The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds began on 30 July and ended on 18 September 2025.
A total of 65 teams competed in the qualifying rounds of the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League, which included three rounds, with 44 teams in the Champions Path and 21 teams in the League Path. The nine winners in the third round (four from Champions Path, five from League Path) advanced to the league phase, to join the nine 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 who did not qualified directly for the league phase, and consisted of the following rounds: First Round (21 teams playing mini tournament): 21 teams entered in this round. Second Round (28 teams playing mini tournament): 22 teams entered in this round and six winners of the first round finals. Third Round (8 teams): one team entered in this round and seven winners of the second round finals.
Below are the participating teams of the Champions Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by the starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of the third round advanced to league phaseLosers from the third round entered Europa Cup second roundRunners-up from the second round mini-tournaments entered Europa Cup second roundThird-placed teams from the second round mini-tournaments entered Europa Cup first round +Third RoundTeam St. Pölten27.000+Second RoundTeam Slavia Prague24.000 Rosengård24.000 Twente16.000 Vålerenga16.000 Vorskla Poltava14.000 BIIK Shymkent13.500 Vllaznia13.000 Apollon Ladies12.000 Mura11.000 SFK 200010.000 Gintra9.000 Ferencváros9.0009.000 Breiðablik8.500 Dinamo Minsk7.000 Young Boys2.850 Hibernian2.400 Red Star Belgrade2.300 OH Leuven2.200 Farul Constanța2.000 HJK1.900 GKS Katowice1.800+First RoundTeam Racing Union7.500 Flora6.000 Kiryat Gat6.000 Lanchkhuti5.500 Agarista Anenii Noi5.500 NSA Sofia4.500 Mitrovica4.000 Spartak Myjava4.000 Ljuboten3.500 Agram2.100 Cardiff City2.000 ABB Fomget1.900 AEK Athens1.800 Athlone Town1.600 Swieqi United1.500 Riga FC1.300 Budućnost Podgorica1.300 Cliftonville1.200 Pyunik1.000 Neftçi1.000 NSÍ Runavík1.000
League Path The League Path included all league non-champions and consisted of the following rounds: Second Round (15 teams playing mini tournament): 15 teams entered in this round. Third Round (10 teams): six teams entered in this round and four winners of the second round finals.
Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2025 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by the starting rounds.
Key to coloursWinners of the third round advanced to league phaseLosers from the third round league path entered Europa Cup second roundRunners-up from the second round league path mini-tournaments entered Europa Cup second roundThird-placed teams from the second round league path mini-tournaments entered Europa Cup first round +Third RoundTeam Real Madrid43.000 BK Häcken28.000 Paris FC14.000 Atlético Madrid13.39912.500 Sporting CP6.600+Second RoundTeam Roma32.000 Sparta Prague21.000 Brann17.000 Manchester United13.699 Valur11.500 FC Minsk10.500 Glasgow City10.000 Hammarby IF8.000 Inter Milan7.6007.000 Braga6.600 PSV Eindhoven5.000 Austria Wien4.150 Nordsjælland2.950 Aktobe1.950
Format First and Second round qualifying 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 was scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Third round qualifying 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.
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 were purely for convenience of the draw and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition. Teams from associations with political conflicts as decided by UEFA were not 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 legFirst Round 24 June 202530 July 2025 (semi-finals)2 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)Second Round27 August 2025 (semi-finals)30 August 2025 (third-place play-off & final)Third Round31 August 202511 September 202518 September 2025
First qualifying round Seeding The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 24 June 2025.
Seeding of teams for the semi-final round was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, with 12 seeded teams and the remaining teams unseeded in the Champions 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 were considered the "home" team for administrative purposes. Due to political reasons, teams from the following associations could not be drawn into the same group: Armenia / Azerbaijan.
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Champions Path Tournament 1 Bracket
Hosted by Racing Union.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 2 Bracket
Hosted by Spartak Myjava.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3 Bracket
Hosted by Ljuboten.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4 Bracket
Hosted in a neutral venue.
Semi-finals
Final
Tournament 5 Bracket
Hosted by Athlone Town.
Semi-finals
Final
Tournament 6 Bracket
Hosted by Mitrovica.
Semi-finals
Final
Second qualifying round Seeding The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 24 June 2025.
Seeding of teams for the semi-final round was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients. As in first round qualifying, 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 were 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.
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Champions Path Tournament 1 Bracket
Hosted by Mura.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 2 Bracket
Hosted by Apollon Ladies.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3 Bracket
Hosted by OH Leuven.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4 Bracket
Hosted by Vllaznia.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 5 Bracket
Hosted by Gintra.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 6 Bracket
Hosted by Twente.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 7 Bracket
Hosted by HJK.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
League Path Tournament 1 Bracket
Hosted by Hammarby IF.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 2 Bracket
Hosted by Sparta Prague.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 3 Bracket
Hosted by Inter Milan.
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Tournament 4 Bracket
Hosted by Austria Wien.
Semi-finals
Final
Third qualifying round Seeding The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 31 August 2025.
A total of 18 teams competed in the third round qualifying. Seeding of teams was based on their 2025 UEFA club coefficients, with four seeded and unseeded teams in the Champions Path and five of each in the League Path. Teams were drawn into two-legged-ties, where the first drawn team played the first leg at home and teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase. The losers were transferred to the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup second qualifying round.
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Summary
The first legs were played on 11 September, and the second legs were played on 18 September 2025. The winners of the ties advanced to the league phase.
Champions Path matches
Vålerenga won 5–1 on aggregate.
OH Leuven won 2–0 on aggregate.
St. Pölten won 5–2 on aggregate.
Twente won 8–1 on aggregate.
League Path matches
Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.
Paris FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.
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