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The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league. However, the title holders had qualified through their domestic league, meaning the additional entry was not necessary for this season.
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: 22 teams which received a bye, and the ten winners of the second qualifying round.. Below are the 32 teams that participated in the knockout phase (with their 2020 UEFA women's club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).
The UEFA Women's Champions League is a women's association football competition established in 2001. [1] It is the only international competition for European women's football clubs. The competition is open to the league champions of all UEFA member associations who run such championships; 46 of UEFA's 53 member associations have entered.
In the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles from 2016 to 2020.
An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.
After an expansion in 2021–22 the runners-up from the top 16 associations and the third-placed teams from the top 6 associations enter. Also, in the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era, [1] which will evolve into a league phase from the 2025–26 season onward. [2]
The 2020–21 season was the 50th season in the existence of Paris Saint-Germain Féminine and the club's 34th season in the top flight of French football.In addition to the domestic league, they participated in the Coupe de France Féminine prior to its cancellation and the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 19th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 11th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. The competition was postponed indefinitely on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [5]