The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 11 February 2026 with the knockout phase play-offs and ended with the final on 23 May 2026 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway, to decide the champions of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 12 teams competed in the knockout phase, with 8 entering in the play-offs and 4 receiving a bye to the quarter-finals.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Qualified teams The knockout phase involved the top 12 teams that qualified from the league phase. The top 4 teams received a bye to the quarter-finals, while teams finishing in positions 5 to 12 entered the knockout phase play-offs. + Entering the quarter-finals (seeded) Team 1 Barcelona 2 OL Lyonnes 3 Chelsea 4 Bayern Munich + Entering the play-offs (seeded) Team 5 Arsenal 6 Manchester United 7 Real Madrid 8 Juventus + Entering the play-offs (unseeded) Team 9 VfL Wolfsburg 10 Paris FC 11 Atlético Madrid 12 OH Leuven
Format Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, 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, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legKnockout phaseKnockout phase play-offs18 December 202511–12 February 202618–19 February 2026Quarter-finals24–25 March 20261–2 April 2026Semi-finalsrowspan="2" 25–26 April 20262–3 May 2026Final23 May 2026 at Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Bracket
Knockout phase play-offs
The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 18 December 2025, 13:00 CET.
Seeding The draw was split into two seeded and two unseeded pots, based on the predetermined pairings for the knockout phase. Teams were allocated based on their final position in the league phase. Teams in positions 5 to 8 were seeded (playing the second legs at home), while teams in positions 9 to 12 were unseeded. The draw began with the unseeded teams, allocating them all to a tie. Once completed, all the seeded teams were drawn into a tie as their opponents.
5/6 vs 11/12 7/8 vs 9/10 Seeded Unseeded Seeded Unseeded
Summary
The first legs were played on 11 and 12 February, and the second legs on 18 and 19 February 2026.
Matches
Manchester United won 5–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
VfL Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 December 2025 (after the knockout phase play-offs draw).
Seeding As the bracket was fixed, the draw contained only four seeded pots, based on the predetermined pairings for the knockout phase, with the top-four teams allocated based on their final position in the league phase. Teams in positions 1 to 4 were seeded (playing the second legs at home), while the bracket positions of the winners of the knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) were predetermined. The top-four teams were drawn into the bracket against one of their two possible opponents.
1/2 vs 7/8/9/10 3/4 vs 5/6/11/12 Seeded Predetermined Seeded Predetermined
Summary
The first legs were played on 24 and 25 March, and the second legs on 1 and 2 April 2026.
Matches
Bayern Munich won 5–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 12–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 3–2 on aggregate.
OL Lyonnes won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Teams seeded one and two played the second leg at home if they progressed to this stage. If a seeded team was beaten, the team that eliminated them took over their seeding position.
Summary
The first legs were played on 25 and 26 April, and the second legs on 2 and 3 May 2026.
Matches
Barcelona won 5–3 on aggregate.
OL Lyonnes won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final
The final was played on 23 May 2026 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. The winner of semi-final 1 was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
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