 TheCardiff City Stadium inCardiff hosted the final | |||||||
| Event | 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Lyon won 7–6 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 1 June 2017 (2017-06-01) | ||||||
| Venue | Cardiff City Stadium,Cardiff | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 22,433[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear night 17 °C (63 °F) 73%humidity[4][5] | ||||||
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The2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 16th season of Europe's premier women's clubfootball tournament organised byUEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to theUEFA Women's Champions League. It was played at theCardiff City Stadium inCardiff, Wales, on 1 June 2017, between twoFrench sidesLyon andParis Saint-Germain.
Lyon won the final 7–6 on penalties after a goalless draw, giving them their fourth title, equallingFrankfurt's record, and became the first team to retain the title twice.[6]
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.
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
|---|---|
 Lyon | 5 (2010,2011,2012,2013,2016) |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1 (2015) |
TheCardiff City Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting inPrague, Czech Republic to award themen's and women's Champions League finals toCardiff.[7]
The final was the first all-French final and the first featuring teams from the same country since two German teams met in the2006 final, as well as the first not to feature German teams since the2007 final and the first ever not to feature either German or Swedish teams.[8]
This was Lyon's sixth final after winning in2011,2012 and2016 and losing in2010 and2013, while this was Paris Saint-Germain's second final after losing in2015.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Lyon | Round | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
 Avaldsnes IL | 10–2 | 5–2 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Round of 32 | Lillestrøm SK | 5–4 | 1–3 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
 Zürich | 17–0 | 8–0 (H) | 9–0 (A) | Round of 16 |  BIIK Kazygurt | 7–1 | 3–0 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
 Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 2–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Bayern Munich | 4–1 | 0–1 (A) | 4–0 (H) |
 Manchester City | 3–2 | 3–1 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Semi-finals |  Barcelona | 5–1 | 3–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
The ambassador for the final was former Welsh international playerJayne Ludlow, who won the UEFA Women's Cup in2007 withArsenal.[9]
Tickets were available on sale for £6 (adults) and £3 (children 16 and under).[10]
German refereeBibiana Steinhaus was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 12 May 2017.[2]
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 inNyon, Switzerland.[11]
      Lyon[12] |    Paris Saint-Germain[12] |
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Player of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] | Match rules[13]
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| Statistic[14][15] | Lyon | Paris Saint-Germain |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 16 | 8 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 4 |
| Saves | 4 | 9 |
| Ball possession | 56% | 44% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 20 | 19 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
