UEFA Women's Euro 2025

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UEFA Women's Euro 2025
Fussball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2025
Championnat d'Europe féminin de football 2025
Campionato europeo di calcio femminile 2025
Campiunadi d'Europa da ballape dunna 2025
UEFA Women's Euro Switzerland 2025 Logo.png
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates2–27 July 2025
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
2022
2029

The 2025 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2025 or simply Euro 2025, will be the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The tournament will be played in Switzerland from 2 to 27 July 2025. [1] It will be the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament will return to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

England are the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament.

Host selection

Applications were submitted in August 2022, [2] while final submissions were made in October. Switzerland were selected as hosts of the tournament on 4 April 2023 at the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal. [3] To be appointed as hosts, an absolute majority of votes was needed in the first round. If the first vote did not produce an absolute majority, the two bids with the most votes would advance to a second and final round. As the first round produced a three-way tie for first, a ballot was used to determine which two bidders would proceed to the second round. [4]

Voting results
CountryVotes by round
1stTiebreak2nd
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 469
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark , Flag of Finland.svg  Finland , Flag of Norway.svg  Norway , Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 444
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 43
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Total131313

Confirmed bids

Four declarations of interest to host the tournament were received by UEFA before the deadline of 12 October 2022. [5]

Venues

During the bidding process, venues in Lausanne (Stade Olympique de la Pontaise), Neuchâtel (Stade de la Maladière) and Schaffhausen (Stadion Breite) failed to make the cut. [14] Liechentstein's capital, Vaduz, was also included in the Swiss bid, [15] however due to the capacity of the Rheinpark Stadion not meeting requirements, the idea was scrapped. Right before the vote, Lausanne (with the Stade de la Tuilière as their proposed venue) voluntarily withdrew as a venue to focus on hosting the 2025 Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival. [16]

On 2 December 2023, the schedule was provisionally announced, with Basel hosting the opening match and the final. [17] [18] [19] [20] With the exception of one game, (the opening match), the schedule splits the venues into two different geographical clusters: Bern, Geneva, Sion and Thun in the west zone, with Basel, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich in the east zone. [17] Previously, Bern wanted to host the final, but after Young Boys raised concerns about the turf being damaged, they were only allowed to use the stadium as far as the quarterfinals. [21]

For commercial reasons, venues in Lucerne (Swissporarena), St. Gallen (Kybunpark) and Thun (Stockhorn Arena) changed their names for the tournament.

The following are the 8 host cities and stadiums selected for Switzerland's bid: [22] [23]

Basel Bern Geneva Zürich
St. Jakob-Park
Capacity: 35,689
Stadion Wankdorf
Capacity: 31,783
Stade de Genève
Capacity: 30,084
Letzigrund
Capacity: 24,186
Basel, St.-Jakob-Park- pic03.jpg Stadedesuiss2.jpg Lancy Stade de Geneve 1.jpg Letzigrund Zuerich.jpg
St. Gallen Lucerne Sion Thun
Arena St.Gallen
Capacity: 18,251
Allmend Stadion Luzern
Capacity: 16,496
Stade de Tourbillon
Capacity: 14,283
Arena Thun
Capacity: 10,187
CH-SG-St. Gallen-Kybunpark - Borussia Dortmund vs Athletic Bilbao 003.jpg Swissporarena.luzern.inside.jpg Sion Stade de Tourbillon 3.jpg The Stockhorn Arena in 2019.jpg

Qualification

Qualified teams

Qualified
Did not qualify
Did not enter
Suspended W EURO 2025 Qualifying.svg
Qualified
Did not qualify
Did not enter
Suspended

All 55 UEFA national teams were able to submit an entry for the competition by 23 March 2023 at the latest. [24] This involved participation in both the inaugural 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League and UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying.

In total, 51 teams entered the qualifying competition. [25] Russia were not permitted to enter the competition, as Russian teams had been suspended indefinitely from UEFA and FIFA competitions in 28 February 2022 due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. [26] In addition, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein and San Marino did not submit an entry.

Of the 16 qualified teams, 14 had taken part in the 2022 edition, while Austria and Northern Ireland missed out, having qualified in 2022. Poland and Wales will both make their first appearance in a major finals tournament. [27]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament alongside host Switzerland.

OrderTeamMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
First
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA ranking
at start of draw [28]
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Hosts4 April 20233rd 2017 2022 Group stage (2017, 2022)23
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Group A4 winners4 June 202412th 1989 2022 Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)3
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group A2 winners4 June 20245th 1997 2022 Semi-finals (1997)2
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Group A4 runners-up12 July 20245th 2009 2022 Quarter-finals (2013)14
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Group A2 runners-up12 July 202411th 1984 2022 Runners-up (2017)12
6Flag of France.svg  France Group A3 winners12 July 20248th 1997 2022 Semi-finals (2022)11
7Flag of England.svg  England Group A3 runners-up16 July 202410th 1984 2022 Champions (2022)4
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Group A1 winners16 July 202413th 1984 2022 Runners-up (1993, 1997)13
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group A1 runners-up16 July 20245th 2009 2022 Champions (2017)10
10Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Play-off winner3 December 20243rd 2017 2022 Group stage (2017, 2022)22
11Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Play-off winner3 December 202413th 1987 2022 Champions (1987, 1993)16
12Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Play-off winner3 December 20245th 2005 2022 Semi-finals (2005)26
13Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Play-off winner3 December 20241st2025Debut28
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Play-off winner3 December 202412th 1984 2022 Champions (1984)5
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Play-off winner3 December 20243rd 2017 2022 Quarter-finals (2022)19
16Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Play-off winner3 December 20241st2025Debut30

Final draw

The final draw took place on 16 December 2024 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, with hosts Switzerland placed in group position A1.

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts were assigned to position A1 in the draw while the other teams were seeded according to the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying ranking. [29]

Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland H19
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
Flag of France.svg  France 3
Pot 2
TeamRank
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6
Flag of England.svg  England 7
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 12
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 16
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 20

Draw

Group A
PosTeam
A1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
A2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
A3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
A4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Group B
PosTeam
B1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
B2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
B3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
B4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Group C
PosTeam
C1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
C2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
C3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
C4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Group D
PosTeam
D1Flag of France.svg  France
D2Flag of England.svg  England
D3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
D4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Group stage

The provisional match schedule was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany on 2 December 2023. [30]

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [31]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Lower disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  8. Position in the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall phase ranking.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (H)00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 00000000
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 2 July 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Report
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
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Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Report
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 00000000
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 00000000
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 3 July 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svgvFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svgvFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svgvFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 00000000
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 4 July 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Report

Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
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Poland  Flag of Poland.svgvFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 00000000Advance to knockout phase
2Flag of England.svg  England 00000000
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 00000000
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svgvFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of England.svg  England
Report

England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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France  Flag of France.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
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Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svgvFlag of France.svg  France
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England  Flag of England.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
17 July – Zürich
 
 
Winner Group C
 
22 July – Geneva
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner QF3
 
16 July – Geneva
 
Winner QF1
 
Winner Group A
 
27 July – Basel
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
19 July – Basel
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group D
 
23 July – Zürich
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner QF4
 
18 July – Bern
 
Winner QF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B

Winner Group CvRunner-up Group D

Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Winner Group DvRunner-up Group C

Semi-finals

Winner QF3vWinner QF1

Winner QF4vWinner QF2

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2

Sponsors

UEFA Women's Football global sponsors

Broadcasting

UEFA

TerritoryBroadcasterReferences
Austria ORF
Finland YLE
France TF1 [35]
Germany ARD - ZDF [36]
Norway NRK - TV 2 [37]
Netherlands NOS [38]
Poland TVP [39]
Spain RTVE [40]
United Kingdom BBC - ITV [41]

Outside UEFA

TerritoryBroadcasterReferences
Australia Optus Sport [42]
Latin America ESPN
United States Fox Sports (English) [43]
TUDN / Vix (Spanish)

Marketing

Preparations

Switzerland has stated that their goal is to sell out every game at the tournament and increase the benchmark for women's sporting events. [44]

On 8 March 2024, to celebrate 500 days to go before the tournament starts, the Swiss Football Association organised a kick off event in Bern. During the event, they launched their slogan for the tournament, Summit of Emotions. [45]

Despite being skeptical about the money involved, [46] [47] Lucerne will fund the tournament for 4 million Francs and will organise an event exactly a year before the tournament starts. [48] [49] [50]

The Security Commission in Bern approved a loan of 1.2 million Francs for sports promotion after the tournament. [51] [52]

The Finance Committee of the Council of States applied for a loan of 5 million francs for Swiss tourism in regards to the tournament. [53] [54] They added another 1.13 millions Francs on 11 June 2024. [55]

On 31 May 2024, the Swiss Football Association published their legacy plan. [56] [57] The tournament coordinator, Doris Keller, also emphasises the hope that the tournament will have an impact for Swiss women's football. [58]

On 14 June 2024, before the start of UEFA Euro 2024, a Swiss Federation delegation went to Swiss embassy in Berlin to have a sport-related party and discussed their ambitions for Euro 2025. [59]

It is projected that 80% of people attending the matches will be Swiss. [60] [61]

As of 2 July 2024, no host city contracts have been signed yet. [62]

During the ticket launch event, the campaign to find volunteers also started. [63]

On 24 October 2024, Zürich unveiled their ambassadors for the tournament. [64] [65]

On 29 November 2024, the mascot was unveiled. Her name is Maddli and is a Saint Bernard puppy. [66]

Tickets

Around 720,000 tickets will be on sale for the tournament. Tickets prices start at 25 Francs. [67] Tickets will be put up for sale on 1 October 2024. [68] [69] A ticket launch event took place at the Jungfraujoch. [70] [71] [72] As of 18 December 2024, over 300,000 tickets had been sold with Germany, England, Wales, France, and Norway being the countries with the highest ticket sales outside of Switzerland. [73]

One-year-to-go events

Several cities around early July organised events to commemorate a year before the opening match kicks off. [17] [74]

Bern

The city of Bern held a one year to go event in collaboration with the Tour de Berne, with activities on 30 June 2024, at the Bundesplatz. [17] Municipal Councillor Reto Nause said:

"We are looking forward to an unforgettable football festival here in the heart of Europe, in the heart of Switzerland, in the heart of Bern!"

Basel

In Basel, a countdown clock was unveiled and activated on 2 July. [75] [76] [77] [78] Plus, a tram advertising the Women's Euro will travel round the city. [79] Basel has set aside 12.9 million francs for the European Championship.

Zürich

In Zürich, it has been confirmed that a fan zone will be set up on Europaallee. Similar to Basel, a tram with the Women's Euro design and colours will go around the city. [80] [81] [82]

Lucerne

Lucerne Cantonal Councillor Michaela Tschuor and Mayor Beat Züsli was at the Europaplatz to promote the tournament. A mobile football field will also be on the road around Lucerne's municipalities. [83]

Michaela Tschuor said at the media event in Europaplatz:

"it is a great honour for us to be able to welcome top female footballers next year, it is important to us to promote women and young girls and to focus on the importance of this sport." [84]

St Gallen

St Gallen's organised a mini football pitch that several girls' teams played on. [17] Also, St Gallen held a media conference to underline their plans for the tournament. [85] City Councillor, Mathias Gabathuler, says he wants to unleash a wave of enthusiasm for women's football in the city. The canton will also support a training course for women, while Céline Bradke, Women's Euro Project Manager for St Gallen, announced that around 200 volunteers will be present on match days.

St Gallen have already pledged 1.4 million francs for the planning, organisation and implementation of the event.

Controversies

Government funding

On 31 January 2024, the Swiss federal government announced they would support the tournament with 4 million Francs. [86] [87] This sparked controversy as during the bidding process, they promised 15 million Francs and was a big reason why the Swiss bid won. [88] [89] Many people around women's football and politicians in Switzerland criticised the funding cuts, with people from the former saying how England's hosting of the 2022 edition changed the perception of the sport in the country and had big economic benefits for the host cities. [88] [90] Regarding the latter, co-president of the parliamentary group “Euro 25” Corina Gredig, said that the tournament will become a “junk tournament” with the lack of money. [91] [92] While municipal councillor of host city Thun, Katharina Ali-Oesch, said they the city might have to withdraw as a host venue due to the cuts in funding. [91]

The Swiss Football Association also said that this money will only be partially sufficient for their goals for the tournament and hoped the situation will be taken up again in the further political discussion. [87] [93]

On 16 February 2024, the Committee of the Council of States for Science, Education and Culture, applied for a federal contribution of 15 million Francs for the competition. [94] The Council of States was able to get a cross-party commission motion calling for the federal government to support the Women's Euro 2025 in Switzerland with 15 million Francs to be unanimously approved by the lower house. [95] [96] [97]

Then, on 6 March 2024, the eight host cities sent a letter to the federal government asking them to reconsider their decision, stating that they have spent millions on this tournament and hoped for improvements. [98]

On 19 April 2024, mayor of Lucerne, Beat Züsli, stated that in order to deliver to tournament as sustainable as possible, the 15 million Francs are vital. [49] [99] [100] [101]

On 27 April 2024, the Swiss house of representatives voted in favour of increasing the money to 15 million Francs. [102] [103] [104]

On 8 May 2024, the finance commission also threw their support for a potential increase in financial support. [53] [105]

The official decision on the amount of money for the tournament will be confirmed during a Swiss parliament session in June 2024. [106] On 30 May 2024, the Council of States and the National Council officially reversed the decision to allocate 4 million and increased the distributed money to 15 million. [107] [108] [109]

In December 2024, the Grand Chamber approved the motion to distribute 15 million francs for the tournament. [110] [111]

Basel's concerns

On 30 August 2023, it was reported that while Basel wants to host the tournament, they were concerned about the additional costs and scheduling conflicts that would occur due to hosting the competition. [112] Also, it was deemed necessary by UEFA that Basel needs to guarantee that there would be no blackout in St. Jakob-Park during the tournament and requested that they upgraded their lights. [112] However, on 29 September 2023, the problems were fixed as, at a cost of 1 million francs, LED lights were put in place for the stadium. [113] Although, as of July 2024, no host city contract has been signed yet. [114] [62]

Participation of Israel in qualification

The qualifying match between Scotland and Israel on 31 May, and the return fixture on 4 June 2024, were played behind closed doors due to security concerns for supporters, players, team staff and officials. [115]

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