Czech Republic is in 13th place which is still enough to get 3 teams in European competition but they are only 0.082 points ahead of Denmark (both have still a club in Europa Cup). Norwegian clubs are all eliminated but Sweden has still Hammarby and Häcken in Europa Cup.
Real Madrid - Paris FC 2:0 (agg:5:2) Arsenal - Leuven 3:1 (agg:7:1) Quarterfinal Real Madrid vs Barcelona Arsenal vs Chelsea
Juventus - Wolfsburg 0:2 (agg:2:4) Manchester United - Atletico Madrid 2:0 (agg:5:0) Quarterfinal Manchester United vs Bayern Wolfsburg vs Lyonnes
Quarterfinals in a crazy period. March 1 to april 1, TIME FOR INJURY, NOT FOR QUALITY ? In addition to an already very busy domestic calendar, there are all the international tournaments, UEFA nations league and SBC, march 1 to 8 , 2026 AFC Asian Cup march 1 to 21, 2026 CAN march 17 to april 3. Since almost all the players from the 8 teams are internationals, they could play between 7 and 10 matches over a 30-day period. Asian players likely will miss the first leg of quarterfinal African players could miss the 2 legs Add to that the fatigue of travel, long journeys, and jet lag, crazy calender : OL 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league, SBC) 10 mars D1Arkema (home) 14 mars Final League Cup In Ivory Coast !! 18 mars 1/4 French Cup (home) 21 mars D1Arkema (away) 24 mars UWCL (away) 28 mars D1Arkema (away) 01 avril UWCL (home) 7 matches + 2 for UEFA players, +3 for SBC players (Heaps, Yohannes) Missing players for CAN 2026 : 1 (Chawinga) WOB 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league) 11 mars Pokal Cup (home) 15 mars Bundesliga (home) 18 mars Bundesliga (away) 21 mars Bundesliga (away) 24 mars UWCL (home) 29 mars Bundesliga (home) 01 april UWCL (away) 7 matches + 2 for UEFA players BARCA 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league) 12 mars Copa del Reina (away) 15 mars Liga (away) 18 mars Copa del Reina (home) 22 mars Liga (home) 24 mars UWCL (away) 29 mars Liga (away) 01 april UWCL (home) 7 matches + 2 for UEFA players REAL Madrid 5 matches + 2 for UEFA players, + 3 for SBC players (Caceido) BAYERN 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league, SBC) 11 mars Pokal Cup (away) 15 mars Bundesliga (away) 20 mars Bundesliga (away) 25 mars UWCL (away) 28 mars Bundesliga (home) 01 april UWCL (home) 6 matches + 2 for UEFA players, +3 for SBC players (Gilles) Missing players Asian Cup 2026 and CAN 2026 : 3 (Tanikawa, Imade, Amani) MAN. UNITED 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league, SBC) 15 mars Final League Cup (away) 18 mars Fawsl (away) 21 mars Fawsl (home) 24 mars UWCL (home) 28 mars Fawsl (home) 01 april UWCL (away) 6 matches + 2 for UEFA players, +3 for SBC players (Tullis-Joyce, Riviere, Awujo) Missing players for Asian Cup 2026 : 1 (Miyazawa) CHELSEA 1 to 8 march International games (UEFA nations league, SBC) 15 mars Final League Cup (home) 18 mars Fawsl (home) 21 mars Fawsl (away) 24 mars UWCL (away) 29 mars Fawsl (home) 01 april UWCL (home) 6 matches + 2 for UEFA players, +3 for SBC players (Thomson, Girma) Missing players for Asian Cup 2026 : 2 (Kerr, Carpenter) ARSENAL 5 matches + 2 for UEFA players, + 3 for SBC players (Fox, O.Smith) Missing players for Asian Cup 2026 : 3 (Foord, Catley, Cooney-Cross)
Bundesliga is decided (Bayern 14 points ahead of Wolfsburg) so Bayern can rest players in Bundesliga. A bit more difficult for Wolfsburg (6 points ahead of third place but have matches against Frankfurt, Leverkusen and Hoffenheim who all fight for Champions League place).
A note: O Smith went off injured and is no longer going to SBC. Reports I've seen is that it is a serious head injury - she was taken off on a stretcher and neck brace. Hope that was just the normal precaution and it is better than feared.
Yeah discharged from hospital and ok, but they will decide if conucssion protocol apply that would mean no football for a couple of week.
Was it head to head, arm to head or head to ground? It really is a shame to miss the SBC, was looking forward to the challenge of defending her. Hope she can make it back by Chelsea matches, if not, gives Chelsea an advantage because Smith was in really good form recently. If they get Blackstenius back that will mitigate the potential loss.
Tickets are on sale now for the final The 2026 UEFA Women’s Champions League final will take place on 23 May at 18:00 CEST at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway. 20,000 of 24,700 tickets are available directly for fans and the general public. The two teams that reach the final will receive 2,500 tickets each, while the remaining tickets are sold worldwide via UEFA.com/tickets. Successful applicants may purchase up to four tickets. Ticket prices: Category 3: €20 Category 2: €40 Category 1: €70 Accessibility tickets for disabled spectators cost €20. All tickets are priced at lowest rate and come with one complimentary companion ticket upon request
I fully welcome the fact that it is a lottery instead of first come first serve like before. It stops fans from certains clubs to buy all the tickets.
To recap the semi-finals will be Arsenal v OL Lyonnes Bayern v Barcelona Scheduling is a problem as most of those games are played at main club stadium over a week-end, which means there are some men games already planned or potentially happening those week-end . First leg 22/26 Apr, second leg 2/3 May.
And in the end, all 3 English clubs ended up unable to fill up the teamsheet with the maximum 23 players. In the first leg 8 subs for Arsenal, 9 for Chelsea who named Carpenter but did not use her. United had 7 subs and started Miyazawa who had just come back from the Asian Cup. I don't think it was good for the Japanese players' health. In the end Manchester United ran out of gas in the second leg due to players tiredness. Mark Skinner at United paid the price for the lack of rotation in his squad from the start of the season.