{"id":55111,"date":"2025-12-18T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-champions-league-draw-arsenal-to-face-oh-leuven-in-play-off-with-chelsea-awaiting-winner-as-man-utd-play-atletico-madrid-football-news\/18\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:53:20","slug":"womens-champions-league-draw-arsenal-to-face-oh-leuven-in-play-off-with-chelsea-awaiting-winner-as-man-utd-play-atletico-madrid-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-champions-league-draw-arsenal-to-face-oh-leuven-in-play-off-with-chelsea-awaiting-winner-as-man-utd-play-atletico-madrid-football-news\/18\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Champions League draw: Arsenal to face OH Leuven in play-off with Chelsea awaiting winner as Man Utd play Atletico Madrid | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Women&#8217;s Champions League holders Arsenal will face OH Leuven in the knockout phase play-off, while Manchester United have drawn Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Should Arsenal win their play-off, they would meet WSL rivals <strong>Chelsea <\/strong>in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Both Man Utd and Arsenal have already faced their play-off opponents this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/oud-heverlee-leuven-ladies-vs-arsenal-women\/549283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Gunners beat OH Leuven 3-0<\/a> in the final round of league phase games, finishing fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd were 1-0 winners against Atletico Madrid in October. On the final matchday, Marc Skinner&#8217;s side beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/juventus-women-vs-manchester-united-women\/549281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Juventus 1-0 in Turin<\/a> to secure sixth place.<\/p>\n<p>The first legs will be played on February 11 or 12 with the second legs on February 18 and 19. As the seeded teams, both Arsenal and Man Utd will play the second legs at home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Chelsea finished in third place after their win at Wolfsburg, sending them straight into the quarter-finals<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Awaiting the winners of Arsenal&#8217;s play-off are Chelsea, who went straight into the last eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/wolfsburg-women-vs-chelsea-women\/report\/549287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">after beating Wolfsburg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man Utd would play Bayern Munich in the last eight. There&#8217;s also the possibility of an EL Clasico clash in the quarters with league-phase winners Barcelona drawn against either Paris FC or Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s Champions League draw in full<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Knockout phase play-off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid vs <strong>Man Utd<\/strong><br \/>OH Leuven vs <strong>Arsenal<\/strong><br \/>Paris FC vs Real Madrid<br \/>Wolfsburg vs Juventus<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-jess-park-manchester-united_7113492.jpg?w=75&resize=75 75w, 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class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Jess Park&#8217;s goal was the difference in Turin in the final league phase games as Man Utd beat Juventus<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Quarter-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid or <strong>Man Utd<\/strong> vs Bayern Munich<br \/>OH Leuven or<strong> Arsenal <\/strong>vs <strong>Chelsea<\/strong><br \/>Paris FC or Real Madrid vs Barcelona<br \/>Wolfsburg of Juventus vs OL Lyonnes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid\/<strong>Man Utd\/<\/strong>Bayern Munich vs Paris FC\/Real Madrid\/Barcelona<br \/>OH Leuven\/<strong>Arsenal\/Chelsea<\/strong> vs Wolfsburg\/Juventus\/OL Lyonnes<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" 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500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?w=640&resize=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?w=800&resize=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/384x216\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?20251217205412 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/768x432\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/1600x900\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?20251217205412 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/2048x1152\/skysports-mariona-caldentey_7113421.jpg?20251217205412 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Arsenal's Mariona Caldentey vies for the ball with Leuven's Flo Hermans during the Women's Champions League match \" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Arsenal beat OH Leuven on Wednesday to secure fifth place<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What are the Champions League key dates?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Knockout phase play-offs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First leg: February 11\/12<\/li>\n<li>Second leg: February 18\/19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quarter-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First leg: March 24\/25<\/li>\n<li>Second leg: April 1\/2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First leg: April 25\/26<\/li>\n<li>Second leg: May 2\/3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 23 at the Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12040\/13485128\/womens-champions-league-draw-arsenal-to-face-oh-leuven-in-play-off-with-chelsea-awaiting-winner-as-man-utd-play-atletico-madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&rsquo;s Champions League holders Arsenal will face OH Leuven in the knockout phase play-off, while Manchester United have drawn Atletico Madrid. 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