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The Women’s European Qualifiers league stage draw formed groups that will ultimately decide places at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 as well as play-off berths.
The Women’s European Qualifiers league stage draw made by UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 ambassador Gaëlle Thalmann and UEFA managing director of women’s football Nadine Kessler, who together formed the groups that will ultimately decide places at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 in Switzerland as well as the play-off berths.
Women’s European Qualifiers draw
League A
Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Finland
Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia
Group A3: France, England (holders), Sweden, Republic of Ireland
Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland
League B
Group B1: Switzerland (finals hosts), Hungary, Türkiye, Azerbaijan
Group B2: Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Israel
Group B3: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Malta
Group B4: Wales, Croatia, Ukraine, Kosovo
League C
Group C1: Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus, Georgia
Group C2: Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Moldova
Group C3: Greece, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe Islands
Group C4: Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Armenia
Group C5: Albania, Estonia, Luxembourg
In League A, from which eight teams will qualify directly to join Switzerland in the 16-team finals in July 2025, holders England have been placed in a group with France, fellow former champions Sweden and a team hoping for a EURO finals debut, the Republic of Ireland.
World champions and UEFA Women’s Nations League winners Spain have Denmark, Belgium and Czechia as their opponents.
Germany, winners of a record eight Women’s EUROs – and set to join Spain and France at the Olympic tournament this summer – meet Austria (whom they beat in the 2022 quarter-finals), Iceland and Poland.
The Netherlands, aiming to win back the EURO title they claimed in 2017, take on Italy, Norway and a Finland side who – like Ireland, Czechia and Poland – were promoted from League B during the UEFA Women’s Nations League phase last year.
League B includes Switzerland (who take part despite their finals spot being guaranteed as hosts) and their fellow Women’s EURO 2022 qualifiers Northern Ireland and Portugal, who will face off in Group B3. Scotland and Ukraine are the other past qualifiers in League B – which, like League C, carries play-off berths.
As well as competing for finals and play-off spots, teams in all three leagues are also playing for promotion and relegation ahead of the next edition of the UEFA Women’s Nations League, beginning in 2025.
Road to Women’s EURO 2025
Qualifying league stage matchdays 1 & 2: April 3–9, 2024
Qualifying league stage matchdays 3 & 4: May 29 – June 4, 2024
Qualifying league stage matchdays 5 & 6: July 10–16, 2024
Play-off draw: July 19, 2024
Play-off round 1 (2 legs): October 23–29, 2024
Play-off round 2 (2 legs): November 27 – December 3, 2024
Finals draw: December 16, 2024
Finals: July 2–27, 2025 (Switzerland)
