2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 11 February 2026 with the knockout phase play-offs and will end 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.^[1] A total of 12 teams will compete in the knockout phase, with 8 entering in the play-offs and 4 receiving a bye to the quarter-finals.^[2]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, will be 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.^[2]

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[1]

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 18 December 2025, 13:00 CET.^[3]

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.

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 February, and the second legs on 18 and 19 February 2026.

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.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 December 2025 (after the knockout phase play-offs draw).^[3]

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.

The first legs will be played on 24 and 25 March, and the second legs on 1 and 2 April 2026.

Teams seeded one and two will play the second leg at home if they progress to this stage. If a seeded team is beaten, the team that eliminates them takes over their seeding position.^[3]

The first legs will be played on 25 and 26 April, and the second legs on 2 and 3 May 2026.

The final will be play on 23 May 2026 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. The winner of semi-final 1 will be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.^[28][3]

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