Four nations have bid to host the 2026/27 final: 2027 UEFA Women’s Champions League final • Poland: Warsaw, National Stadium • Spain: Barcelona, Camp Nou • Switzerland: Basel, St Jakob Park • Wales: Cardiff, National Stadium of Wales A reminder that the 2026/27 access list is decided by this season's 5 years ranking. And we could see some big moves as with the new format the top 2 teams from the top 2 associations go direct to the League phase. And this is where we are right now: 1. France 62.999 2. Spain 57.666 (overtaking Germany in second place) ------------------------- 3. Germany 56.999 4. England 55.832 The first season with the new format will see France and Germany with two teams to the League phase but the following one might see England and Spain get two teams directly qualifying.
5 years ranking update 1. France 63.666 2. Spain 58.999 ------------------------- 3. Germany 58.332 4. England 57.832 The battle for second place is really close.
5 years ranking update 1. France 64.333 2. Spain 60.332 ------------------------ 3. England 59.832 4. Germany 59.332 England now in third place and closing on second place.
And there we have it big changes at the top 1. England 68.499 2. France 68.333 -------------------------- 3. Spain 66.999 4. Germany 61.332 5. Italy 38.000 6. Portugal 33.000 7. Sweden 24.665 8. Norway 23.000 9. Netherlands 21.000 10. Austria 20.750 It means the nine teams with direct access to the League phase in 2026/27 will be WSL winner, WSL runner, France play-off winner, France regular season winner, Spain winner, Germany Winner, Italy winner, Portugal winner and the Champions League 2025/26 winner.
And the first team to qualify for the League phase is OL Lyonnes as they take the France 2 spot as regular season winners. Not even mid-March and Lyon have won the League. Not a very compeititive League at the top. The 9 teams qualifying directly are: Title holders: England: League winners, League runner-ups France: Play-off winners, OL Lyonnes Spain: League winners, Germany: League winners, Italy: League winners, Portugal: League winners,
At the moment, Roma have a 6 points advantage over Inter and an 8 points advantage over Juventus, but there are still a lot of points at stake before the end of the season.
Note: OL Lyonnes are 17 points ahead of PSG with 5 games to go. And 16 ahead of Nantes and Paris FC. So mathematically have won the League. BUT they are still appealing against the 9 points deduction for their erroneous ITC. There are two more level of appeal for PSG, so at some poins in the season PSG could get back 3,6 or 9 points or 0 point.
Wrexham will need to invest to be able to go past the Qualifying round 1, unless they get a very lucky draw.
Sure, but it's still fun. I mean, I was all about OH Lourven, even though they really had no chance in the knock out stages, because it was fun.
Referee missed it and it is fine but VAR should have seen it. In both legs referee + VAR did not do a good job.
It was a clear foul. Even if McCabe didn't get redded, how it was not even a foul is beyond comprehension. And, yeah, understand that the CR might miss it and that it falls to the VAR. But between the two, how nothing happened is absolutely stunning. And McCabe's IG post just after the match basically admits to her pulling A Thompson's hair. It was accidental (which was clear from the replay), but still a hair pull. Also, what doesn't get a lot of notice is that A Thompson doesn't act or simulate. And in fact, she was hit hard by what could have been a foul a few steps before, but as she usually does, just kept going. Thus, her reaction after getting her hair pulled was very notable to me.
And in thinking about this, I feel a bit bad for McCabe. She said she apologized to A Thompson immediately, and it seemed that she was trying to do so to Bompastor a short time later, but didn't really look like she knew how to handle Bompastor raging at the CR.
And at the end, England, France, Germany, Spain, rather well balanced in terms of representation! For the last dinner i would like to have tapas as an aperitif and beef bourguignon as the main course.
2026/27 League Phase qualified teams: Title holders: Arsenal/OL Lyonnes/ Barcelona FC Bayern England winners, England runner-up France play-offs winners, OL Lyonnes Spain winners Germany winners Italy winners Portugal winners Qualifying round 3 Champions Path UWEC Title holders Hammarby or BK Hacken League path England, France, Spain third placed teams Spain, Germany, Italy runner-ups Qualifying round 2 Champions path Sweden BK Hacken Norway SK Brann ....... Finland League path Portugal, Sweden (Hammarby), Norway (Valerenga).... Cyprus runner-ups Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain 3rd place Qualifying Round 1 Champions Path Greece ........ Azerbaijan No League path in round 1 There will be a domino effect once the title holders for the UWCL and UWEC are known. Rebalancing will happen and the UWEC title holder is likely to go directly into the League phase.
UWCL League Phase qualified teams: Title holders: Arsenal/OL Lyonnes/ Barcelona FC Bayern England winners, England runner-up France play-offs winners, OL Lyonnes Spain winners Barcelona Germany winners Bayern Italy winners Portugal winners Benfica
Add that the only way Roma can lose the title in Italy is making just one point out of the next three match-days (the last ones of the league): they could be reasonably crowned champions next week already, if they win vs one-to-last-placed Ternana.
UWCL League Phase qualified teams: Title holders: OL Lyonnes/ Barcelona England winners, England runner-up Manchester City France play-offs winners, OL Lyonnes Spain winners Barcelona Germany winners Bayern Italy winners Roma Portugal winners Benfica UWEC Title holders BK Häcken
UWCL League Phase qualified teams: Title holders: Barcelona England Manchester City France OL Lyonnes, Paris FC Spain winners Barcelona* Germany winners Bayern Italy winners Roma Portugal winners Benfica UWEC Title holders BK Häcken* *As Barcelona qualify as title holders, their place in the League phase is taken by the UWEC title holders who originally qualified for the qualifying round 3 Champions path.
UEFA confirmed the information today. Direct entrants Title-holder: Barcelona England: Manchester City and Arsenal France: OL Lyonnes and Paris FC Germany: Bayern München Italy: Roma Portugal: Benfica Women's Europa Cup title-holder: Häcken As the UEFA Women’s Champions League title-holder, Barcelona, also qualified for the league phase of the competition through its domestic championship, the vacancy created in the league phase is filled by the UEFA Women's Europa Cup title-holder, Häcken. The access list is now online rather than being a pdf
Dates First qualifying round (mini-tournaments) Draw: 18 June, Nyon Semi-finals: 22 July Final/third-place play-off: 25 July Second qualifying round (mini-tournaments) Draw: 18 June, Nyon Semi-finals: 5 August Final/third-place play-off: 8 August Third qualifying round Draw: 11 August, Nyon (date subject to change) First leg: 26 August Second leg: 2 September League phase Draw: 4 September, Nyon (date subject to change) Matchday 1: 22/23 September Matchday 2: 30 September/1 October Matchday 3: 28/29 October Matchday 4: 10/11 November Matchday 5: 18/19 November Matchday 6: 16 December Knockout phase draw Draw: 18 December, Nyon (date subject to change) Knockout phase play-offs First leg: 3/4 February Second leg: 10/11 February Quarter-finals First leg: 23/24 March Second leg: 31 March/1 April Semi-finals First leg: 1/2 May Second leg: 8/9 May Final (Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw) 28, 29 or 30 May