Swiss women challenge Sweden, Spain and Italy at Premiere

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Despite the difficult group, the couple meant well with the national team. Instead of Sweden, the Swiss European champion could have had England, European Championship finalist Germany or France as opponents from pot 1. An attractive lot for Inka Grings: “These are extremely strong teams that will demand everything from us. But our young players will be able to gain a lot of experience on their way to EM 2025.”

A year ago, Switzerland played in the preliminary round of the European Championship in England against the Olympic finalist Sweden, the number 3 in the FIFA world ranking. The Nati narrowly lost 2-1 to the later semi-finalists. The Swiss met Italy in qualifying for this summer’s World Cup, with both teams winning their away games. In the end, Italy triumphed and secured direct tickets to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. With the Spaniards, led by world football star Alexia Putellas, the Nati last dueled in a test match in 2019 (0: 2).

After the successful introduction of the Nations League for men in 2018, it now also takes place for women. The game is played in the fall, each team playing once at home and once away against each opponent. The winners of the four groups in League A will play the Final Four in February, with the two finalists qualifying for the Olympic Games in Paris. The third placed in each group plays a play-off to stay afloat, the bottom of the table is relegated to class B. A total of 51 countries participate, divided over three competitions.

Source : Blick