All important information about the 2025 European Women’s Championship

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When will the 2025 European Women’s Championship take place?

In 2025, the European Championship will take place for the 14th time. The tournament takes place in Switzerland and is played in June and July.

In which stadiums will the matches be played?

A total of 31 matches will be played in eight stadiums. These are: Zurich, Basel, St. Gallen, Lucerne, Bern, Thun, Sion and Geneva. Incidentally, the artificial turf fields in Bern and Thun will be replaced by natural grass before the tournament.

How many teams are there?

For the third time, 16 countries are participating in the European Championship. Switzerland is already set as host country. The 15 other tickets for the final round will be awarded in qualifying.

How does the qualification work?

Qualifying will begin in spring 2024 after the conclusion of the Women’s Nations League. It consists of a league phase and a playoff phase.

In the league phase, countries are divided into three leagues. League A and League B with 16 teams each and League C with 19 teams. This distribution is based on the results in the Nations League.

The game is played in groups of four and three (League C), all teams play one home and one away game against each opponent.

The eight group winners and runners-up in League A qualify for the European Championship. The remaining places are awarded in two playoff rounds with home and away games.

In the first round, the third and fourth placed teams from League A will play against the group winners and the top three runners-up from League C. The eight winners of these matches will advance to Playoff Round 2.

The four group winners and the two best runners-up in League B play against the other two runners-up and the four third-placed teams in League B. The winners of these six matches also advance to playoff round 2.

Seven more matches will be drawn there, the winners of which will buy the ticket for the European Championship.

The defending champions

Due to Corona, the last European Championship did not take place in 2021 as planned, but only in 2022. The English women celebrated their first European title at home. They beat Germany 2-1 in extra time in a gripping final.

Switzerland was at a disadvantage in the group with Portugal, the Netherlands and Sweden. She only scored against the Portuguese (2-2) and was third in the group stage.

The previous European champions

So far, the European title for women has been awarded 13 times. Record winner is Germany with eight triumphs. The remaining five titles are shared by four countries.

The previous host countries

In 1984 the first European Women’s Championship took place. The tournament, like the later 1995 edition, had no host. It was played in an all-knockout two-legged match. In the beginning, the European Championships were held every two years, but only since 1997 has the four-year rhythm been used, just like with the men.

Source : Blick