The 2010–11
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
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was the tenth edition of the European women's championship for
football
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clubs. The final was held in
London
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,
England
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on 26 May 2011 at
Craven Cottage
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.
French side
Olympique Lyon won the competition after finishing runner-up the previous year. Lyon became the first French team to win the competition.
Team allocation and distribution
On 14 June 2010 UEFA announced the entry list. A total of 51 teams from 43 UEFA associations will participate. This is two less than in 2009–10, as the title holder
Turbine Potsdam
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also qualified through its domestic league, and the winners of the
Maltese league were not entered. Countries are allocated places according to their 2009
UEFA league coefficient for women, taking into account performances in women's club competitions between 2004–05 and 2008–09.
Associations 1–8 have two club qualify, the remaining associations have one team. Unlike the men's
Champions League, not every association enters a team, and so the exact number of clubs in each round is only known shortly before the draw.
Teams
Qualifying round
The draw was held on 23 June 2010. 28 teams enter in the qualifying round, and were divided into seven groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot:
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
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
Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 32 and round of 16 was held on 19 August 2010. The draw for the quarter-finals and onwards was made on 19 November 2010. The bracket has been created in retrospect.
Bracket
Round of 32
16 teams are seeded in this round, and play the second leg at home. Teams from the same association may not play each other. The first leg is scheduled for the week of 22 September 2010, the second leg for the week of 13 October 2010. The draw was made on 19 August 2010.
Round of 16
The draws for this and all subsequent rounds are not seeded, and clubs from the same association may play each other. This round is scheduled for the week of 3 November and the week of 10 November 2010.
Quarter-finals
The quarter final first ties were played on March 16 and 17, the second ties on March 23.
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
The top goal scorers with the qualifying round excluded are:
Round and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.
Second Season Nears
UEFA, retrieved 10 June 2010
References
External links
UEFA Site
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Champions League
UEFA Women's Champions League seasons