2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
Tournament details
Dates22 March 2022 – 21 May 2022
Teams8
Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on the pitch for the quarter-final's return match at Parc des Princes, 30 March 2022.

The 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase started on 22 March 2022 with the quarter-finals and ended with the final on 21 May 2022 at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.[1][2] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout phase.[3]

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in quarter finals draw) 		Runners-up
(unseeded in quarter finals draw)
A Germany VfL Wolfsburg Italy Juventus
B France Paris Saint-Germain Spain Real Madrid
C Spain Barcelona England Arsenal
D France Lyon Germany Bayern Munich

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 20 December 2021 22–23 March 2022 30–31 March 2022
Semi-finals 23–24 April 2022 30 April – 1 May 2022
Final 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Spain Real Madrid123
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona358
 
Spain Barcelona505
 
 
 
Germany VfL Wolfsburg123
 
England Arsenal101
 
21 May – Turin
 
Germany VfL Wolfsburg123
 
Spain Barcelona1
 
 
 
France Lyon3
 
Italy Juventus213
 
 
 
France Lyon134
 
France Lyon325
 
 
 
France Paris Saint-Germain213
 
Germany Bayern Munich123
 
 
France Paris Saint-Germain224
 

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 December 2021.[4][5]

Summary

The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 30 and 31 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich Germany 3–4 France Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Juventus Italy 3–4 France Lyon 2–1 1–3
Arsenal England 1–3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–8 Spain Barcelona 1–3 2–5

Matches

Bayern Munich Germany1–2France Paris Saint-Germain
  • Bühl 84'
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
Paris Saint-Germain France2–2 (a.e.t.)Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 27,262

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy2–1France Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 9,227
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Lyon France3–1Italy Juventus
 Report Stašková 84'
Attendance: 20,017

Lyon won 4–3 on aggregate.

Arsenal England1–1Germany VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 5,018
VfL Wolfsburg Germany2–0England Arsenal
 Report
Attendance: 11,293
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

VfL Wolfsburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain1–3Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 3,318
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Barcelona Spain5–2Spain Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 91,553

Barcelona won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 December 2021 (after the quarter-final draw).[4]

Summary

The first legs were played from 22 and 24 April and the second legs on 30 April 2022. Barcelona's home quarter- and semi-finals (91,553 and 91,648) were the largest known attendances for official women's football since the 1971 Women's World Cup (non-official),[7][8] where Mexico–Denmark drew 110,000 spectators at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.[9][10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona Spain 5–3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 0–2
Lyon France 5–3 France Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 2–1

Matches

Barcelona Spain5–1Germany VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 91,648
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)
VfL Wolfsburg Germany2–0Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 22,057
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.

Lyon France3–2France Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Paris Saint-Germain France1–2France Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 43,255

Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin.[2] A draw was held on 20 December 2021, (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Barcelona Spain1–3France Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 32,257[11]

References

  1. ^ "2021/22 Women's Champions League: dates, access list, full guide". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final, Juventus Stadium, Turin". UEFA.com. 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Women's Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw". Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Champions League quarter-final draw: Madrid-Barcelona, Juventus-Lyon, Bayern-Paris, Arsenal-Wolfsburg". Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "El Camp Nou acollirà el Barça-Madrid de Champions femenina".
  7. ^ "Barcelona presume récord de asistencia femenil, aunque México tiene uno mayor [Barcelona claims female attendance record, although Mexico has a higher one]". ESPN. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022.
  8. ^ Kraft (22 April 2022). "Frauenfußball: "Weltrekord" des FC Barcelona im Camp Nou ist keiner [FC Barcelona's "world record" at Camp Nou is not one]". SPOX. Goal. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Redefining the Sport, Redefining the Culture". Fútbol with Grant Wahl. 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ Gulino, Joey (30 March 2022). "Record 91,553 fans watch Barcelona women oust Real Madrid from Champions League". Yahoo Sports.
  11. ^ Dawkes, Phil (21 May 2022). "Barcelona 1–3 Lyon: Brilliant Lyon win eighth Champions League crown". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • UEFA Women's Champions League Matches: 2021–22, UEFA.com
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