Everything you need to know about the knockout stage

While NWSL is currently in its out -season period, women’s football in Europe is about to enter the end of the campaign.

The UEFA Champions League for Women is the main competition on the continent, where the best clubs during its nations fight for the biggest award. Among the previous winners is American businesswoman Michele Kang Lyon, the global power of Barcelona and the German giants Wolfsburg.

The edition of the competition this season began last summer with qualifying circles, followed by the group stage in the autumn months. Four groups of four teams have fought for the last eight places in the race and these have already been resolved.

Here Sports Illustrated You have collected everything you need to know about the knockout stage, who qualified and when all the key dates are.

The attraction for the rest of the competition will be held in Nyon, Switzerland on February 7, with the full procedure still confirmed by UEFA. Both quarterfinal and semifinal connections will be played on two legs.

Eight teams have qualified for the knockout circles of the competition, which is determined by the place where the teams are placed in the group stage. The first two in each of the four groups progressed, while those who finished third or fourth place were eliminated.

In Group A, eight -time winners Lyon The finished peak will be in the draw. German giants Wolfsburgwhich last reached the final in 2023, they also qualified.

Chelsea Whether the winners in Group B won each of their six games. Real Madrid He finished second behind the English club with four wins.

The second club for women in the Super League (WSL) that is ranked was Arsenal As they headed Group C after winning their last game against Bayern MunichS The German club finished two points in the back and also progresses in the circles of a knockout.

Finally, current owners Barcelona a qualified peak of Group D, although ends a level of 15 points with Manchester CityWho will also be in the draw for the next rounds. The superb goal of the Spanish club placed them at the top of the table.

As mentioned, the quarter -finals and semi -finals will be played over two legs in March and April. The first match of the quarterfinals will be contested on March 18 and 19, followed by the second match on March 26 and 27.

Those who move to the semifinals will play the first match on April 19 and 20, which will be closely from the second on April 26 and 27 with a place in the finals for picking up.

This year’s UEFA Champions League final will be held on Saturday, May 24, in Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal. This will be the second finale of the Women’s Champions League to be held in the country, with the last placed in Lisbon in 2014, when Wolfsburg defeated the Swedish side Tireso 4-3.

The stadium of Jose Alvalade has a capacity of 50,000 and is home to the Portuguese country with sports CP. The stadium was named after the club founder and the first member of the club in the early twentieth century.

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