The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds began on 18 August and ended on 29 September 2022.
A total of 68 teams competed in the group stage qualifying rounds of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League, which included two rounds, with 46 teams in the Champions Path and 22 teams in the League Path. The 12 winners in the round 2 (seven from Champions Path, five from League Path) advanced to the group stage, joining the four teams that entered in that round.
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Teams Champions Path The Champions Path included all league champions which did not qualify directly for the group stage, and consisted of the following rounds: Round 1 (42 teams playing one-legged semi-finals, final and third place match): 42 teams which entered in this round. Round 2 (14 teams): three teams which entered in this round and eleven winners of the round 1 finals.
Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by the starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of round 2 advance to group stage +Round 2Team Slavia Prague47.366 Rosengård38.600 HB Køge9.550+Round 1Team Juventus30.900 BIIK Kazygurt30.600 St. Pölten25.700 Zürich22.500 Gintra18.600 Spartak Subotica16.800 Vllaznia14.400 Twente13.900 Benfica13.600 Apollon Limassol13.000 Anderlecht12.400 SFK 200011.400 U Olimpia Cluj10.800 Vorskla Poltava10.200 Valur8.350 Ferencváros8.300 PAOK7.600 Pomurje7.400 Breznica6.000 Dinamo-BGU Minsk5.400 Flora4.600 Brann4.500 Rangers4.400 Lanchkhuti3.800 Split3.700 Union FC3.600 KÍ3.600 Shelbourne3.500 Birkirkara3.000 Swansea City2.900 Kiryat Gat2.800 ALG Spor2.600 Rīgas FS2.400 Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi2.400 Glentoran2.200 UKS SMS Łódź2.200 KuPS1.900 Hayasa1.400 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora1.200 EP-COM Hajvalia1.100 Spartak Myjava1.100 Ljuboten0.400
League Path The League Path includes all league non-champions and consists of the following rounds: Round 1 (16 teams playing one-legged semi-finals, final and third place match): 16 teams which enter in this round. Round 2 (10 teams): six teams which enter in this round and four winners of the round 1 finals.
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2022 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by the starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of round 2 advance to group stage +Round 2Team Paris Saint-Germain85.666 Bayern Munich84.133 Arsenal39.200 Sparta Prague34.766 BK Häcken20.833 Real Sociedad13.233+Round 1Team Manchester City63.200 Glasgow City33.400 Fortuna Hjørring28.550 Real Madrid26.233 FC Minsk23.400 Ajax20.900 Breiðablik17.850 Paris FC17.666 Eintracht Frankfurt15.133 Servette10.500 Kristianstads DFF8.833 Slovácko7.766 Sturm Graz6.700 Rosenborg6.500 Roma5.900 Tomiris-Turan4.600
Format Round 1 consisted of mini-tournaments with two semi-finals, a final and a third-place play-off hosted by one of the participating teams. If the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Round 2 was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time was played, and if the same number of goals was scored by both teams at the end of normal time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out. An additional preliminary round consisting of two-legged home-and-away matches would have been played by the champions from the lowest-ranked associations if more than 50 associations had entered the tournament and the title holders hadn't qualified through league position. Since only 50 associations entered, this round was skipped.
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots containing the same number of teams. Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA may not be drawn into the same tie. After the draws, the order of legs of a tie could have been reversed by UEFA due to scheduling or venue conflicts.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
+RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legRound 124 June 202218 August 2022 (semi-finals)21 August 2022 (third-place play-off & final)Round 21 September 202220–21 September 202228–29 September 2022
Round 1
The draw for Round 1 was held on 24 June 2022. A total of 58 teams played in Round 1.
Seeding Seeding of teams for the semi-final round was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, with 22 seeded teams and 20 unseeded teams in the Champions Path, and eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams in the League Path. Teams were drawn into two semi-finals within each four team group and, for the groups with three teams, the team with the highest coefficient was given a bye to the final. In the semi-finals, seeded teams were considered the "home" team, while in the third-place play-offs and finals, the teams with the highest coefficients was considered the "home" team for administrative purposes. Due to political reasons, teams from the following associations could not be drawn into the same group: Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo / Serbia; Ukraine / Belarus.
+Champions PathSeededUnseeded+League PathSeededUnseeded
Champions Path Tournament 1 Bracket
Hosted by Pomurje.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 2 Bracket
Hosted by PAOK.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3 Bracket
Hosted by Split.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4 Bracket
Hosted by Apollon Limassol.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 5 Bracket
Hosted by UKS SMS Łódź.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 6 Bracket
Hosted by Juventus.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 7 Bracket
Hosted by U Olimpia Cluj.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 8 Bracket
Hosted by Twente.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 9 Bracket
Hosted by Ljuboten.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 10 Bracket
Hosted by Breznica.
Semi-finals
Final
Tournament 11 Bracket
Hosted by Spartak Subotica.
Semi-finals
Final
League Path Tournament 1 Bracket
Hosted by Glasgow City.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 2 Bracket
Hosted by Rosenborg.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3 Bracket
Hosted by Fortuna Hjørring.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4 Bracket
Hosted by Real Madrid.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Round 2
The draw for Round 2 was held on 1 September 2022.
Seeding A total of 24 teams played in Round 2. They were divided into two paths: Champions Path (14 teams): three teams which entered in this round, and 11 winners of Round 1 (Champions Path). League Path (10 teams): six teams which entered in this round, and four winners of Round 1 (League Path). Seeding of teams was based on their 2022 UEFA club coefficients, with 7 seeded teams and 7 unseeded teams in the Champions Path, and 5 seeded teams and 5 unseeded teams in the League Path. Teams from the same association in the League Path could not be drawn against each other. The first team drawn in each tie would be the home team of the first leg. +Champions PathSeededUnseeded+League PathSeededUnseeded
Summary
The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September 2022, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 September 2022.
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.
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Champions Path
Vllaznia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Zürich won 10–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–3 on aggregate.
St. Pölten won 3–2 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rosengård won 4–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
League Path
Arsenal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Paris Saint-Germain won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 6–2 on aggregate.
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