2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

The 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 21st season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 13th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. The match will be played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy on 21 May 2022,[1][2][3] between Spanish club Barcelona and French club Lyon.

2022 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The Juventus Stadium in Turin will host the final
Event2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
Barcelona Lyon
Date21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)
VenueJuventus Stadium, Turin

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona 2 (2019, 2021)
Lyon 9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Venue

The Juventus Stadium was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.[4]

The match will be the first UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League final to be held in Turin, and the second in Italy after the 2016 final, held in Reggio Emilia. The match is the second UEFA club competition final to be held at the stadium, having previously hosted the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. It will also be the seventh UEFA club competition final to be held in Turin, having hosted four other UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (holding a leg in 1977, 1990, 1992 and 1993), as well as the 1984 European Super Cup.[5]

Road to the final
Further information: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Barcelona Round Lyon
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Arsenal 4–1 (H) Matchday 1 BK Häcken 3–0 (A)
Køge 2–0 (A) Matchday 2 Benfica 5–0 (H)
1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 (H) Matchday 3 Bayern Munich 2–1 (H)
1899 Hoffenheim 5–0 (A) Matchday 4 Bayern Munich 0–1 (A)
Arsenal 4–0 (A) Matchday 5 Benfica 5–0 (A)
Køge 5–0 (H) Matchday 6 BK Häcken 4–0 (H)
Group C winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Barcelona 6 18
2 Arsenal 6 9
3 1899 Hoffenheim 6 9
4 Køge 6 0
Source: UEFA
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Lyon 6 15
2 Bayern Munich 6 13
3 Benfica 6 4
4 BK Häcken 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 8–3 3–1 (A) 5–2 (H) Quarter-finals Juventus 4–3 1–2 (A) 3–1 (H)
VfL Wolfsburg 5–3 5–1 (H) 0–2 (A) Semi-finals Paris Saint-Germain 5–3 3–2 (H) 2–1 (A)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 20 December 2021, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Barcelona v Lyon
Report

Match rules[6]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

See also

Notes
  1. Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "Budapest to host 2022 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "2021/22 Women's Champions League: dates, access list, full guide". UEFA. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final, Juventus Stadium, Turin". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Amsterdam meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "Turin and Eindhoven to stage 2022 and 2023 finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. "Regulations of the UEFA Women's Champions League, 2021/22 Season". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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