uefa women's champions league On 4 December 2019, a new format was announced starting with the 2021–22 season. [ 7 ] The top six associations entered three teams, associations ranked 7–16 entered two, and the remaining associations entered one. The competition is restructured to appear more similar to the men's CL format, with a double-round-robin group stage, and two paths through the qualifiers (a champions path and a non-champions path) for teams that do not automatically qualify for the group stage. UEFA also centralized the media rights from the group stage onward. [ 8 ]. uefa champion league uefa champions league Until the 2015–18 cycle, UEFA Women's Champions League used to have the same sponsors as the UEFA Champions League . Since 2018, women's football competitions such as the Champions League have separate sponsors. [ 18 ] The tournament has centralised rights: in the group stage, only some assets and the official ball are centralised, while in knock-out rounds, UEFA started allowing only a few club sponsors, alongside the ones who are official. [ 19 ]