The UEFA Women’s Champions League 2022-23 qualifying group has been drawn. However, the format of the qualifying rounds of the Women’s Champions League is a bit confusing, so here is the qualifying format in simpler terms.
The 4 teams Lyon, Chelsea, Wolfsburg and Barcelona have already been guaranteed their spots in the proper group stage.
The remaining 12 teams in the proper group stage will have to progress through the qualifying rounds. Some of the famous clubs like Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain will enter the second round of qualifying.
Round One of qualifying includes Champions from 42 European leagues and a further 15 teams who qualified through their league standings from the 2021/22 season. Al the teams have been drawn into mini-tournaments. The winners of each tournament will progress to Round Two.
UEFA Women’s Champions League 2022-23 Round One qualifying draw in full
Champions Path
Pomurje Beltinci/Shelbourne vs Valur/Hayasa
AC PAOK/Swansea City vs Ferencváros/Rangers
BIIK-Shymkent/ZNK Split vs Vorskla-Kharkiv-2/Lanchkhuti
FC Zürich/KÍ Klaksvík vs Apollon LFC/SFK Rīga
Anderlecht/UKS SMS Łódź vs Gintra/KuPS Kuopio
Juventus/Racing FC Union Luxembourg vs Flora Tallinn/Qiryat Gat
Universitatea Olimpia Cluj/Glentoran vs SFK 2000 Sarajevo/Birkirkara
Twente/Agarista CSF Anenii Noi 2020 vs Benfica/Hajvalia
Dinamo-BSUPC/Lokomotiv Stara Zagora vs St. Pölten/Ljuboten
Breznica Pljevlja/Spartak Myjava vs Vllaznia
Spartak Subotica vs Brann/ALG Spor
League Path
Paris FC/Servette FCCF vs Glasgow City/AS Roma
FC Minsk/Slovácko vs Breidablik/Rosenborg Kvinnerr
Ajax/Kristianstad vs Fortuna Hjørring/Eintracht Frankfurt
Real Madrid/Sturm Graz vs Manchester City/Tomiris-Turan
Semi-finals will take place on 18th August and finals will take place on 21st August.
