The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 9 October 2013 and concluded on 22 May 2014 with the

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Estádio do Restelo The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 19,856 people and was built in 1956, in an old stone quarry. It is situated behind the Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon parish of Belém (Lis ...

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, Portugal to decide the champions of the

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal. German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Ty ...

. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.

Format

The knockout phase involves 32 teams: 22 teams which qualified directly, and 10 teams which qualified from the

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(eight group winners and two best runners-up). Each tie in the

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, apart from the final, was 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, the

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was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of

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was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by

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. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: *In the draw for the round of 32, 16 teams were seeded and 16 teams were unseeded, based on their

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s at the beginning of the season. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. *In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Qualified teams

22 teams enter the competition in the round of 32. They are joined by ten teams from the qualifying round. Teams marked ''(Q)'' advanced from qualifying. Seeded: *

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

* Rossiyanka *

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Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian language, Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth-largest city in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, on the river Aller (Germany), Aller east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ...

* Brøndby * LdB Malmö *

Sparta Praha Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

* Paris S-G *

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* Zorkiy Krasnogorsk * Glasgow City (Q) *

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* Unia Racibórz (Q) Unseeded: * Tyresö *

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(Q) *

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

(Q) *

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* CSHVSM Kairat * MTK (Q) *

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Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

* PK-35 Vantaa (Q) * Thór/KA * Spratzern *

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(Q) * Spartak Subotica (Q) *

Pärnu JK Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, was a women's football team based in Pärnu, Estonia. Having won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga titles, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 7 Estonian Women's Supercups, the team step ...

(Q) * Konak Belediyesi (Q)

Bracket

Round of 32

The round of 32 and round of 16 was drawn on 5 September 2013. Teams from the same association or qualifying group couldn't be drawn together. Seeded teams played the second leg at home. Teams are awarded 20,000 Euro for both legs. A sum criticized to be too small by team managers, leaving teams like Arsenal who have to fly by plane with financial losses. ''Zorkiy Krasnogorsk won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Birmingham City won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 18–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Glasgow City won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fortuna Hjørring won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tyresö won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Konak Belediyesi won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neulengbach won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rossiyanka won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torres won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Turbine Potsdam won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyon won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ----''Malmö won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 27–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Barcelona won on

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.'' ---- ''Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

''Birmingham City won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tyresö won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Neulengbach won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torres won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Turbine Potsdam won on

.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

An open draw for the quarterfinals and the following rounds on was held 21 November 2013. Matches were played on 22/23 and 29/30 March 2014. ;Notes ''Birmingham won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tyresö won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Potsdam won 12–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 5–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Matches were played on 19 and 27 April 2014. ''Tyresö won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

References

External links

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