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Received yesterday — 18 December 2025

Women’s Champions League draw: Arsenal to face Chelsea if they win Leuven playoff

18 December 2025 at 08:33
  • Manchester United or Atlético Madrid will take on Bayern

  • Real Madrid to play Barcelona if they beat Paris FC

Arsenal, the defending European champions, will face Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals if they progress past OH Leuven in February’s knockout phase playoffs.

Manchester United, who will meet Atlético Madrid in their playoff tie, are in the opposite half of the draw and would take on Bayern Munich if they go through.

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© Photograph: Jill Delsaux/BELGA/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jill Delsaux/BELGA/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jill Delsaux/BELGA/AFP/Getty Images

Arsenal ease past Leuven but settle for Women’s Champions League playoffs

17 December 2025 at 16:57

Arsenal secured a seeded spot for the Women’s Champions League knockout playoffs with a comfortable 3-0 victory away at OH Leuven. Olivia Smith, Beth Mead and a Saar Janssen own goal helped Renée Slegers’ team end the league phase in fifth place.

Slegers was delighted with her side’s maturity in front of a raucous crowd at the Den Dreef as they earned their fourth win of the campaign against the plucky hosts.

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© Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

© Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

© Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

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