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History for Italy but Arsenal eliminate Ajax amid chaos and controversy: Women's Champions League winners and losers

History was made this week as several sides secured their spots in the Women's Champions League group stages for the first time.

Roma's qualification means Italy will have two representatives this year, while Vllaznia became the first Albanian club to reach the last 16 of any UEFA competition since KF Tirana did so in the 1989-90 men's European Cup.

Elsewhere, Arsenal put their name in the hat for Monday's draw with a narrow win over Ajax – which came in bizarre circumstances in Amsterdam as it was discovered before kick-off that the goalposts were 10 centimetres shorter than they should've been.

Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Juventus were all also among those to overcome tricky ties in what proved a far-from-straightforward qualifying process for the big names.

As we look ahead to the UWCL group phase, here are GOAL's winners and losers from the final round of preliminary fixtures...

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