2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches

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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches
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Dates22–28 October 2025
Teams12
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The 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches will be the promotion and relegation play-offs of the 2025 edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The play-offs will determine which teams will be promoted, relegated, or remain in their respective leagues for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying competition.

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Format

The promotion/relegation matches will determine the final composition of the leagues for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, which will use an identical league structure to the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League. The matches will be played home-and-away over two legs. If the team from the higher league is the winner, both teams will remain in their respective leagues, whereas if the team from the lower league wins, they will be promoted to the higher league, with the losers relegated to the lower league. [1] [2]

The four third-placed teams of League A will play the four runners-up of League B, while the two best-ranked third-placed teams in League B will play the two best-ranked League C runners-up. The teams from the higher leagues will be seeded, and play the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, the team that scores more goals on aggregate will be the winner. If the aggregate score is level, extra time will be played (the away goals rule will not apply). If the score remains level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner. [1] [2]

Draw

The draw for the promotion/relegation matches were held on 6 June 2025 in Nyon, Switzerland. [2] They were held in tandem with the draw for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals. [3] In the draws, the teams from the higher leagues were seeded, while the teams from the lower leagues were unseeded. Seeded teams will play the second leg of their ties at home. First a team was drawn from the unseeded pot, with their opponents then drawn from the seeded pot. [2]

League A vs League B
League A (seeded)
GroupThird place
A1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
A2 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
A3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
A4 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
League B (unseeded)
GroupRunners-up
B1 Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
B2 Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
B3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
B4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
League B vs League C
League B (seeded)
GroupThird place
(best two qualify)
B1 —
B2 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
B3 —
B4 Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
League C (unseeded)
GroupRunners-up
(best two qualify)
C1 —
C2 Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
C3 —
C4 —
C5 —
C6 Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo

Schedule

Both legs of each tie will be played between 22 and 28 October. [2]

Times are CEST (UTC+2)/CET (UTC+1) as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

League A vs League B

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 24 Oct 28 Oct
Finland  Flag of Finland.svgFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 24 Oct 28 Oct
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24 Oct 28 Oct
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 24 Oct 28 Oct

Matches

Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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The Showgrounds, Ballymena
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svgvUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svgvFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svgvFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Austria  Flag of Austria.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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League B vs League C

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 24 Oct 28 Oct
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24 Oct 28 Oct

Matches

Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
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Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Albania  Flag of Albania.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
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Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svgvFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
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References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA . UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Women's Nations League promotion and relegation play-off ties". UEFA. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Women's Nations League semi-finals: Germany vs France, Spain vs Sweden". UEFA.com. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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