The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup knockout phase began on 12 November 2025 with the first leg of the round of 16 and ended with the second leg of the final on 1 May 2026 to decide the winners of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup.
Qualified teams The knockout phase involved the 16 teams that qualified from the second qualifying round. The top eight teams formed four pairs while the remaining teams were placed in a single pot in the round of 16. + Entered as seeded teams Team 1 BK Häcken 2 Ajax 3 Sparta Prague 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 Anderlecht 6 Mura 7 Glasgow City 8 Fortuna Hjørring + Entered as unseeded teams Team 9 Breiðablik 10 Hammarby IF 11 Inter Milan 12 Sporting CP 13 PSV Eindhoven 14 Austria Wien 15 Nordsjælland 16 Young Boys
Format Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legRound of 1617 October 202512 November 202519–20 November 2025Quarter-finals11 February 202618 February 2026Semi-finals25 March 20262 April 2026Final25 April 20261 May 2026
Bracket
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2025.
Seeding SeededUnseeded1/23/45/67/8
Summary
The first legs were played on 12 November, and the second legs on 19 and 20 November 2025.
Matches
Hammarby IF won 6–2 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 4–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.
BK Häcken won 1–0 on aggregate.
Breiðablik won 4–3 on aggregate.
Nordsjælland won 5–0 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 October 2025.
Summary
The first legs were played on 11 February, and the second legs on 18 February 2026.
Matches
1–1 on aggregate; Hammarby IF won 5–4 on penalties.
Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.
BK Häcken won 11–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 7–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 October 2025.
Summary
The first legs were played on 25 March, and the second legs on 2 April 2026.
Matches
Hammarby IF won 5–2 on aggregate.
BK Häcken won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
The draw for the final was held on 17 October 2025.
Summary
The first leg was played on 25 April, and the second leg on 1 May 2026.
Matches
BK Häcken won 4–2 on aggregate.
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