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Conti Cup groups

Twenty-three teams drawn into four groups with the action set to get under way in September

The draw for the group stages of this season's FA Women's Continental League Cup has been made.

The groups are as follows:

Group A

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Coventry United

Durham

Liverpool

Sheffield United

Group B

Arsenal

Brighton & Hove Albion

Bristol City

Charlton Athletic

London Bees

London City Lionesses

Group C

Birmingham City

Everton

Leicester City

Manchester City

Manchester United

Group D

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Lewes

Reading

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

The top two clubs from each group will progress to the knockout stages.

Group games will be played in the following fixture windows (with exact fixture dates to be released in due course):

21/22 September 2019

19/20 October 2019

2/3 November 2019

20/21 November 2019

11/12 December 2019

The final is scheduled for Saturday 29 February 2020 (subject to broadcast).

Manchester City won the Cup last season, beating Arsenal on penalties in the final.