UEFA_Women's_Euro_2025
UEFA Women's Euro 2025
2025 edition of the UEFA Women's Football European Championship
The 2025 UEFA Women's Championship 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 indirectly delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Switzerland |
| Dates | 2–27 July 2025 |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
← 2022 2029 → | |
Applications were submitted in August 2022,[2] while final submissions were made in October.[3] Switzerland were selected as hosts of the tournament on 4 April 2023 at the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal. 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]
| Country | Votes by round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tiebreak | 2nd | |
 Switzerland |
4 | 6 | 9 |
 Denmark/ Finland/ Norway/ Sweden |
4 | 4 | 4 |
 Poland |
4 | 3 | — |
 France |
1 | — | — |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Confirmed bids
Four declarations of interest to host the tournament were received by UEFA before the deadline of 12 October 2022.[5]
Poland – On 3 June 2021, Zbigniew Boniek, head of the Polish Football Association, announced that the association had filed its bid at UEFA to host the 2025 Women's Championship, citing women's football as gaining in popularity in many European countries, including Poland.[6]
Denmark, 
Finland, 
Norway, 
Sweden – On 15 October 2021, the Danish Football Association announced that the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with support from Iceland and Faroe Islands, have confirmed their bids to host the UEFA Euro 2025.[7][8] On 6 April they submitted their application[9] with multiple stadiums in each host country.[10] The government of Sweden declared its support on the 12th.[11] Finland also submitted an application to be part of the 2025 women's football European Championship on 12 October 2022.
France – On 3 February 2022, the French Football Federation and its president, Noël Le Graët, confirmed that France has been bidding for the organisation of the competition.[12]
Switzerland – On 14 September 2022, the Swiss Football Association officially confirmed the bid and announced Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Lausanne, Zürich, Thun, St. Gallen and Sion as their candidate-cities to host the events.[13] On 4 April 2023, Switzerland was officially confirmed as host nation for the 2025 UEFA Women's Championships.
Cancelled bids
- Denmark worked from 2018 on making a bid alone,[7] but eventually shifted the focus to a joint bid with the Nordic countries and abandoned their solo effort[2] due to increased demands from UEFA after the increased popularity of women's football.[14]
Ukraine – In November 2021 the Ukrainian Association of Football declared their bid.[3] However, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and its subsequent events scrapped the plan.[15]
Qualified teams
All 55 UEFA national teams were able to submit an entry for the competition by 23 March 2023 at the latest.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] In addition, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein and San Marino did not submit an entry.
The following teams have qualified for the final tournament alongside host Switzerland.
| Order | Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA ranking at start of draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland | Hosts | 4 April 2023 | 3rd | 2022 | Group stage (2017, 2022) |
Final draw
The final draw will take place on 16 December 2024 with hosts Switzerland placed in group position A1.
The following are the 8 host cities and stadiums selected for Switzerland's bid:[19][20]
- Basel – St. Jakob-Park, capacity 38,512
- Bern – Stadion Wankdorf, capacity 31,783
- Geneva – Stade de Genève, capacity 30,084
- Zürich – Letzigrund, capacity 26,104
- St. Gallen – Kybunpark, capacity 19,694
- Lucerne – Swissporarena, capacity 16,800
- Sion – Stade Tourbillon, capacity 16,263
- Thun – Stockhorn Arena, capacity 10,398
The provisional match schedule was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany on 2 December 2023.[21]
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| A3 | v | A4 |
|---|---|---|
| A2 | v | A4 |
|---|---|---|
| A2 | v | A3 |
|---|---|---|
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B1 | v | B2 |
|---|---|---|
| B3 | v | B4 |
|---|---|---|
| B2 | v | B4 |
|---|---|---|
| B1 | v | B3 |
|---|---|---|
| B4 | v | B1 |
|---|---|---|
| B2 | v | B3 |
|---|---|---|
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | v | C2 |
|---|---|---|
| C3 | v | C4 |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | v | C4 |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | v | C3 |
|---|---|---|
| C4 | v | C1 |
|---|---|---|
| C2 | v | C3 |
|---|---|---|
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D1 | v | D2 |
|---|---|---|
| D3 | v | D4 |
|---|---|---|
| D2 | v | D4 |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | v | D3 |
|---|---|---|
| D4 | v | D1 |
|---|---|---|
| D2 | v | D3 |
|---|---|---|
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 16 July – Geneva | ||||||||||
| 22 July – Geneva | ||||||||||
| 17 July – Zürich | ||||||||||
| 27 July – Basel | ||||||||||
| 18 July – Bern | ||||||||||
| 23 July – Zürich | ||||||||||
| 19 July – Basel | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Winner Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group C | v | Runner-up Group D |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group A |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group D | v | Runner-up Group C |
|---|---|---|
Semi-finals
| Winner QF3 | v | Winner QF1 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner QF4 | v | Winner QF2 |
|---|---|---|
Final
| Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
|---|---|---|
PlayStation is an official sponsor of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 [22]
Amazon became an official UEFA Women's Football partner and will sponsor UEFA Women's Euro 2025[23]
Europe
Preparations
Switzerland has stated has that their goal is to sell out every game at the tournament and increase the benchmark for women's sporting events.[25]
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.[26]
Tickets
Around 720,000 tickets will be on sale for the tournament. Tickets prices start at 25 Francs.[27]
Government funding
On 31 January 2024, the Swiss federal government announced they would support the tournament with 4 million Francs.[28][29] This sparked controversy as during the bidding process, they promised 15 million Francs and was a big reason why the Swiss bid won.[30][31] 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.[30][32] 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.[33][34] 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.[33]
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.[29] [35]
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.[36] 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.[37][38][39]
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.[40]
The official decision on the amount of money for the tournament will be confirmed during a Swiss parliament session in June 2024.[41]
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