The 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the

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, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's club

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tournament organised by

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, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the

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. It was played at the

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, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between two

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sides

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and

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. Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling

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's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.

Teams

''In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.''

Venue

The

was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in

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, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to

Background

The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams. This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in

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and losing in

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, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in

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Route to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Pre-match

Ambassador

The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player

Jayne Ludlow Jayne Louise Ludlow (born 7 January 1979) is a Welsh football coach and former player. A midfielder, Ludlow played at Arsenal for 13 years, whom she also captained and was the club's all-time top goalscorer when she retired. She represented t ...

, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in

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with

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Ticketing

Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).

Match

Officials

German referee

Bibiana Steinhaus Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb (born 24 March 1979) is a German football referee. She referees for MTV Engelbostel-Schulenburg of the Lower Saxony Football Association, but since October 2020 only as video assistant referee. She was a FIFA referee, and ...

was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in

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, Switzerland.

Statistics

References

External links

2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
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