The 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League is the 26th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 18th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It started on 22 July 2026 and will end with the final on 28, 29, or 30 May 2027. This is the second season under a new format, which has 18 participating teams, playing six games each against different opponents in a league phase, all in a joint group.
The Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw will host the final. The winners will automatically qualify for the 2027–28 UEFA Women's Champions League league phase and the 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup. Video assistant referee (VAR) will be used from the league phase onwards.
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: Associations 1–7 each have three teams qualify. Associations 8–17 each have two teams qualify. All other associations, if they entered, each have one team qualify. The winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League and the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup are each given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic leagues.
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 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2025 UEFA women's Association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2024–25.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the Champions League, as noted below: – Additional berth for UEFA Women's Champions League title holders – Additional berth for UEFA Women's Europa Cup title holders
+Association ranking for 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueRankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes168.4993268.333366.999461.332538.000633.000724.665823.0002921.0001020.7501119.3321219.0001314.7501414.2501513.0001612.0001712.0001811.75011911.500RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes2011.25012111.0002211.0002310.5002410.0002510.000269.750279.500289.500299.000309.000319.000329.0000339.0001348.500358.000367.500377.500RankAssociationCoeff.TeamsNotes387.0001397.000406.500416.500426.500436.500446.000456.000465.500475.500485.000495.000504.000511.000—0———
Distribution Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundFirst qualifying roundChampions Path(19 teams) 19 champions from associations 29, 32–36 (except Russia) and 38–51Second qualifying roundChampions Path(28 teams) 20 champions from associations 8–10 and 12–28 3 champions from associations 30–31 and 37 as the teams with the highest club coefficients, originally from the first qualifying round (Champions Path) 5 mini-tournament winners from the first qualifying round (Champions Path)League Path(16 teams) 12 runners-up from associations 6–17 4 third-placed teams from associations 4–7Third qualifying roundChampions Path(8 teams) 1 champion from association 11 as the team with the highest club coefficient, originally from the second qualifying round (Champions Path) 7 mini-tournament winners from the second qualifying round (Champions Path)League Path(10 teams) 3 runners-up from associations 3–5 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3 4 mini-tournament winners from the second qualifying round (League Path)League phase(18 teams) UEFA Women's Europa Cup title holder 6 champions from associations 1–6 2 runners-up from associations 1–2 4 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Path) 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Path)Knockout phase play-offs(8 teams) 8 teams ranked 5–12 from the league phaseQuarter-finals(8 teams) 4 teams ranked 1–4 from the league phase 4 winners from the knockout phase play-offs
As the Champions League title holders (Barcelona) qualified for the league phase and the Europa Cup title holders (BK Häcken) qualified for the second qualifying round (Champions Path) via their domestic leagues' standard berth allocations, the following changes to the default access list were made: BK Häcken, as Europa Cup title holders that would otherwise have entered the third qualifying round (Champions Path), entered the league phase. Sparta Prague, as the club with the highest club coefficient that would otherwise have entered the second qualifying round (Champions Path), entered the third qualifying round (Champions Path). Ferencváros, Gintra and Racing Union, as the three clubs with the highest club coefficients that would otherwise have entered the first qualifying round (Champions Path), entered the second qualifying round (Champions Path).
Teams The label in parentheses shows the route by which the club appears in that entry-round cell.
Superscript labels show additional access-list information held by that club but not used as the primary route for that cell. TH: Women's Champions League title holders EC: Women's Europa Cup title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
Second and third qualifying rounds are divided into Champions Path (CH) and League Path (LP). +Qualified teams for 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueEntry roundTeamsLeague phase Barcelona TH BK Häcken 1st Manchester City Arsenal OL Lyonnes Paris FC Bayern Munich Roma Benfica Third qualifying round Sparta Prague Chelsea Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid Real Sociedad VfL Wolfsburg Inter Milan Second qualifying round Brann PSV Eindhoven Austria Wien Metalist 1925 Kharkiv HB Køge Servette Chênois Vllaznia Heart of Midlothian Apollon Ladies Breiðablik TSC Bačka Topola Dinamo Minsk OH Leuven Mura Hajduk Split Farul Constanța SFK 2000 Aktobe Fenerbahçe HJK Gintra Ferencváros Racing Union Eintracht Frankfurt Juventus Sporting CP Torreense Hammarby IF Malmö FF Vålerenga Ajax St. Pölten Slavia Prague SeaSters Odesa Brøndby Young Boys Apolonia Rangers Omonia First qualifying round PAOK Czarni Sosnowiec Nike Lusso Athlone Town Mġarr United Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Ludogorets Razgrad Mitrovica Riga FC Budućnost Podgorica Spartak Myjava Flora Glentoran Skopje 2014 Zimbru Chișinău Wrexham KÍ Klaksvík Pyunik Neftçi Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows.
+PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying roundsFirst qualifying round18 June 202622 July 2026 (semi-finals)25 July 2026 (third-place play-off & final)Second qualifying round4–5 August 2026 (semi-finals)7–8 August 2026 (third-place play-off & final)Third qualifying round11 August 202625–26 August 20261–2 September 2026League phaseMatchday 14 September 202622–23 September 2026Matchday 230 September–1 October 2026Matchday 328–29 October 2026Matchday 410–11 November 2026Matchday 518–19 November 2026Matchday 616 December 2026Knockout phaseKnockout phase play-offs18 December 20263–4 February 202710–11 February 2027Quarter-finals23–24 March 202731 March–1 April 2027Semi-finalsrowspan="2" 1–2 May 20278–9 May 2027Final28, 29, or 30 May 2027 at Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round Champions Path
Mini-tournament 1
Mini-tournament 2
Mini-tournament 3
Mini-tournament 4
Mini-tournament 5
Second qualifying round Champions Path
Mini-tournament 1
Mini-tournament 2
Mini-tournament 3
Mini-tournament 4
Mini-tournament 5
Mini-tournament 6
Mini-tournament 7
League Path
Mini-tournament 1
Mini-tournament 2
Mini-tournament 3
Mini-tournament 4
Third qualifying round
League phase
The league phase draw for the 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League took place on 4 September 2026. The 18 teams were divided into three pots of six teams. Each team will face two opponents from each of the three pots, one at home and one away.
Inter Milan are making their debut in a group or league stage of a major UEFA women's competition.
This is the first edition in which no country is making its debut in a league phase or group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Table
Results
Knockout phase
Bracket
Knockout phase play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Marie-Antoinette Katoto OL Lyonnes3 Caroline Graham Hansen Barcelona Ewa Pajor Barcelona4 Naomie Feller Paris Saint-Germain2 Melchie Dumornay OL Lyonnes Clàudia Pina Barcelona Sakina Karchaoui Paris Saint-Germain Clara Mateo Paris FC Marit Bratberg Lund Benfica Alba Redondo Juventus
See also 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup 2026–27 UEFA Champions League 2026–27 UEFA Europa League 2026–27 UEFA Conference League 2026 UEFA Super Cup 2026–27 UEFA Youth League
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