Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equalling Frankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.[6]
Teams
In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Women's Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Women's Champions League era.
The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic to award the men's and women's Champions League finals to Cardiff.[7]
Background
The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the 2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the 2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.[8]
This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in 2011, 2012 and 2016 and losing in 2010 and 2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in 2015.
The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international player Jayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007 with Arsenal.[9]
Ticketing
Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).[10]
Match
Officials
German referee Bibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.[2]
Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 25 November 2016 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[11]