2023–24 UEFA Women’s Champions League round 1 draw  | OneFootball

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The 2023–24 UEFA Women’s Champions League round 1 draw paired Arsenal with Linköping while Celtic play Brøndby.

The Champions path draw pits Cardiff City FC against Gintra, Glasgow City face Shelbourne in the same group and Cliftonville play Benfica.

Round 1 is one of two rounds before the 16-team group stage, which begins in November. It will be split into two paths: the champions path and the league path. In both paths, round 1 will consist of two stages, each of one-off knockout matches played in single-venue mini-tournaments: semi-finals (6 September) and finals/third-place play-offs (9 September). The winners of each final (11 in champions path, four in league path) will progress to round 2.

The hosts of the knockout mini-tournaments will be confirmed from among the clubs in each group.

Champions path draw

41 teams are entering at this stage: the champions of the associations ranked eighth and below. The winners of the 11 finals will progress to round 2, into which three teams have direct entry. Seven group stage places will be on offer in round 2.

Group 1

Ferencvárosi v F.C. Qiryat Gat Olimpia Cluj v Spartak Myjava

Group 2

FC Vorskla v FC Flora Tallinn SFK 2000 Sarajevo v ŽNK Osijek

Group 3

NŠ Mura v FC Samegrelo Apollon v ZFK Ljuboten

Group 4

HB Køge v KuPS Kuopio ŽFK Spartak Subotica v KÍ Klaksvík

Group 5

RSC Anderlecht v GKS Katowice SK Brann v Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

Group 6

WFC BIIK-Shymkent v SFK Rīga SL Benfica v Cliftonville

Group 7

Valur v AB Belediyesi Fomget KFF Vllaznia v FC KFF EP-Hajvalia

Group 8

FC Gintra v Cardiff City FC Glasgow City v Shelbourne

Group 9

A.C. PAOK or Racing FC Union Luxembourg v SKN St. Pölten

Group 10

FC Dinamo-BSUPC or CSF Agarista Anenii Noi v AFC Ajax

Group 11

FK Breznica or Birkirkara v FC Zürich

League path draw

Sixteen teams will enter at this stage: the runners-up from the associations ranked seventh to 16th and the third-placed teams from the associations ranked first to sixth. The winners of the four finals will progress to round 2, into which six teams have direct entry. Five group stage places will be on offer in round 2.

Group 1

FC Twente v SK Sturm Graz Levante v Stjarnan

Group 2

Juventus v WFC Okzhetpes Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Slovácko

Group 3

Paris FC v FC Kryvbas Arsenal v Linköping

Group 4

Brøndby v Celtic FC Minsk v Vålerenga

Round 1 (one-venue mini-tournaments) Semi-finals: 6 September Finals/third-place play-offs: 9 September

Round 2 draw 15 September, Nyon

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