The two separate qualifying tournaments in the new system is the Champions Path, for clubs which won their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage, and the Non-Champions Path, for clubs which did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.
The competition is restructured to appear much more similar to the men's CL format than before, with a double-round-robin group stage in the competition proper, the first time in the Women's Champions League era, and two paths (a champions path and a non-champions path) for all teams that do not automatically qualify for the group stage. 
