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UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) – 3 December 2024 (2024-12-03)
Teams51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played191
Goals scored576 (3.02 per match)
Attendance906,199 (4,744 per match)
Top scorer(s)Slovenia Lara Prašnikar
(9 goals)
Women's Nations League
2025 →
Women's Euro qualifying
← 2022
2029 →
All statistics correct as of 3 December 2024.
Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified host Switzerland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final tournament.[1]

Format

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Spain–Belgium match.

The European Qualifiers started on 5 April 2024, following the conclusion of the 2023–24 Women's Nations League. The qualifiers were composed of a league stage and final tournament play-offs.[2][3]

The league stage was played in the same format as the UEFA Women's Nations League, with teams split into three leagues: League A with 16 teams, League B with 16 teams and League C with 19 teams. Each team's starting league position was determined based on the results of the preceding Women's Nations League. In February 2024, promotion/relegation matches were played to determine the final composition of each league.

Again, teams competed in groups of four (Leagues A and B) and four or three teams (League C) and over six matchdays, with each team playing one home match and one away match against all the other teams in their group.

The goals for this competition were: to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025; and to be positioned as high as possible for the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League.

The European Qualifiers ranking at the end of the league stage determined three main outcomes:

  • Who qualified directly for Euro 2025;
  • Who went into the play-offs for Euro 2025;
  • The composition of the leagues for the upcoming Nations League.

For Euro 2025 qualification:[3]

  • the top two teams in each League A group qualified directly for the finals alongside hosts Switzerland;
  • the remaining seven spots were decided by two rounds of play-offs in October to December 2024.

Promotion and relegation took place prior to the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League[3] but had no effect on qualification for the play-offs for Euro 2025:

  • The four group winners in League B were promoted to League A;
  • The four fourth-placed teams in League A were relegated to League B;
  • The five group winners in League C were promoted to League B;
  • The four fourth-placed teams, plus the lowest-ranked third-placed team in League B, were relegated to League C;
  • All other teams stayed in the same league.

Qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup will work in the same way, except that only the group winners of League A will qualify directly.

Tiebreakers

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Tiebreakers for group ranking

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If two or more teams in the same group were equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[2]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Higher goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings.[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
  5. Higher goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
  9. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  10. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
  11. Position in the 2024–25 Women's European Qualifiers access list.

Notes

  1. ^ When there are two or more teams tied on points, criteria 1 to 3 are applied. After these criteria are applied, they may define the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for those teams that are still tied.

Criteria for league ranking

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Individual league rankings were established according to the following criteria:[2]

  1. Position in the group;
  2. Higher number of points;
  3. Higher goal difference;
  4. Higher number of goals scored;
  5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
  6. Higher number of wins;
  7. Higher number of wins away from home;
  8. Lower disciplinary points total (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
  9. Position in the 2024–25 Women's European Qualifiers access list

In order to rank teams in League C, which was composed of different sized groups, the results against the fourth-placed teams were not taken into account when comparing teams placed first, second, and third in their respective groups.[2]

Criteria for overall ranking

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The overall UEFA Nations League rankings were established as follows:[2]

  1. The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
  2. The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
  3. The League C teams were ranked 33rd onwards according to their league rankings.

Teams

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Teams league positions:
  League A
  League B
  League C

All 55 UEFA national teams were able to submit an entry for the competition by 23 March 2023 at the latest.[4] This involved participation in the qualifying competition for Euro 2025 as well as the preceding 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.

In total, 51 teams entered the qualifying competition.[3] Russia were not permitted to enter the competition due to them being suspended because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] In addition, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein and San Marino did not submit an entry.

Teams were split into leagues based on the overall ranking and on the promotion/relegation matches from the 2023–24 Women's Nations League competition.[3][6]

Teams were divided into four pots of four in Leagues A and B, and three pots of five and one pot of four in League C.[2] The seedings, pots, and draw procedure were confirmed by UEFA on 1 March 2024.[7]

Key
Rise Promoted after 2023–24 Women's Nations League
Fall Relegated after 2023–24 Women's Nations League
* Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs
League A
Pot Team Prv Rank
1  Spain 1
 France 2
 Germany 3
 Netherlands 4
2  England 5
 Denmark 6
 Italy 7
 Austria 8
3  Iceland[a] * 9
 Belgium[a] * 10
 Sweden[a] * 11
 Norway[a] * 12
4  Republic of Ireland Rise 17
 Finland Rise 18
 Poland Rise 19
 Czech Republic Rise 20
League B
Pot Team Prv Rank
1  Portugal Fall 13
 Switzerland Fall 14
 Scotland Fall 15
 Wales Fall 16
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina[a] * 21
 Serbia[a] * 22
 Croatia[a] * 23
 Hungary[a] * 24
3  Slovakia[b] * 25
 Northern Ireland[b] * 26
 Ukraine[b] * 27
 Turkey Rise 33
4  Malta Rise 34
 Israel Rise 35
 Kosovo Rise 36
 Azerbaijan Rise 37
League C
Pot Team Prv Rank
1  Slovenia Fall 28
 Greece Fall 29
 Belarus Fall 30
 Romania Fall 31
 Albania Fall 32
2  Latvia[b] * 38
 Montenegro[b] * 39
 Bulgaria[b] * 40
 Estonia 41
 Lithuania 42
3  Luxembourg 43
 Kazakhstan 44
 North Macedonia 45
 Cyprus 46
 Andorra 47
4  Georgia 48
 Moldova 49
 Faroe Islands 50
 Armenia 51
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Serbia, and Sweden participated in the League A vs League B promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bulgaria, Latvia, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, and Ukraine participated in the League B vs League C promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.

Draw

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The draw for the UEFA Women's European Qualifiers took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 5 March 2024 at 13:00 CET.[7] For political reasons, Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group as either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia. In addition, the teams in League C that previously played in three-team groups in the 2023–24 Women's Nations League (Bulgaria and North Macedonia), were drawn into four-team groups for this competition.[7]

Schedule

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Below is the schedule of the UEFA Women's European Qualifiers 2025 campaign.[3][8]

Stage Draw date Matchday Dates
Qualifying group stage 5 March 2024 Matchday 1 & 2 5–9 April 2024
Matchday 3 & 4 31 May – 4 June 2024
Matchday 5 & 6 12–16 July 2024
Play-offs 19 July 2024 Round 1 25–29 October 2024
Round 2 27 November–3 December 2024

League A

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A

Group A1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Netherlands Norway Finland
1  Italy 6 2 3 1 8 3 +5 9[a] Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 1–1 4–0
2  Netherlands 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9[a] 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
3  Norway 6 1 4 1 7 4 +3 7 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–0 1–1 — 4–0
4  Finland (R) 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 2–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Netherlands 1.

Group A2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Denmark Belgium Czech Republic
1  Spain 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15 Qualify for final tournament — 3–2 2–0 3–1
2  Denmark 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12 0–2 — 4–2 2–0
3  Belgium 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4[a] Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–7 0–3 — 1–1
4  Czech Republic (R) 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4[a] Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 2–1 1–3 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Belgium 4, Czech Republic 1.

Group A3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France England Sweden Republic of Ireland
1  France 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12 Qualify for final tournament — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2  England 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 1–2 — 1–1 2–1
3  Sweden 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–1 0–0 — 1–0
4  Republic of Ireland (R) 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 3–1 0–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

Group A4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Iceland Austria Poland
1  Germany 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15 Qualify for final tournament — 3–1 4–0 4–1
2  Iceland 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 3–0 — 2–1 3–0
3  Austria 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 2–3 1–1 — 3–1
4  Poland (R) 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 1–3 0–1 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

League B

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B

Group B1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Switzerland Turkey Hungary Azerbaijan
1  Switzerland (H, P) 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Qualify for final tournament as host and promotion to League A — 3–1 2–1 3–0
2  Turkey 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9 Advance to play-offs 0–2 — 2–1 1–0
3  Hungary 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7 1–0 1–4 — 1–1
4  Azerbaijan (R) 6 1 1 4 2 14 −12 4 Relegation to League C and advance to play-offs[a] 0–4 1–0 0–5 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts of final tournament; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Switzerland (who qualified as hosts) finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team qualified for the play-offs.[9]

Group B2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Scotland Serbia Slovakia Israel
1  Scotland (P) 6 5 1 0 13 1 +12 16 Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A — 1–0 1–0 4–1
2  Serbia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 2–1 1–0
3  Slovakia (R) 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4 Advance to play-offs and relegation to League C[a] 0–2 0–4 — 2–0
4  Israel (R) 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1 Relegation to League C 0–5 2–4 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The lowest-ranked third-placed team was relegated along with the four last-placed teams.

Group B3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal Northern Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta
1  Portugal (P) 6 5 1 0 14 2 +12 16 Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A — 4–0 3–0 3–1
2  Northern Ireland 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 2–0 0–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 1 3 4 9 −5 7 0–0 1–3 — 2–1
4  Malta (R) 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1 Relegation to League C 0–2 0–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Ukraine Croatia Kosovo
1  Wales (P) 6 4 2 0 18 3 +15 14 Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A — 1–1 4–0 2–0
2  Ukraine 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 Advance to play-offs 2–2 — 2–0 2–0
3  Croatia 6 3 0 3 4 9 −5 9 0–3 1–0 — 2–0
4  Kosovo (R) 6 0 0 6 0 17 −17 0 Relegation to League C 0–6 0–4 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Qualification for play-offs

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Rnk Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
17 B3  Portugal 6 5 1 0 14 2 +12 16 Advance to play-offs (seeded)
18 B2  Scotland 6 5 1 0 13 1 +12 16
19 B1  Switzerland (H) 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Qualify for final tournament as host
20 B4  Wales 6 4 2 0 18 3 +15 14 Advance to play-offs (seeded)
21 B2  Serbia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to play-offs (seeded)
22 B4  Ukraine 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11
23 B3  Northern Ireland 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
24 B1  Turkey 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9 Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
25 B4  Croatia 6 3 0 3 4 9 −5 9 Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
26 B1  Hungary 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
27 B3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 1 3 4 9 −5 7
28 B2  Slovakia 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4
29 B1  Azerbaijan 6 1 1 4 2 14 −12 4 Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
30 B3  Malta 6 0 1 5 2 10 −8 1
31 B2  Israel 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1
32 B4  Kosovo 6 0 0 6 0 17 −17 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts of final tournament

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Rnk Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
25 B4  Croatia 6 3 0 3 4 9 −5 9
26 B1  Hungary 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 7
27 B3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 1 3 4 9 −5 7
28 B2  Slovakia 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4 Relegation to League C
Source: UEFA

League C

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League C

Group C1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belarus Georgia (country) Lithuania Cyprus
1  Belarus (P) 6 6 0 0 19 0 +19 18 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B — 3–0 3–0[a] 5–0
2  Georgia 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 10 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) 0–2 — 2–2 1–0
3  Lithuania 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 0–3[a] 0–1 — 1–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0 0–3 0–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lithuania refused to play against Belarus due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10] UEFA subsequently declared the matches as forfeited by Lithuania and they were deemed to have lost both matches 0–3.[11][12]

Group C2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Slovenia Latvia North Macedonia Moldova
1  Slovenia (P) 6 6 0 0 26 0 +26 18 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B — 6–0 4–0 2–0
2  Latvia 6 3 0 3 8 16 −8 9 0–4 — 3–4 2–1
3  North Macedonia 6 2 1 3 10 17 −7 7 0–5 1–2 — 1–1
4  Moldova 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1 0–5 0–1 2–4 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Group C3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Greece Montenegro Faroe Islands Andorra
1  Greece (P) 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B — 2–2 1–0 6–0
2  Montenegro 6 3 1 2 21 10 +11 10 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) 2–3 — 5–1 6–1
3  Faroe Islands 6 3 0 3 11 9 +2 9 0–2 2–1 — 4–0
4  Andorra 6 0 0 6 2 28 −26 0 0–3 1–5 0–4 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Group C4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Bulgaria Armenia Kazakhstan
1  Romania (P) 6 6 0 0 16 1 +15 18 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B — 1–0 3–1 1–0
2  Bulgaria 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 0–3 — 2–3 0–0
3  Armenia 6 2 0 4 8 18 −10 6 0–5 1–3 — 2–1
4  Kazakhstan 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 0–3 0–1 4–1 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Group C5

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Albania Luxembourg Estonia
1  Albania (P) 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B — 3–1 2–0
2  Luxembourg 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5 Advance to play-offs (unseeded) 2–1 — 1–1
3  Estonia 4 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Due to unequal group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams were not considered when comparing teams finishing first, second, or third in their groups.[2]

Rnk Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C5  Luxembourg 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5 Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
2 C3  Montenegro 4 1 1 2 10 8 +2 4
3 C1  Georgia 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4
4 C4  Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
5 C2  Latvia 4 1 0 3 5 15 −10 3
Source: UEFA

Play-offs

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

The play-offs determined the final seven teams that qualified for the final tournament and were played over two rounds.[2]

28 teams competed in the play-offs: the 8 worst-ranked teams in League A, the top 12 teams in League B (excluding hosts Switzerland), and the top 8 teams in League C.[3]

In the first round, the eight worst-ranked teams in League A were seeded and drawn into ties against the eight best-ranked teams in League C. The eight winners progressed to the second round. In addition, the six best-ranked teams in League B (except Switzerland) were seeded and drawn into ties against the next six best-ranked teams in League B. The six winners progressed to the second round.[3][13]

In the second round, the teams from both paths came together and were drawn into seven ties. The winners of those ties progressed to the final tournament.[13]

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the first round of the play-offs, and were seeded as shown.[13]

Round 1: Path 1

Seeded Unseeded
Team Rnk Team Rnk
 Sweden 9  Slovenia 33
 Norway 10  Romania 34
 Austria 11  Belarus 35
 Belgium 12  Greece 36
 Finland 13  Albania 37
 Czech Republic 14  Luxembourg 38
 Republic of Ireland 15  Montenegro 39
 Poland 16  Georgia 40

Round 1: Path 2

Seeded Unseeded
Team Rnk Team Rnk
 Portugal 17  Turkey 24
 Scotland 18  Croatia 25
 Wales 20  Hungary 26
 Serbia 21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27
 Ukraine 22  Slovakia 28
 Northern Ireland 23  Azerbaijan 29

Round 2

The ties for the second round were drawn before the winners of round 1 were known, and were seeded as follows.[13]

Seeded Unseeded
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Sweden Winner of path 1 tie involving  Poland
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Norway Winner of path 2 tie involving  Portugal
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Austria Winner of path 2 tie involving  Scotland
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Belgium Winner of path 2 tie involving  Wales
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Finland Winner of path 2 tie involving  Serbia
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Czech Republic Winner of path 2 tie involving  Ukraine
Winner of path 1 tie involving  Republic of Ireland Winner of path 2 tie involving  Northern Ireland

First round

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The first round matches took place on 25 and 29 October 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.[8]

Round 1: Path 1

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Romania 2–6 Poland1–21–4
Greece 0–5 Belgium0–00–5
Montenegro 0–6 Finland0–10–5
Georgia 0–9 Republic of Ireland0–60–3
Slovenia 1–5 Austria0–31–2
Luxembourg 0–12 Sweden0–40–8
Belarus 1–8 Czech Republic1–80–0
Albania 0–14 Norway0–50–9

Round 1: Path 2

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Turkey 1–3 Ukraine1–10–2
Croatia 1–2 Northern Ireland1–10–1 (a.e.t.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–6 Serbia2–21–4
Azerbaijan 1–8 Portugal1–40–4
Hungary 0–5 Scotland0–10–4
Slovakia 2–3 Wales2–10–2 (a.e.t.)

Second round

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The second round matches took place on 28/29 November and 3 December 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.[8]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Portugal 3–2 Czech Republic1–12–1
Scotland 0–2 Finland0–00–2
Ukraine 1–4 Belgium0–21–2
Wales 3–2 Republic of Ireland1–12–1
Poland 2–0 Austria1–01–0
Northern Ireland 0–7 Norway0–40–3
Serbia 0–8 Sweden0–20–6

Qualified teams

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  Qualified for Women's Euro 2025
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Suspended by UEFA

The following teams qualified for the final tournament alongside the hosts Switzerland.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Women's Euro1
 Switzerland Hosts 4 April 2023 2 (2017, 2022)
 Germany Group A4 winners 4 June 2024 11 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Spain Group A2 winners 4 June 2024 4 (1997, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Iceland Group A4 runners-up 12 July 2024 4 (2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Denmark Group A2 runners-up 12 July 2024 10 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 France Group A3 winners 12 July 2024 7 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 England Group A3 runners-up 16 July 2024 9 (1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Italy Group A1 winners 16 July 2024 12 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Netherlands Group A1 runners-up 16 July 2024 4 (2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Portugal Play-off winner 3 December 2024 2 (2017, 2022)
 Norway Play-off winner 3 December 2024 12 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Finland Play-off winner 3 December 2024 4 (2005, 2009, 2013, 2022)
 Poland Play-off winner 3 December 2024 0 (debut)
 Sweden Play-off winner 3 December 2024 11 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022)
 Belgium Play-off winner 3 December 2024 2 (2017, 2022)
 Wales Play-off winner 3 December 2024 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Overall ranking

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The results of each team's league rankings were used to calculate the overall ranking of the competition, using the ranking criteria,[2] and were used for seeding in the Euro 2025 final tournament draw and the upcoming 2025 Women's Nations League. Teams were promoted or relegated for the next Nations League as indicated.

Key
  Promotion to higher league for 2025 Women's Nations League
  Relegation to lower league for 2025 Women's Nations League
League A League B League C[a]

Rnk Team
 Pld Pts
1  Spain 6 15
2  Germany 6 15
3  France 6 12
4  Italy 6 9
5  Iceland 6 13
6  Denmark 6 12
7  England 6 11
8  Netherlands 6 9
9  Sweden 6 8
10  Norway 6 7
11  Austria 6 7
12  Belgium 6 4
13  Finland 6 5
14  Czech Republic 6 4
15  Republic of Ireland 6 3
16  Poland 6 0
Source: UEFA

Rnk Team
 Pld Pts
17  Portugal 6 16
18  Scotland 6 16
19  Switzerland 6 15
20  Wales 6 14
21  Serbia 6 13
22  Ukraine 6 11
23  Northern Ireland 6 10
24  Turkey 6 9
25  Croatia 6 9
26  Hungary 6 7
27  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 7
28  Slovakia 6 4
29  Azerbaijan 6 4
30  Malta 6 1
31  Israel 6 1
32  Kosovo 6 0
Source: UEFA

Rnk Team
 Pld Pts
33  Slovenia 4 12
34  Romania 4 12
35  Belarus 4 12
36  Greece 4 10
37  Albania 4 9
38  Luxembourg 4 5
39  Montenegro 4 4
40  Georgia 4 4
41  Bulgaria 4 3
42  Latvia 4 3
43  Faroe Islands 4 3
44  Armenia 4 3
45  North Macedonia 4 3
46  Estonia 4 2
47  Lithuania 4 1
48  Kazakhstan 6 4
49  Moldova 6 1
50  Cyprus 6 0
51  Andorra 6 0
Source: UEFA
  1. ^ Due to unequal group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams were not considered when comparing teams finishing first, second, or third in their groups.[2]

Top goalscorers

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There were 576 goals scored in 191 matches, for an average of 3.02 goals per match.

Rank Player Goals[14]
1 Slovenia Lara Prašnikar[a] 9
2 Norway Frida Maanum 7
Scotland Martha Thomas
4 Germany Lea Schüller 6
Montenegro Slađana Bulatović
Montenegro Armisa Kuč
Portugal Diana Silva
Wales Jess Fishlock
9 Austria Eileen Campbell 5
Austria Sarah Puntigam
Belgium Tessa Wullaert
Bosnia and Herzegovina Milena Nikolić
Czech Republic Kateřina Svitková
Germany Klara Bühl
Greece Sophia Koggouli
Poland Natalia Padilla
  1. ^ The UEFA Player Stats table reported only 8 goals for Lara Prašnikar, but her Matches Played page reported 9 goals scored in 8 matches.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "New women's national team competition system". UEFA. 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers". UEFA. 7 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Women's European Qualifiers for Euro 2025: Who is in what league?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Association.
  4. ^ "UEFA European Women's Championship 2023–25, including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers – competition regulations, entry form and league stage draw for the UEFA Nations League phase". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 7/2023. Union of European Football Associations. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ^ "2024 Women's European Qualifiers Composition" (PDF). UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Women's European Qualifiers league stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b c UEFA.com (19 July 2024). "Women's European Qualifiers play-off ties". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's European Qualifiers league stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Lithuanian national team refuses to play in the qualification for the UEFA EURO against Belarus". dailysports.net. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ Millar, Colin. "Lithuania Women refuse to play Belarus in Euro 2025 qualifiers, given 3-0 defeats as punishment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  12. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Lithuanian women's team to forfeit Belarus match on 'principle'". tvpworld.com (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d UEFA.com (17 July 2024). "Women's European Qualifiers play-off draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Player stats - Women's European Qualifiers". uefa.com. UEFA.
  15. ^ "Lara Prašnikar - Stats". uefa.com. UEFA.
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