champions from associations 8–50 (except Russia)
League Path
  • 6 third-placed teams from associations 1–6
  • 10 second-placed teams from associations 7–16
Round 2Champions Path
  • 3 champions from associations 5–7
  • 11 knockout winners of the previous round
League Path
  • 6 second-placed teams from associations 1–6
  • 4 knockout winners of the previous round
Group stage
(16 Teams)
  • 4 champions from associations 1–4 (including title holders)
  • 7 knockout winners of the Champions Path
  • 5 knockout winners of the League Path
Knockout stage
(8 Teams)
  • 4 group winners from group stage
  • 4 group runners-up from group stage
As the Champions League title holders (Barcelona) have already qualified via their domestic leagues, the following changes were made:

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

The two qualifying rounds, round 1 and round 2, are divided into Champions Path (CP) and League Path (LP).

Entry round! colspan="4"
Teams
Group stage Barcelona
Round 2
Round 1
Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst round5 July 20244 September 2024 (semi-finals)7 September 2024 (third-place play-off & final)
Second round9 September 202418–19 September 202425–26 September 2024
Group stageMatchday 127 September 20248–9 October 2024
Matchday 216–17 October 2024
Matchday 312–13 November 2024
Matchday 420–21 November 2024
Matchday 511–12 December 2024
Matchday 617–18 December 2024
Knockout phaseQuarter-finals7 February 202518–19 March 202526–27 March 2025
Semi-finals19–20 April 202526–27 April 2025
Final23–25 May 2025 at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.

Round 1

A total of 59 teams played in Round 1.[5]

Champions Path

Tournament 1
  • Tournament 2
  • Tournament 3
  • Tournament 4
  • Tournament 5
  • Tournament 6
  • Tournament 7
  • Tournament 8
  • Tournament 9
  • Tournament 10
  • Tournament 11

    • League Path

    Tournament 1
  • Tournament 2
  • Tournament 3
  • Tournament 4

    • Round 2

    Seeding

    A total of 24 teams will play in Round 2. The draw will take place on 9 September 2024.[6] [7]

    Group stage

    See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.

    Knockout phase

    See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase.

    Final

    See main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final.

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Lisbon to stage 2025 UEFA Women's Champions League final. UEFA. 28 June 2023.
    2. Web site: 20 April 2024. 2024/25 Women's Champions League: Dates, access list, full guide. 20 April 2024. UEFA.
    3. Web site: Women's association club coefficients 2023/24 . UEFA . 9 May 2024. 9 May 2024.
    4. Web site: Access List for the UEFA Women's Champions League 2024/25 (provisional). UEFA . 9 May 2024. 9 May 2024.
    5. News: 2024/25 Women's Champions League entries confirmed. UEFA. 5 July 2024. 5 July 2024.
    6. Web site: Women's Champions League round 2 draw: 15 September. UEFA. 9 September 2023.
    7. Web site: Women's Champions League round 2 draw. UEFA. 15 September 2022.

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