UWCL draw: Chelsea face Real Madrid; Barcelona in hard group\u060c<\/p>\n
Chelsea, 2021 finalists, will face Real Madrid in the group stage of the Women’s Champions League.<\/p>\n
Swedish club BK Hacken and French team Paris FC are the other two teams drawn in the same group as Emma Hayes’ team.<\/p>\n
– Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n Paris has progressed through two qualifying rounds to reach the group stage. The little-known French team beat Wolfsburg, who lost to Barcelona in last year’s final, and Arsenal, who reached the semi-finals last season.<\/p>\n Defending champions Barcelona will face Benfica, Rosengard and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Women’s Champions League group stage.<\/p>\n Barcelona beat Benfica and Rosengard at the same stage last year.<\/p>\n Paris Saint-Germain was grouped with Bayern Munich, Roma and Ajax, and eight-time champions Lyon will face Slavia Prague, Brann and St. Polten.<\/p>\n Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg, the very first winner of the Women’s Ballon d’Or in 2018, could face her sister Andrine, who plays at Brann.<\/p>\n The group stage is scheduled to begin on November 14 and end on January 31. Two teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n The final is scheduled for May 25 in Bilbao, Spain.<\/p>\n Women’s Champions League group stage draw<\/strong><\/p>\n