Auckland United celebrate winning the OFC Women's Champions League 2025 final. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / Phototek.nz
Auckland United will kick off the inaugural edition of the FIFA Women's Champions Cup in China next month.
The OFC Women's Champions League winners will play Wuhan Jiangda WFC, the AFC Women's Champions League titlists, at the Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium on 8 October in the first round of the new competition which sees the six continental club champions vie to become the first team to capture the Champions Cup.
"This tournament will bring together the best women's clubs from every continent under the FIFA banner for the very first time, offering a global stage to showcase excellence, elevate the women's club game and inspire generations to come," FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafström said.
The winner of the match between Auckland United and Wuhan Jiangda will advance to round two to face the winners of the CAF Women's Champions League, who will be determined in November. That encounter will be contested in December at a venue to be announced.
For the final phase of the tournament, which includes the semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final, the four best women's football clubs in the world will meet in a centralised location.
The matches in the final phase are set to be staged from 28 January to 1 February 2026. In the first semi-final, the round two winners will come up against Arsenal WFC, the holders of the UEFA Women's Champions League.
In the other semi-final, CONCACAF champions Gotham FC, of the United States, will take on the team who prevail in next month's CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina.
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