UEFA Women's EURO 2025: All you need to know
Monday, December 16, 2024
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The key information on the finals in Switzerland from 2 to 27 July.
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Where will Women's EURO 2025 be held?
UEFA Women's EURO 2025, the 14th edition of the tournament, will be held in Switzerland. The UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Swiss Football Association (SFV/ASF) as hosts at their meeting in Lisbon in April 2023. Switzerland was chosen ahead of bids from Poland, France and, jointly, Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden.
Women's EURO 2025 final draw
Group A: Switzerland (hosts), Norway, Iceland, Finland
Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden
Group D: France, England (holders), Wales, Netherlands
When is Women's EURO 2025?
The tournament will run from 2 to 27 July. The final draw took place in Lausanne on 16 December.
What are the Women's EURO 2025 host cities?
The 16-team tournament will take place in eight venues across Switzerland and there will be around 700,000 tickets available for the finals.
Host venues:
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich
Arena St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Allmend Stadion Luzern, Lucerne
Arena Thun, Thun
Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
How can I get Women's EURO 2025 tickets?
Tickets are available on womenseuro.com and ticketcorner.ch. While the sale of tickets to the fans of the participating national teams is done in close collaboration with each association following the final tournament draw, a limited number of additional tickets will be released on womenseuro.com and ticketcorner.ch at 11:00CET on 17 December.
Tickets are available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. It is expected that the majority of newly released tickets will again be sold quickly. We advise you to visit the ticket portal at the exact start time of the sale window at 11:00 CET, when the queue opens.
For fans who are unable to purchase tickets for their desired matches more tickets will be released in February 2025. Further information will be made available on womenseuro.com.
What about the official match ball for Women's EURO 2025?
UEFA and adidas have unveiled the official tournament match ball, named KONEKTIS. For the first time, a Women's EURO match ball features adidas Connected Ball Technology, enabling faster and more accurate officiating by contributing to UEFA's video assistant refereeing (VAR) decision-making process.
Who is the mascot for Women's EURO 2025?
Maddli, the spirited Saint Bernard puppy, has been unveiled as the official mascot. The name is inspired by Madeleine Boll, the first ever female licensed footballer in Switzerland.
How did Women's EURO 2025 qualifying work?
Teams were split into three leagues: League A with 16 teams, League B with 16 teams and League C with the remaining teams. Each team's starting league position was determined based on the results of the 2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League.
Teams competed in groups of four or three teams (League C) and over six matchdays, with each team playing one home match and one away match against all the other teams in their group.
The final European Qualifiers league ranking rewarded the eight top teams in League A with direct qualification for Women's EURO 2025. Hosts Switzerland (in League B) were also guaranteed a slot.
The remaining slots were contested over two rounds of home-and-away European Qualifiers play-offs.
In the first round, the teams finishing third and fourth in League A played the winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progressed to the second round.
The three group winners (other than Switzerland) and three best-ranked runners-up in League B were drawn into six ties against the remaining runners-up, four third-placed teams and best fourth-placed team in League B. The six winners progressed to the second round.
In the second round, the teams were drawn into seven ties, with the seven winners progressing to the final tournament.
Anything else you need to know?
Women's EURO 2025 promises to be a high-quality, environmentally friendly tournament.
In line with UEFA's recently introduced guidelines, the Swiss strategy also embraces Circular Economy models (reduce, reuse, recover) to minimise waste wherever possible. Further social responsibility initiatives are planned regarding human rights, inclusion and equality.
Tournament narrative
The tournament's key promotional message melds the mountainous landscape of Switzerland with what football never fails to deliver: the complete spectrum of human emotions. The term "summit" both positions Women's EURO 2025 as the pinnacle of European sports competition and serves as a reference to the unique location in which the tournament takes place.
Tournament legacy
The legacy programme, led by the SFV/ASF, aims to drive positive change by engaging the whole of Switzerland in conversations and actions centred around women's football, representation and equal opportunity. The vision of the tournament is to stimulate long-term, sustainable change at both grassroots and elite levels.