17 March 2025
Matchday three of the first half of the Serie A Women's Scudetto Poule ended with an important outcome: following the 3-3 draw between Inter and AC Milan, the Juventus Women’s First Team mathematically qualified for the next edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League.
SERIE A WOMEN 2024/2025 TABLE
Currently, after the first three matches of the final phase, the Serie A Women’s table is as follows:
1) Juventus -> 49 points (21 matches played);
2) Inter -> 39 points (20 matches played);
3) Roma -> 38 points (20 matches played);
4) Fiorentina -> 32 points (20 matches played);
5) AC Milan -> 28 points (21 matches played).
HOW THE NEW UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WORKS
How does the new Women's Champions League work? As reported on the UEFA website:
Under the new format, teams will no longer play three opponents twice – home and away – but will instead face fixtures against six different teams in the league phase, playing half of those matches at home and half of them away.
To determine the six different opponents, the teams will be ranked in three seeding pots based on their latest club coefficient ranking. To ensure a balanced level of opposition for all and a balanced calendar, each team will then be drawn to play two opponents from each of these pots, playing one match against a team from each pot at home, and one away.
The new format, with all the teams ranked together in a single league, will mean that there is more to play for all the way through to the final night of the league phase, when all the matches will kick off at the same time.
The top four sides in the league phase will qualify automatically for the quarter-finals, while the teams finishing in 5th to 12th place will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to secure their path to the last eight. Teams ranked 13 to 18 will be eliminated.
The four clubs that prevail in the knockout phase play-offs will then progress to the quarter-finals, where they will each face one of the top-four finishers, who will be seeded and will play the second leg of their quarter-final at home.
From the quarter-finals onwards, the competition will follow its existing format of knockout rounds leading to the final staged at a neutral venue selected by UEFA.
