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WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE

Highest league of women's football in England, with professional league status (since the 2018–19 season).

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Founded: 2010 (First season 2011)

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League sponsor: Barclays

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Current champion 2021-22: Chelsea (5th title)

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Most championships: Chelsea (5 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Sam Kerr (20 goals)

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three teams

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2022-23 Season dates: 10 September - 28 May

 

Teams: 12

 

Rounds: 22

 

Total matches: 132

 

Format: Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 22 games. At the end of the season, the club with the most points is crowned the league champions. If points are equal between teams, what determines the winner is:

1.  Goal difference

2. Number of goals scored

 

Relegation / Promotion: The bottom placed club (12th) will be relegated to Barclays Women's Championship. The winner of Barclays Women's Championship will promote to Barclays Women's Super League.

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WOMEN'S FINALISSIMA

What is the Women's Finalissima?

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Women's Finalissima is an intercontinental match between the winners of the most recent European and South American championships. 

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The 2023 will be the first edition of the Women's Finalissima. The competition has previously taken place twice for men, in 1985 and 1993, before being discontinued - later being relaunched in 2022, where it was branded as the Finalissima.

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The 2023 women's version will feature England, winners of UEFA Women's Euro 2022, and Brazil, winners of the 2022 Copa América Femenina. 

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Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, England

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2024 AFC WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING

ABOUT

The sixth edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, - organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which national teams from Asia qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024.

The top two teams will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France as the AFC representatives.

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TEAMS

A total of 31 (of 47) AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage

 

FORMAT

First round: The five highest FIFA world ranked teams (North Korea, Japan, Australia, China and South Korea) received byes to the second round. The remaining 26 teams are divided into five groups of four and two groups of three and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The winners of each group will advance to the second round.

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Second round: The twelve teams (the seven group winners from round 1 plus the highest-ranked five teams) enter this round. Three groups of four teams and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up advance to the third round.

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Third round: The four teams play two pairs of home and away matches with the two eventual winners qualifying for 2024 Paris Olympics.

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DATES:

First round: 3–11 April 2023
Second round: 23–31 October 2023
Final round: 27 November–6 December 2023

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The Paris, France Olympics will take place Friday, July 26, 2024 to Sunday, August 11, 2024.

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A-LEAGUE WOMEN

Highest league of women's football in Australia

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Founded: 2008 (first season 2008/09)

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Sponsor: Liberty

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2022/23 season dates: 19 November 2022 – 30 April 2023

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Teams: 11

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Rounds: 20

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Format: 

• Regular season: The highest ranked team after the 20 rounds, wins the title of "Premier".

• Knockout stage: The top four teams from the regular season advance to the single-game knockout semi-finals, with the Champion determined by the victor of the Grand Final.

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Reigning champions 2021/22: Melbourne Victory (3rd title)

Reigning premiers 2021/22: Sydney FC (4th title)

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Top goal scorer 2021/22: Fiona Worts (13 goals)

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Most championships: Melbourne City (4 titles)

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DFB-POKAL FRAUEN

DFB-Pokal Frauen is the German Women's Cup

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Founded: 1981

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2022/23 Season: 20 August  2022 - 18 May 2023

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Teams: 48

• All teams from previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga

• All the teams from previous year's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding certain clubs' second teams.

• 5 champions of the previous year's season in Regionalliga (women's third-tier in Germany)

• The 21 winners of the regional association cups "Verbandspokal"

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Format:​ The rounds will be played in a one-legged system where the clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarterfinals.

• Round 1: 20 - 22 August 2022

• Round 2: 10 - 12 September 2022

• Round of 16: 19 - 20 November 2022

• Quarterfinals: 28 February 2023

• Semifinals: 15 - 17 April 2023

• Final: 18 May 2023

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Championship venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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Current champions 2021/22: VfL Wolfsburg (9th title)

 

Most successful club: Vfl Wolfsburg & Eintracht Frankfurt, previous known as 1. FFC Frankfurt (9 titles each)

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WOMEN'S FA CUP

The Women's FA Cup is the annual cup tournament for women's clubs in England

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Sponsor: Vitality

 

Founded: 1970 

 

Previous names: WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Vitality Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons)

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Most titles: Arsenal (14 titles)

 

Reigning champions 2021-22: Chelsea (4th title)​

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Teams participating 2022-23 season: 438, increase of 21 from previous year

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System:

• First round qualifying: Teams from lowest leagues enter

• Second round qualifying: Tier 5 teams enter

• Third round qualifying: The 48 teams in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) enter

• First round: Teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) enter

• Second round: ...

• Third round: The 12 teams from the Women's Championship enter 

• Fourth round: The 12 Women's Super League teams enter

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2023 Final venue: Wembley Stadium, London (14 May)

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Prize money: A combined £3,000,000, compared to around £400,000 previous year

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LIGA F

Highest league of women's football in Spain, now with professional league status.

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Founded: 1988

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League sponsor: Finetwork

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Current champions: Barcelona (7th title)

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Most championships: Barcelona (7 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Asisat Oshola / Geyse Ferreira (20 goals each)

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three teams 

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2022/23 Season: 10 September 2022 - 21 May 2023

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Teams: 16

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Match rounds: 30

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Matches played overall: 240 

 

Format: Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents.

At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal between teams, what determines the winner is:

1. Goal difference in the matches between the two teams.

2. Goal difference all matches of the championship.

 

Relegation: Bottom two teams to Primera Federación Femenina (the second highest division)

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NWSL CHALLENGE CUP

An annual tournament in the United States, organized by the top-tier league National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

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Founded: 2020

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Sponsor: UKG

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Teams: 12 (all NWSL teams) 

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Total amount of matches: 39

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2023 First stage format:
The competition is split into three regional groups of four teams each; East, Central and West. Each team will play a six-game double round-robin in which every team plays all others in its division at home and away. The winner from each of the three divisions will progress to the knockout stage along with the highest-ranked group stage runner-up to make up the four semifinalists. 

The 2023 edition will be the first time cup is played concurrently with the regular season, bringing it in line with most other league cup competitions worldwide.

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2023 Play-offs format:
Three single-elimination matches: two semifinals and one final. 

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Current champions 2022: North Carolina Courage (1st title)

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UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2022/23

EDITION:

22nd since the UEFA Women's Cup was founded in 2001. The 13th edition since the rebranding to the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2009. And it is the second edition to feature a 16-team, home-and-away group stage.

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FORMAT: 

The top six nations are handed three spots (France, Germany, Spain, England, Sweden, Czech Republic).

The associations ranked 7–16 will enter with two clubs (Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Scotland, Belarus, Ukraine, Austria).

The remaining associations will enter with one team each. 

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QUALIFICATION: 
Four teams qualify directly to the group stage:

The defending UWCL champions

The league champions from the nations ranked 1 by UEFA coefficient

The league champions from the nations ranked 2 by UEFA coefficient

The league champions from the nations ranked 3 by UEFA coefficient

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For all remaining teams who don't automatically qualify for the group stage, two paths will occur:

A champions path (from where 7 teams qualify)

A non-champions 'league' path (from where 5 teams qualify)

The two paths will take place in four-team, predetermined-venue miniature tournaments (one-off semifinals, third place, and final matches) and a second round of paired home-and-away ties.

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GROUP STAGE

A double-round-robin group stage with four groups of four - eight teams qualify for the home-and-away quarterfinals.

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FINAL

Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands will stage the final 3 June 2023.

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REIGNING CHAMPIONS 2021/22:

Olympique Lyonnais 

 

TOP SCORER 2021/22:

Alexia Putellas (11 goals)

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MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:

Olympique Lyonnais (8 titles)

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MOST SUCCESSFUL NATION:

Germany (9 titles)

Frankfurt (4)

Turbine Potsdam (2)

VfL Wolfsburg (2)

Duisburg (1)

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