The 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2011. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League
Seeding and draw
The draw was held on 23 June 2011. 32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:
Pot 1 Rayo Vallecano PAOK Unia Racibórz Lehenda-ShVSM NSA Sofia 1° Dezembro (host) Glasgow City SFK 2000 (host)
Pot 2 Krka (host) MTK Gintra Universitetas Apollon Limassol (host) Bobruichanka KÍ Klaksvík PK-35 Vantaa (host) YB Frauen
Pot 3 Spartak Subotica (host) ASA Tel Aviv University Swansea City Slovan Bratislava Olimpia Cluj Osijek (host) Peamount United Goliador Chişinău
Pot 4 Newtownabbey Strikers Ataşehir Belediyesi Pärnu JK ZFK Naše Taksi (host) Ada Liepājas Metalurgs Mosta Progrès Niedercorn
The eight hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Krka, Osijek and Apollon Limassol also hosted tournaments in 2009 and 2010.
Each team plays the other teams in the group once. The matches are to be played between 11 and 16 August 2011.
Tie-breaker criteria
As usual in UEFA competitions, three points are awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. If teams are equal on points after all matches have been played, the following criteria applies:
Higher number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches among the teams in question. Higher number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question. Superior goal difference in all group matches Higher number of goals scored in all group matches Higher number of club coefficient points Drawing of lots
Criteria 1–3 are reapplied until the tie cannot be resolved; only then is criteria 4 used.
Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7 Matches were played at Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos, at GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, and Tsirio Stadium, Limassol.
Group 8
Ranking of group runners-up
The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:
Higher number of points obtained Superior goal difference Higher number of goals scored Higher number of club coefficient points Fair play conduct in all group matches
Debutants Peamount and 2004–05 quarter-finalists Bobruichanka qualified for the round of 32 as best runners-up.
References
External links 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League