The tension is rising: today the groups for the women’s European Football Championship will be drawn. Who meets who? Follow the draw here in the live ticker.
The draw for the group phase of the European Championship 2025 will take place this Monday at the Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne. Host Switzerland and 15 other nations will be divided into four groups of four teams. The DFB women are in draw 1 and are therefore avoiding Spain, among others, but other tough opponents are threatening.
Pot 1: Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland (set as head of Group A)
Pot 2: Italy, Iceland, Denmark, England (defending champions)
Pot 3: Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Belgium
Pot 4: Finland, Poland, Portugal, Wales
6:21 p.m.: In addition to Lara Dickenmann, the lottery fairies are Raphael Varane, Leonardo Bonucci, Veronica Boquete, Caroline Seger, Xherdan Shaqiri, Sami Khedira and Jill Scott. The draw supervisors are UEFA women’s football representative Nadine Kessler and UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti.
6:17 p.m.: The drawing is getting closer. The teams from pot 1 (see above) are presented. Also there: The German team, which will form a group leader.
6:14 p.m.: Tournament ambassador Lara Dickenmann has the floor. The former VfL Wolfsburg player hopes that the European Championships will give women’s football a big boost in Switzerland. The current 40,000 active players should become 80,000.
6:10 p.m.: First, the eight venues and stadiums are presented. Among others: Zurich’s Letzigrund, Basel’s St. Jakobspark and the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Also: Sion, Geneva, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Thun. The final takes place in Basel.
6:06 p.m.: Swiss TV presenter Annette Fetscherin and ex-Arsenal star Ian Wright will now moderate the draw.
6:03 p.m.: Before the formal part takes place, the event opens with a show act by a rapper duo from Lausanne.
5:59 p.m.: The ceremony begins and the lots will be drawn in a few minutes.
Before the start – With a little bit of luck, Germany could get into a group against England, Sweden and Portugal. That would make the preliminary round a real challenge. But national coach Christian Wück remained calm. “It’s sometimes better to play directly against very strong teams in the group. It can help to be fully involved in the tournament from the start.”
Before the start – Welcome to the live ticker for the group draw for the European Championship 2025. The draw starts at 6 p.m.