“Levante of Spain will hope to open up Stjarnan of Iceland for slaughter by (13:00), while Twente will be looking to counterassault Sturm Graz of Austria (19:00)”

The 2023/2024 UEFA Women’s Champions League rounds are around the corner. Wednesday marks the commencement of matches in the first round of the European Women’s Champions League competition. Round 1 is one of two rounds before the 16-team group stage, which begins in November, the Union of European Football Associations has announced.

The media release further explained that “the winner of each tie (11 in champions path, four in league path) will progress to round 2, which will decide the 12 teams joining holders Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern and Chelsea in the group stage.” 

With Twente of Holland playing hosts, Levante of Spain will hope to open up Stjarnan of Iceland for slaughter by (13:00), while Twente will be looking to counterassault Sturm Graz of Austria (19:00). Action resumes on Saturday, September 9, when the Third-place match will be held by 13:30, while the final game goes live by 19:30.

Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany is the host team in Group 2 of Round 1, where Juventus of Italy will test tactics against Okzhetpes of Kazakhstan’s maneuvers (13:00). The second game of the evening will see Eintracht Frankfurt firing from all angles against Slovacko of the Czech Republic (18:30). The Third-place match and Final will also take place on Saturday, September 9. 

Arsenal of England and Linkoping of Sweden are paired in Group 3 and will be in grueling battles on Wednesday (17:00), while Paris FC of France will be looking to light wild fires in the defense of Kryvbas of Ukraine by (21:00).

Valerenga of Norway will host group 4 games. Brondby of Denmark is expected to go out guns blazing against Celtic of Scotland by (14:00) while Minsk of Belarus goes shin-to-shin with Valerenga by (20:00). The Third-place game and the Final match are scheduled for 14:00 and 20:00, respectively. 

Wednesday’s games are billed as a “knockout mini-tournament semi-finals” by UEFA. The 2023/2024 final game of the Women’s Champions League will be played at the Magnificent San Mames stadium in Bilbao, Spain, in the last weekend of May 2024. UEFA will communicate the exact date and time in due course. There is more about the Champions League at www.uefa.com/womenchampionsleague.

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