Draw Highlights and Group Composition
The Women's Champions League draw, held Friday in Nyon, Switzerland, placed title holder Barcelona in a group that includes Arsenal, the team that beat them in the 2025 final. Barcelona will also host Paris FC and Servette, and travel to Bayern Munich, Roma, and HB Køge of Denmark.[S1]
Arsenal will host eight-time champion OL Lyonnes, Benfica, and Køge, and also visit Paris FC and Inter Milan. OL Lyonnes, the beaten finalist in May, will travel to Arsenal, Juventus, and Servette, and host Chelsea, Europa Cup winner Häcken, and Inter Milan.[S1]
English champion Manchester City will host Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Austria Vienna, while traveling to face Bayern, Häcken, and Inter. Real Madrid hosts both Paris clubs plus Inter, with away games at Bayern, Roma, and Man City.[S1]
Format, Schedule, and Prize Money
The six rounds of the league phase start Sept. 22 and run through Dec. 16. The top four in the 18-team standings will go directly to the quarterfinals in March, while teams ranked fifth to 12th enter the knockout playoffs in February.[S1]
The final will be played at Poland's national stadium in Warsaw in late May. The 18 Champions League clubs will share a UEFA prize money fund of 18.2 million euros ($21.2 million), with each guaranteed 505,000 euros ($587,000).[S1]
There is 5.6 million euros ($6.5 million) on offer in the Women's Europa Cup, the second-tier competition which debuted last year and was won by Häcken.[S1]
