The UEFA Women’s Champions League league phase opens Tuesday, 22 September, in its second year with 18 teams across six matchdays, Associated Press (Tales Azzoni) reported via ABC News. Soft: calendar and named debuts only until scores land — no invented match results. Soft: tip-time stamps omitted.
Tuesday’s named slate includes Manchester City at Bayern Munich, Inter Milan hosting Häcken, and Arsenal hosting HB Køge. Wednesday’s named slate includes Barcelona vs Paris FC (title defense), Austria Wien at Chelsea, and Servette hosting OL Lyonnes (AP / UEFA). Soft: Matchday 1 on the official UEFA schedule is a nine-game frame; this page names the pack’s Tuesday/Wednesday list and does not expand tip clocks or invent outcomes ahead of full-time wires.
Format lock from AP: the top four go straight to the quarterfinals; clubs finishing 5th–12th play knockout playoffs in February; the final is set for Warsaw in late May (AP). Soft: men’s UCL MD2 remains 13–14 October and is not restriped here as a women’s calendar substitute.
Named actors and checkable milestones locked to AP / UEFA and the REV 1a pack: league phase open Tue 22 Sep (18 teams; six matchdays; second year); Tuesday named slate (Bayern Munich–Manchester City; Inter Milan–Häcken; Arsenal–HB Køge); Wednesday named slate (Barcelona–Paris FC title defense; Chelsea–Austria Wien; Servette–OL Lyonnes); top four → quarterfinals; 5th–12th → February playoffs; Warsaw final late May. Soft FLAGs hold: no invented scores; tip times omitted. The desk does not invent standings projections, prize paths, or kickoff stamps beyond the published format and named-slate lines.
The checkable record is the Women’s Champions League league-phase open on Tuesday, 22 September, with 18 teams over six matchdays in the competition’s second league-phase year, the pack-named Tuesday slate of Bayern Munich–Manchester City, Inter Milan–Häcken and Arsenal–HB Køge, the pack-named Wednesday slate of Barcelona–Paris FC, Chelsea–Austria Wien and Servette–OL Lyonnes, the top-four quarterfinal path, the 5th–12th February playoff path, and a Warsaw final in late May (AP / UEFA).
What comes next is checkable: Tuesday’s published full-time results on UEFA/AP wires after the opening slate; Wednesday’s Matchday 1 closing results on the same sheets; Matchday 2’s published dates on the UEFA calendar; Warsaw final Soft calendar remains late May until a named final date is printed.
Floor: UWCL league phase opens Tue 22 Sep (18 teams / 6 MDs, year 2); Tue slate Bayern–Man City, Inter–Häcken, Arsenal–HB Køge; Wed Barcelona–Paris FC (title defense), Chelsea–Austria Wien, Servette–OL Lyonnes; top 4 → QF; 5–12 Feb playoffs; Warsaw final late May (AP/UEFA); soft: no invented scores; tip times omitted; men’s UCL MD2 13–14 Oct off stack.