2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
The 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 4 October 2017 and ended on 24 May 2018 with the final at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.
Times from 29 October 2017 up to 24 March 2018 are CET, all other times are CEST.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the knockout phase was as follows.Format
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: 21 teams which received a bye, and the 11 teams which advanced from the qualifying round.In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. If the aggregate score was tied after full time of the second leg, the away goals rule was used to decide the winners. If still tied, extra time is played. The away goals rule was again used after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the away team of the second leg advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was tied after full time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if the score was still tied after extra time.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
- In the draw for the round of 32, the sixteen teams with the highest UEFA club coefficients were seeded, and the other sixteen teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same qualifying round group cannot be drawn against each other.
- In the draw for the round of 16, the eight teams with the highest UEFA club coefficients are seeded, and the other eight teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the order of legs decided by draw. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the teams in the semi-finals are not known at the time of the draw. A draw is also held to determine the "home" team for the final.
Qualified teams
BracketThe full bracket was fixed after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.Round of 32The draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
;Notes OverviewThe first legs were played on 4 and 5 October, and the second legs on 11 and 12 October 2017. MatchesStjarnan won 5–1 on aggregate.---- Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Linköping won 4–0 on aggregate. ---- Montpellier won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- 4–4 on aggregate. BIIK Kazygurt won on away goals. ---- Gintra Universitetas won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Wolfsburg won 15–2 on aggregate. ---- Lillestrøm won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Brescia won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- Manchester City won 6–0 on aggregate. ---- 2–2 on aggregate. Chelsea won on away goals. ---- Slavia Praha won 7–4 on aggregate. ---- Lyon won 14–0 on aggregate. ---- Sparta Praha won 8–0 on aggregate. ---- Rosengård won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- Barcelona won 6–0 on aggregate. Round of 16The draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 October 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
OverviewThe first legs were played on 8 and 9 November and the second legs on 15 and 16 November 2017. MatchesLinköping won 4–1 on aggregate.---- Barcelona won 9–0 on aggregate. ---- Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate. ---- Manchester City won 7–1 on aggregate. ---- Montpellier won 9–2 on aggregate. ---- Lyon won 16–0 on aggregate. ---- Wolfsburg won 7–3 on aggregate. ---- Slavia Praha won 2–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finalsThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. OverviewThe first legs were played on 21 and 22 March, and the second legs on 28 March 2018. MatchesChelsea won 5–1 on aggregate.---- Wolfsburg won 6–1 on aggregate. ---- Manchester City won 7–3 on aggregate. ---- Lyon won 3–1 on aggregate. Semi-finalsThe draw for the semi-finals was held on 24 November 2017, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. OverviewThe first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs on 29 April 2018. MatchesWolfsburg won 5–1 on aggregate.---- Lyon won 1–0 on aggregate. FinalThe final was played at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kiev on 24 May 2018. The "home" team for the final was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws. |