Women's Champions League quarter-final draw
Friday, November 25, 2016
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Holders Lyon are rematched with Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals in March while Bayern München play Paris Saint-Germain, Fortuna Hjørring meet Manchester City and Rosengård face Barcelona.
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Holders Lyon will replay last season's final against Wolfsburg in the last eight in March after the draw for the rest of the UEFA Women's Champions League was made.
Quarter-final draw (22/23 & 29/30 March)
1 Fortuna Hjørring (DEN) v Manchester City (ENG)
2 Rosengård (SWE) v Barcelona (ESP)
3 Wolfsburg (GER) v Lyon (FRA, holders)
4 Bayern München (GER) v Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Semi-final draw (22/23 & 29/30 April)
1 Rosengård/Barcelona v Bayern/Paris
2 Fortuna/Man. City v Wolfsburg/Lyon
Final: 1 June, Cardiff City Stadium
Winner semi-final 2 v winner semi-final 1
- Draw in brief
• Lyon beat Wolfsburg on penalties in the 2016 final in Reggio Emilia to avenge the Wolves' 1-0 win in the 2013 decider at Stamford Bridge.
• Three-time winners Lyon and twice champions Wolfsburg are the only past holders involved.
• The other Franco-German meeting pits 2015 runners-up Paris with a team at this stage for the first time, Bayern. The last-four draw means that all-French or all-German finals are possible.
• Debutants City overcame Brøndby to reach this stage and now face another Danish side, 2003 runners-up Fortuna, who ended a run of seven straight round of 16 losses to return to the quarters.
• Rosengård will be pleased to avoid German opposition: all their previous eliminations have been against clubs from that country, except their 2012/13 quarter-final reverse to Lyon.
- Key facts
Winners: Lyon (2011, 2012, 2016), Wolfsburg (2013, 2014)
Runners-up: Fortuna Hjørring (2003), Paris Saint-Germain (2015)
Semi-finals: Rosengård (2004, as Malmö)
Quarter-finals: Barcelona (2014, 2016)
First quarter-final: Bayern München (third campaign), Manchester City (debut campaign)
1 Zsanett Jakabfi (Wolfsburg) 8
2 Vivianne Miedema (Bayern) 7
3 Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon) 5
4= Camille Abily (Lyon), Ada Hegerberg (Lyon), Jenni Hermoso (Barcelona) 4