2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

The 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase started on 22 March 2022 with the quarter-finals and will end 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 8 teams will compete in the knockout phase.[3]

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.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves 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 VfL Wolfsburg Juventus
B Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid
C Barcelona Arsenal
D Lyon 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
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Real Madrid123
 
 
 
 Barcelona358
 
 Barcelona505
 
 
 
 VfL Wolfsburg123
 
 Arsenal101
 
21 May – Turin
 
 VfL Wolfsburg123
 
 Barcelona 
 
 
 
 Lyon 
 
 Juventus213
 
 
 
 Lyon134
 
 Lyon325
 
 
 
 Paris Saint-Germain213
 
 Bayern Munich123
 
 
 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich 3–4 Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Juventus 3–4 Lyon 2–1 1–3
Arsenal 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 0–2
Real Madrid 3–8 Barcelona 1–3 2–5

Matches
Bayern Munich 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain
  • Bühl 84'
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 (a.e.t.) Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 27,262

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–3 on aggregate.

Juventus 2–1 Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 9,227
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Lyon 3–1 Juventus
 Report Stašková 84'
Attendance: 20,017

Lyon won 4–3 on aggregate.

Arsenal 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 5,018
VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Arsenal
 Report
Attendance: 11,293
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

VfL Wolfsburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 1–3 Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 3,318
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Barcelona 5–2 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 reported attendances for women's football since 1971,[7][8] Mexico–Denmark (110,000), at the Estadio Azteca.[9][10]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona 5–3 VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 0–2
Lyon 5–3 Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 2–1

Matches
Barcelona 5–1 VfL Wolfsburg
 Report
Attendance: 91,648
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)
VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Barcelona
 Report
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.

Lyon 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain
 Report
Attendance: 22,774
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Lyon
 Report

Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

The final will be played on 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin. 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 v Lyon
Report

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. "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. "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.
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