[1] A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League.

[2] The draw of the qualifying round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 21 June 2019, 13:30 CEST.

[3] The 40 teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA women's club coefficients at the beginning of the season.

First, the ten teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions.

The ten group winners advanced to the round of 32 to join the 22 teams which received a bye.