2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
The Franz Horr Stadium in Vienna will host the final
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying round:
August 2019
Knockout phase:
September 2019 – May 2020
Teams Knockout phase: 32
Total: Maximum 68 (from Maximum 55 associations)

The 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League will be the 19th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 11th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The final will be held at the Franz Horr Stadium in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Association team allocation

A maximum of 68 teams from 55 UEFA member associations are eligible to participate in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA league coefficient for women is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–12 each have two teams qualify.
  • All other associations, should they enter, each have one team qualify.
  • The winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league.

Association ranking

For the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2018 UEFA league coefficients for women, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.

Association ranking for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 Germany Germany 83.000 2
2 France France 78.000
3 England England 59.000
4 Sweden Sweden 59.000
5 Spain Spain 49.000
6 Denmark Denmark 36.500
7 Czech Republic Czech Republic 35.000
8 Italy Italy 34.500
9 Switzerland Switzerland 33.000
10 Russia Russia 31.500
11 Scotland Scotland 25.500
12 Austria Austria 25.500
13 Netherlands Netherlands 25.000 1
14 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 24.000
15 Norway Norway 24.000
16 Iceland Iceland 21.000
17 Poland Poland 20.000
18 Lithuania Lithuania 19.000
19 Cyprus Cyprus 18.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
20 Serbia Serbia 14.500 1
21 Turkey Turkey 13.000
22 Belgium Belgium 12.500
23 Belarus Belarus 12.000
24 Romania Romania 12.000
25 Hungary Hungary 12.000
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.000
27 Portugal Portugal 10.500
28 Slovenia Slovenia 10.000
29 Greece Greece 9.500
30 Finland Finland 9.500
31 Ukraine Ukraine 9.000
32 Croatia Croatia 8.500
33 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 8.500
34 Estonia Estonia 6.500
35 Israel Israel 6.000
36 Bulgaria Bulgaria 5.000
37 Albania Albania 3.500
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
38 Slovakia Slovakia 3.500 1
39 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3.000
40 Montenegro Montenegro 2.000
41 Wales Wales 2.000
42 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2.000
43 Kosovo Kosovo 1.000
44 Latvia Latvia 1.000
45 Moldova Moldova 0.500
46 Malta Malta 0.500
47 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 0.000
48 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0.000
49 Georgia (country) Georgia 0.000
NR Andorra Andorra
Armenia Armenia
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
San Marino San Marino
Notes
  • TH – Additional berth for title holders
  • NR – No rank (association did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
  • DNE – Did not enter

Distribution

The format of the competition remains unchanged from previous years, starting from the qualifying round (played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group), followed by the knockout phase starting from the round of 32 (played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final).

Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of teams entering in each round (qualifying round and round of 32) can not be determined until the full entry list is known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, and the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) receive a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations and champions of associations starting from 13th) enter the qualifying round, with the group winners and a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32.

Teams

An association must have a eleven-a-side women's domestic league (or in special circumstances, a women's domestic cup) to enter a team.

Legend
Qualified teams for 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Entry round Teams
Round of 32 (TH) Germany (CH) Germany (RU) France (CH)
France (RU) England (CH) England (RU) Sweden (CH)
Sweden (RU) Spain (CH) Spain (RU) Denmark (CH)
Czech Republic (CH) Italy (CH) Switzerland (CH) Russia (CH)[Note RUS]
Scotland (CH)[Note SCO] Austria (CH)
Round TBD Denmark (RU) Czech Republic (RU) Italy (RU) Switzerland (RU)
Russia (RU)[Note RUS]
Qualifying round Scotland (RU)[Note SCO] Austria (RU) Netherlands (CH) Kazakhstan (CH)
Norway LSK Kvinner (CH)[3] CC: TBD Iceland Breiðablik (CH)[4] CC: 10.930 Poland (CH) Lithuania (CH)
Cyprus (CH) Serbia (CH) Turkey (CH) Belgium (CH)
Belarus (CH) Romania (CH) Hungary (CH) Bosnia and Herzegovina (CH)
Portugal (CH) Slovenia (CH) Greece (CH) Finland (CH)
Ukraine (CH) Croatia (CH) Republic of Ireland (CH) Estonia (CH)
Israel (CH) Bulgaria (CH) Albania (CH) Slovakia (CH)
Faroe Islands (CH) Montenegro (CH) Wales (CH) Northern Ireland Linfield (CH)[5] CC: 0.660
Kosovo (CH) Latvia Rīgas FS (CH)[6] CC: 1.330 Moldova (CH) Malta (CH)
Republic of Macedonia (CH) Luxembourg (CH) Georgia (country) (CH) Andorra (CH)
Armenia (CH) Azerbaijan (CH) Gibraltar (CH) Liechtenstein (CH)
San Marino (CH)
Notes
  1. ^ Russia (RUS): Ryazan-VDV (CC: 14.580) have qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League as top two of the 2018 Russian Championship.
  2. ^ Scotland (SCO): Glasgow City (CC: TBD) and Hibernian (CC: TBD) have qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League as top two of the 2018 Scottish Women's Premier League.

See also

References

  1. "Vienna to host 2020 Women's Champions League final". UEFA.com. 24 May 2018.
  2. "Women's club coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. "LSK Kvinner ble seriemester: – Litt uvirkelig". vg.no. 9 September 2018.
  4. Anton Ingi Leifsson (17 September 2018). "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. "#DanskeWomensPrem : Linfield take title after dramatic fightback". shekicks.net. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  6. "Rīgas Futbola skola sesto reizi pēc kārtas kļūst par Latvijas čempioni". Latvian Football Federation. 23 July 2018.
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