Dates set for quarter-finals
Monday, February 17, 2014
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The schedule has been confirmed for the quarter-finals to be played between 23 and 30 March as the road to the 22 May final at Lisbon's Estádio do Restelo resumes.
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The schedule has been confirmed for the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals to be played between 23 and 30 March.
Full schedule including kick-off times and venues
Three of the four quarter-final first legs will be held on Sunday 23 March, with debutants Tyresö FF entertaining Austria's SV Neulengbach in Sweden, 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam travelling to Sardinia to face ASD Torres CF and holders VfL Wolfsburg hosting FC Barcelona in Germany. The following night, St Andrew's is the venue as Birmingham City LFC and Arsenal LFC begin the all-English tie.
Neulengbach and Tyresö will be the first to conclude their contest on Saturday 29 March, the victors to reach a debut semi-final. Whoever progresses will take on FA Women's Super League opposition, after Arsenal welcome Birmingham to Edgware the next afternoon. Earlier that Sunday, Wolfsburg go to Barcelona and Potsdam receive Torres with the possibility of setting up an all-German encounter.
The semi-finals will be staged over the final two weekends of April, with the decider at the Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, at 20.30CET (19.30 local time) on Thursday 22 May, two nights before the men's UEFA Champions League final in the Portuguese capital.
Quarter-finals: 23 & 30 March
Tyresö FF (SWE) v SV Neulengbach (AUT)**
VfL Wolfsburg (GER, holders) v FC Barcelona (ESP)
ASD Torres CF (ITA) v 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (GER)
*Birmingham City LFC (ENG) v Arsenal LFC (ENG)
*First leg 24 March
**Second leg 29 March
Semi-finals: 19/20 & 26/27 April
Birmingham/Arsenal v Tyresö/Neulengbach
Torres/Potsdam v Wolfsburg/Barcelona
Final (Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon): 22 May
Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2
