Women's Champions League first qualifying round report
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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Last season's quarter-finalists Glasgow City were among 20 teams to win through from the opening stage.
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The 20 UEFA Women's Champions League first qualifying round ties were played on Tuesday and Wednesday as the new season began.
- Results
- The winners progress to the second qualifying round draw at 12:00 CET on Friday with the ten victors at that stage, on 18 and 19 November, then joining the 22 clubs given byes to the round of 32
- Glasgow City reached the quarter-finals for the second time last season (beating Brøndby on penalties almost exactly a year before Wednesday's shoot-out success against Peamount United); Valur made that stage in 2005/06 and on Wednesday knocked out HJK Helsinki, who had got there in 2002/03
- Lanchkhuti are the first Georgian team to win a match in the competition
- Vllaznia, who last term were the first Albanian side to contest the round of 32, equalised in extra-time added time before beating newcomers ALG Spor on penalties
- Olimpia Cluj defeated Birkirkara in the 2012/13 and 2018/19 qualifying rounds as well as this time around
- Spartak beat Anenii Noi and Anderlecht likewise defeated Linfield in last season's qualifying round as well as on Wednesday
- Benfica, CSKA Moskva, Lanchkhuti and Vålerenga are through on debut
- SFK 2000 Sarajevo have continued their joint-record 18th campaign but KÍ Klaksvík are out (though they have already booked a 19th European season, in 2021/22, as Faroese champions)
Tuesday
Vllaznia 3-3aet, 3-2pens ALG Spor
Olimpia Cluj 2-1 Birkirkara
SFK 2000 Sarajevo 4-0 Ramat Hasharon
Ferencváros 6-1 Racing FC Union Luxembourg
Wednesday
Okzhetpes 1-2aet Lanchkhuti
FC Minsk 3-0 Rīgas FS
WFC-2 Kharkiv 9-0 Alashkert
Pomurje 3-0 Breznica Pljevlja
NSA Sofia 3-1 Kamenica Sasa
PAOK 1-3 SL Benfica
Gintra Universitetas 4-0 Slovan Bratislava
Apollon LFC 3-0 Swansea City
CSKA Moskva 2-0 Flora Tallinn
St. Pölten 2-0 Mitrovica
Valur 3-0 HJK Helsinki
Górnik Łęczna 4-1 ŽNK Split
Vålerenga 7-0 KÍ Klaksvík
ŽFK Spartak 4-0 Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi
Anderlecht 8-0 Linfield
Glasgow City 0-0aet, 6-5pens Peamount United
Tournament calendar
First qualifying round: 3/4 November
Second qualifying round draw: 12:00 CET, 6 November, Nyon
Second qualifying round: 18/19 November
Round of 32 draw: 12:00 CET, 24 November, Nyon
Round of 32: 9/10 & 15/16 December
Round of 16 draw: 16 February
Round of 16: 3/4 & 10/11 March
Quarter-final & semi-final draw: 12 March
Quarter-finals: 23/24 March & 31 March/1 April
Semi-finals: 24/25 April & 1/2 May
Final: 16 May (Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg)