UEFA Women's Champions League: What to know, how to watch, contenders, newcomers and more

UWCL kicks off on Tuesday, and here’s everything to know

Europe's biggest club competition is back, and the journey to the final in Warsaw, Poland starts now. The 2026-27 UEFA Women's Champions League returns on Tuesday with the league phase kicking off. Eighteen teams, six games, and one table to sort the clubs ahead of knockout rounds. Among the clubs are reigning champions FC Barcelona, whose title defense will look different without Alexia Putellas, with debutants Inter Milan and Austria Wien joining the fray for the first time to offer a mix of contenders and ambitious hopefuls. Fans can watch all the action across CBS Sports platforms. Paramount+ will live stream all 183 matches each season, the most matches ever made available in the competition's newly expanded format.

CBS Sports Network will additionally air one match per matchweek, with select fixtures also broadcast on CBS Sports Golazo Network. 15 Americans will be taking the European stage this #UWCL season 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/VAIHRJz5ef This is the second season under the expanded single-league format that replaced the former group stage that split clubs into four-team groups. All 18 teams will compete in one table, and each will play six matches, two against opponents from three seeding pots, with three home games and three away fixtures. The UWCL draw produced some intriguing matchups, including some heavyweight head-to-heads with Arsenal meeting Barcelona and OL Lyonnes