2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The Groupama Arena in Budapest will host the final
Event 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
Date 18 May 2019 (2019-05-18)
Venue Groupama Arena, Budapest

The 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 18th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. This is the first time since the final is played as a single match that a host city for the Women's Champions League final is not automatically assigned by which city won the bid to host the men's Champions League final, although the same association is still allowed to host both finals by the UEFA bid regulations. It will be played at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 18 May 2019.[1]

Host selection

For the first time ever, an open bidding process was launched on 9 December 2016 by UEFA to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup).[2][3] Associations had until 27 January 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 6 June 2017.

UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that six associations expressed interest in hosting,[4] and confirmed on 7 June 2017 that two associations submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final:[5]

Bidding associations for 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 HungaryGroupama ArenaBudapest23,689
 KazakhstanAstana ArenaAstana30,244Also bid for 2019 UEFA Super Cup

The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:

The bid evaluation report was published by UEFA on 14 September 2017.[6] The Groupama Arena was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017.[7][1]

Venue

This is the first time a major international women's final is held in Hungary.[8]

The stadium is the home ground of Hungarian club Ferencváros. Due to UEFA regulations regarding naming rights of non-tournament sponsors, the stadium will be referred to as the "Ferencváros Stadium" in all UEFA materials.

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) will be determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which will be held on 9 November 2018 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9]

TBD v TBD

Match rules[10]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Madrid to host UEFA Champions League Final 2019". UFEA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA. 9 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "UEFA club competition finals 2019: bid regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  4. ↑ "15 associations interested in hosting 2019 club finals". UEFA. 3 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ten associations bidding to host 2019 club finals". 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Club Competition Finals 2019 Evaluation Report" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Nyon meeting". UEFA.com. 7 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Budapest to host 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League final". UEFA.com. 20 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "2018/19 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA.
  10. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com. 25 February 2018.
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