The 2025 Women’s European Football Championship will take place in Switzerland – the group phase will be drawn in Lausanne today.
The lots will be drawn at the Swiss Convention Center at 6 p.m.
What do the lottery pots look like?
The seeding list was created based on the league phase of the European Championship qualification, Germany has its place in Pot 1 secure, which also applies to the hosts from Switzerland. Switzerland plays in Group A.
- Draw pot 1: Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France
- Draw pot 2: Italy, Iceland, Denmark, England
- Draw pot 3: Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Belgium
- Draw pot 4: Finland, Poland, Portugal, Wales
At the European Championships there will be four groups with four teams each. One team from each pot plays in each group.
Maddli, the European Championship mascot
How is the mode going?
The two best teams reach the quarter-finals, from where it continues to the final.
Who qualified directly?
16 teams are taking part, nine of which qualified directly: In addition to the hosts from Switzerland, the defending champions were England, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany.
Austria failed in the playoffs
The field of participants was completed in seven playoff matches. The Austrian team, which had many Bundesliga players, failed at the hands of Poland. Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Wales, Finland and Portugal also prevailed.
| encounter | There | back |
|---|---|---|
Serbia – Sweden | 0:2 | 0:6 |
Poland – Austria | 1:0 | 1:0 |
Ukraine – Belgium | 0:2 | 1:2 |
Northern Ireland – Norway | 0:4 | 0:3 |
Wales – Ireland | 1:1 | 2:1 |
Scotland – Finland | 0:0 | 0:2 |
Portugal – Czech Republic | 1:1 | 2:1 |
Which stages are included?
The European Championship will be held at eight venues (all capacities according to UEFA):
- Basel: St. Jakob Park (35,689 seats)
- Bern: Wankdorf Stadium (32,997 seats)
- Geneva: Stade de Genève (30,950 seats)
- Zurich: Letzigrund Stadium (24,186 seats)
- St. Gallen: Arena St. Gallen (18,251 seats)
- Lucerne: Allmend Stadium (16,496 seats)
- Tuna: Arena Thun (10,187 seats)
- Sion: Stade de Tourbillon (9,570 seats)
Both the opening game and the final will take place in St. Jakob Park in Basel.
The St. Jakob Park in Basel
When exactly will the European Championships take place?
The opening game involving Switzerland is scheduled for July 2nd in Basel. The final will take place in the same stadium on July 27th.
What problems are there?
For the first time, a major men’s tournament could cost the women’s European Championship attention. FIFA’s new men’s Club World Cup will be held with 32 teams. This is the first time that a men’s tournament has taken place in the summer of an odd year.
Teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City will then compete in the Women’s European Championship. The men’s Club World Cup doesn’t end until July 15th – after the end of the group phase at the European Championships.
Where will the next European Championship take place?
That hasn’t been decided yet. The DFB is applying for the 2029 tournament, but has a lot of competition. Italy, Portugal, Poland as well as Denmark and Sweden in a joint application also want the tournament.
Associations interested in hosting must submit their preliminary application documents to UEFA by March 12, 2025, with the deadline for receipt of legal documents and additional documentation ending on August 28, 2025. The host is expected to be announced by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2025.
According to the DFB, 17 German cities have registered for the selection process to host games at a possible tournament in Germany:
- Berlin
- Bremen
- Dortmund
- Dusseldorf
- Eat
- Frankfurt
- Freiburg
- Gelsenkirchen
- Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
- Hanover
- Cologne
- Leipzig
- Mainz
- Munich
- Rostock
- Stuttgart
- Wolfsburg
The DFB, together with the Netherlands and Belgium, applied in vain for the 2027 World Cup, but Brazil won the vote in the FIFA Congress.