2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round

The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 9, 11 and 14 August 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Draw The draw was held on 26 June 2014, 14:00 CEST, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots, with the restriction that each group must contain one of the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts.

Below were the 32 teams which participated in the qualifying round (with their 2014 UEFA club coefficients). Teams pre-selected as hosts are marked by (H).

Key to coloursGroup winners and best two runners-up advanced to the round of 32

+Pot 1Team Glasgow City (H)29.260 Zürich23.600 Standard Liège22.270 Apollon Limassol21.280 MTK16.285 Olimpia Cluj (H)15.620 Spartak Subotica13.950 SFK 2000 (H)13.300+Pot 2Team Zhytlobud Kharkiv10.960 Konak Belediyespor10.300 NSA Sofia9.975 ASA Tel Aviv9.640 Åland United7.950 Osijek (H)6.650 KÍ Klaksvík6.650 Pomurje6.475+Pot 3Team Medyk Konin6.105 Pärnu JK5.650 Gintra Universitetas (H)5.320 Atlético Ouriense (H)4.305 Nové Zámky4.140 FC Minsk4.125 Amazones Dramas4.125 Raheny United3.640+Pot 4Team Glentoran Belfast United2.660 Ekonomist (H)1.330 Cardiff Met.0.990 Kočani0.990 Goliador Chișinău0.165 Vllaznia0.000 Rīgas FS (H)0.000 Hibernians0.000

Format In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The eight group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the first and third-placed teams in their group advanced to the round of 32.

Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings (regulations Article 14.01): Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied; Superior goal difference in all group matches; Higher number of goals scored in group matches; If only two teams have the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage). Higher club coefficient; Drawing of lots.

To determine the two best runners-up from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied: Higher number of points; Superior goal difference; Higher number of goals scored; Higher club coefficient; Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); Drawing of lots.

Groups All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Gintra finished as best runners-up and advanced from a mini-tournament for the first time after nine unsuccessful attempts. Vllaznia were the first Albanian team to win points in the competition.

Group 7

Group 8

Ranking of group runners-up The two best runners-up also qualified for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group did not count for the purposes of the runners-up table.

Statistics There were 218 goals in 48 matches in the qualifying round, for an average of 4.54 goals per match.

Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoalsMinutes played1 Milena Nikolić Spartak Subotica92552 Ewa Pajor Medyk Konin72233 Aline Zeler Standard Liège5245 Cosmina Dușa Konak Belediyespor5270 Anna Gawrońska Medyk Konin5270 Maria Mitkou Amazones Dramas5270 Fanny Vágó Olimpia Cluj52708 Tanja Vrabel Pomurje4258 Clare Shine Raheny United4265 Violeta Slović Spartak Subotica4265 Martina Šalek Osijek4270

References

External links 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League