The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 5 October 2016 and concluded on 1 June 2017 with the final at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which decided the champions of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.
[2] Lyon successfully defended their title after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round.
If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played.
If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.
In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: Below are the 32 teams which participate in the knockout phase (with their 2016 UEFA club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2011–12 to 2015–16 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).
[4][5] The draw for the round of 32 was held on 1 September 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 October 2016, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held on 25 November 2016, 13:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.