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 ended 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 eight teams competed 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

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The knockout phase involved 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

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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

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Real Madrid123
 
 
 
  Barcelona358
 
  Barcelona505
 
 
 
  VfL Wolfsburg123
 
  Arsenal101
 
21 May – Turin
 
  VfL Wolfsburg123
 
  Barcelona1
 
 
 
  Lyon3
 
  Juventus213
 
 
 
  Lyon134
 
  Lyon325
 
 
 
  Paris Saint-Germain213
 
  Bayern Munich123
 
 
  Paris Saint-Germain224
 

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 December 2021.[4][5]

Summary

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The first legs were played on 22 and 23 March, and the second legs on 30 and 31 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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'

Lyon won 4–3 on aggregate.


Arsenal  1–1  VfL Wolfsburg
Report
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

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 December 2021 (after the quarter-final draw).[4]

Summary

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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 known attendances for official women's football since the 1971 Women's World Cup (non-official),[7][8] where MexicoDenmark drew 110,000 spectators at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.[9][10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Barcelona  5–1  VfL Wolfsburg
Report
Attendance: 91,648
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)
VfL Wolfsburg  2–0  Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 22,057
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
Attendance: 43,255

Lyon won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

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The final was played on 21 May 2022 at Juventus Stadium, Turin.[2] 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  1–3  Lyon
Report
Attendance: 32,257[11]

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.
  11. ^ Dawkes, Phil (21 May 2022). "Barcelona 1–3 Lyon: Brilliant Lyon win eighth Champions League crown". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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