32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations and champions of associations starting from 13th) entered the qualifying round, with the group winners and a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32. Teams A total of 60 teams from 48 associations entered the competition, with the entries confirmed by UEFA on 8 June 2018. An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league (or in special circumstances, a women's domestic cup) to enter a team. Among the entrants: 20 teams entered the round of 32: the champions and runners-up from associations 1–8 (including title holders Lyon) and the champions from associations 9–12. 40 teams entered the qualifying round: the runners-up from associations 9–12 and the champions from the 36 associations ranked 13 or lower. As KÍ Klaksvík failed to win the Faroe Islands league, their streak of having participated in every edition of the UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League have ended after 17 seasons. Legend TH: Women's Champions League title holders CH: Domestic league champions RU: Domestic league runners-up Notes Round and draw dates UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). Qualifying round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Ranking of second-placed teams To determine the best two second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counts for the purposes of determining the ranking. Knockout phase Bracket Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Statistics Notes Top goalscorers Qualifying goals count towards the topscorer award. Squad of the season The following players were named in the squad of the season: Goalkeepers Sandra Paños (Barcelona) Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon) Defenders Millie Bright (Chelsea) Amel Majri (Lyon) Wendie Renard (Lyon) Irene Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain) Lucy Bronze (Lyon) Griedge M'Bock Bathy (Lyon) Midfielders Vicky Losada (Barcelona) Melanie Leupolz (Bayern München) Amandine Henry (Lyon) Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon) Alexia Putellas (Barcelona) Forwards Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea) Ada Hegerberg (Lyon) Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon) Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg) Karen Carney (Chelsea) See also 2018–19 UEFA Champions League References External links European league standings 2018-19 Women's Champions League