2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches

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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches
Tournament details
Dates24–29 October 2025
Teams12
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored41 (3.42 per match)
Attendance56,473 (4,706 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Albania.svg Megi Doçi
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tessa Wullaert
Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Harder
Flag of Turkey.svg Kader Hançar
(3 goals each)
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The 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches were 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 determined which teams were promoted, relegated, or remained in their respective leagues for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying competition.

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Format

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

The four third-placed teams of League A played the four runners-up of League B, while the two best-ranked third-placed teams in League B played the two best-ranked League C runners-up. The teams from the higher leagues were seeded, and played the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, the team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time would be played (the away goals rule did not apply). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would 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 played 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 were played between 24 and 29 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.svg0–5Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0–2 0–3
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–6 0–2
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg5–4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4–2 1–2
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–0 0–2

Matches

Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg0–2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Report
The Showgrounds, Ballymena
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg3–0Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Report
Valbjarnarvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 421
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Iceland won 5–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Report
Tammelan Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 6,474
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Report
Parken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 14,475
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Denmark won 8–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg4–2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 14,180
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Report
Den Dreef, Leuven
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Republic of Ireland won 5–4 on aggregate and were promoted to League A, while Belgium were relegated to League B.

Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Report
Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště
Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Austria won 2–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

League B vs League C

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg3–5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 3–2 0–3
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg0–7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0–4 0–3

Matches

Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg3–2Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 350
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg3–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Report
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 678
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Albania won 5–3 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg0–4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Report
Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
Attendance: 300
Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Report
Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir
Attendance: 5,901
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

Turkey won 7–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Goalscorers

There were 41 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally scheduled to be played 28 October at Laugardalsvöllur, the match was postponed and relocated due to heavy snowfall.

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.
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