UEFA Women's Euro 2025
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBD (2022) |
| Dates | summer 2025 |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
The 2025 UEFA Women's Championship will be the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe in summer 2025. It will be the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The host nation or nations is expected to be selected in January 2023. It is expected to return to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
England are the defending champions, having beaten Germany in the 2022 final at Wembley.
Host selection
Applications must be submitted by August 2022,[1] final submissions are in October,[2] and a decision is to be made on 25 January 2023.[3]
Confirmed bids
Four declarations of interest to host the tournament were received by UEFA before the deadline of 12 October 2022.[4]
Poland – On 3 June 2021, Zbigniew Boniek, head of the Polish Football Association, announced that the association had filed its bid at UEFA to host the 2025 Women's Championship, citing women's football as gaining in popularity in many European countries, including Poland.[5]
Denmark, 
Finland, 
Norway, 
Sweden – On 15 October 2021, the Danish Football Association announced that the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with support from Iceland and Faroe Islands, have confirmed their bids to host the UEFA Euro 2025.[6][7] On 6 April they submitted their application[8] with multiple stadiums in each host country.[9] The government of Sweden declared its support on the 12th.[10] Finland also submitted an application to be part of the 2025 women's football European Championship on 12 October 2022
France – On 3 February 2022, the French Football Federation and its president, Noël Le Graët, confirmed that France has been bidding for the organisation of the competition.[11]
Switzerland – On 14 September 2022, the Swiss Football Association officially confirmed the bid and announced Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Lausanne, Zürich, Thun, St. Gallen and Sion as their candidate-cities to host the events.[12]
Cancelled bid
- Denmark worked from 2018 on making a bid alone,[6] but eventually shifted the focus to a joint bid with the Nordic countries and abandoned their solo effort[1] due to increased demands from UEFA after the increased popularity of women's football.[13]
Ukraine – In November 2021 the Ukrainian Association of Football declared their bid.[2] However, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and its subsequent events put the plan in limbo.[14]
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following teams will qualify or qualified for the final tournament.
| Order | Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA ranking at start of draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hosts | 25 January 2023 |
References
- ^ a b "Finland joins Nordic bid to host Women's Euro 2025". Yle. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Ukraine among bidders for hosting 2025 UEFA Women's Championship". Kyiv Post. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland add to list of those bidding for Women's Euros in 2025". RTÉ. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Four bids to host UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Kolejna wielka piłkarska impreza w Polsce? Zbigniew Boniek zabrał głos". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Norden vil have værtskabet for kvinde-EM i 2025" [The Nordics wants the European Women's Championship in 2025]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (17 October 2021). "Nordic FAs join forces to bid for UEFA Women's Euro 2025". Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Nordic countries to make joint bid for women's Euro 2025". Reuters. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Nikel, David (7 April 2022). "Nordic countries bid to host Euro 2025". Life in Norway. Words of Norway. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "The government supports UEFA women's EURO 2025". Government of Sweden. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "La FFF candidate à l'organisation de l'Euro féminin 2025". French Football Federation (in French). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland is a candidate for the 2025 Women's European Championship". laRegione.ch (in Italian). 14 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Nordiske lande jagter EM for fodboldkvinder i 2025" [Nordic countries are chasing the European Championships for women's football in 2025]. MSN (in Danish). Microsoft. Ritzau. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Hutt, David (18 July 2022). "Women's Euro 2022: Why is Eastern Europe trailing behind in women's football?". Euronews. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
...Ukraine's bid [to host the UEFA Euro 2025] on hold due to the war.