UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) – 3 December 2024 (2024-12-03)
Teams	51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	157 (3.14 per match)
Attendance	234,480 (4,690 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Five players (3 goals each)
← 2022 2029 → All statistics correct as of 9 April 2024.

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

Format

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

The league stage is 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 is 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 compete 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 are: to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025; and to be positioned as high as possible for the upcoming 2025–26 UEFA Women's Nations League.

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

• Who qualifies directly for Euro 2025
• Who goes 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 will qualify directly for the finals alongside hosts Switzerland
• the remaining seven spots will be decided by two rounds of play-offs in October to December 2024

Promotion and relegation will take place prior to the upcoming 2025–26 UEFA Women's Nations League^[3] and will have no effect on qualification for the play-offs for Euro 2025.

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

Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers for group ranking

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

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior 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. Superior 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

Criteria for league ranking

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

1. Position in the group;
2. Higher number of points;
3. Superior 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 is composed of different sized groups, the results against the fourth-placed teams are not taken into account when comparing teams placed first, second, and third in their respective groups.^[2]

Criteria for overall ranking

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

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

Teams

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, as Russian teams had been suspended indefinitely from UEFA and FIFA competitions in 28 February 2022 due to their country's 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

	Promoted after 2023–24 Women's Nations League league phase
	Relegated after 2023–24 Women's Nations League league phase

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 17  Finland 18  Poland 19  Czech Republic 20

League B Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Portugal 13  Switzerland 14  Scotland 15  Wales 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 33 4  Malta 34  Israel 35  Kosovo 36  Azerbaijan 37

League C Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Slovenia 28  Greece 29  Belarus 30  Romania 31  Albania 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

Draw

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

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

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	23–29 October 2024
		Round 2	27 November–3 December 2024

League A

Group A1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3	Qualify for final tournament		—	31 May	16 Jul	4–0
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			4 Jun	—	2–0	16 Jul
3	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3	Advance to play-offs (seeded)		1–0	12 Jul	—	31 May
4	Finland	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3	Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B		12 Jul	2–1	4 Jun	—

Group A2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6	Qualify for final tournament		—	4 Jun	3–1	16 Jul
2	Denmark	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6			31 May	—	16 Jul	4–2
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Advance to play-offs (seeded)		12 Jul	1–3	—	31 May
4	Belgium	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0	Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B		0–7	12 Jul	4 Jun	—

Group A3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Qualify for final tournament		—	4 Jun	12 Jul	1–0
2	England	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4			31 May	—	1–1	12 Jul
3	Sweden	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance to play-offs (seeded)		0–1	16 Jul	—	4 Jun
4	Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B		16 Jul	0–2	31 May	—

Group A4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Qualify for final tournament		—	16 Jul	3–1	31 May
2	Austria	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3			2–3	—	31 May	12 Jul
3	Iceland	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to play-offs (seeded)		12 Jul	4 Jun	—	3–0
4	Poland	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0	Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B		4 Jun	1–3	16 Jul	—

League B

Group B1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Qualify for final tournament as host and promotion to League A		—	3–1	31 May	16 Jul
2	Turkey	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3	Advance to play-offs		12 Jul	—	2–1	31 May
3	Hungary	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1[a]	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C		4 Jun	16 Jul	—	1–1
4	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1[a]	Relegation to League C and possible qualification for play-offs[b]		0–4	4 Jun	12 Jul	—

Group B2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4[a]	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	0–0	31 May	12 Jul
2	Scotland	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4[a]	Advance to play-offs		16 Jul	—	1–0	31 May
3	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C		4 Jun	12 Jul	—	2–0
4	Israel	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Relegation to League C and possible qualification for play-offs[b]		2–4	4 Jun	16 Jul	—

Group B3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	31 May	16 Jul	3–0
2	Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advance to play-offs		4 Jun	—	0–0	16 Jul
3	Malta	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C		0–2	12 Jul	—	31 May
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0	Relegation to League C and possible qualification for play-offs[a]		12 Jul	1–3	4 Jun	—

Group B4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	4–0	31 May	16 Jul
2	Croatia	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	3[a]	Advance to play-offs		12 Jul	—	1–0	4 Jun
3	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3[a]	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C		4 Jun	16 Jul	—	2–0
4	Kosovo	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0	Relegation to League C and possible qualification for play-offs[b]		0–6	31 May	12 Jul	—

Qualification for play-offs

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

Ranking of third–placed teams

Rnk	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
25	B2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
26	B4	Croatia	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	3
27	B1	Hungary	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
28	B3	Malta	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Relegation to League C

League C

Group C1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B		—	4 Jun	3–0	16 Jul
2	Lithuania	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Possible qualification for play-offs		31 May	—	16 Jul	1–0
3	Georgia	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1			12 Jul	2–2	—	4 Jun
4	Cyprus	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0			0–3	12 Jul	31 May	—

Group C2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B		—	16 Jul	31 May	2–0
2	North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	4	8	−4	3[a]	Possible qualification for play-offs		0–5	—	12 Jul	31 May
3	Latvia	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3[a]			4 Jun	3–4	—	16 Jul
4	Moldova	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0			12 Jul	4 Jun	0–1	—

Group C3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	6	Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B		—	16 Jul	5–1	6–1
2	Greece	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Possible qualification for play-offs		31 May	—	1–0	12 Jul
3	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0			12 Jul	4 Jun	—	31 May
4	Andorra	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0			4 Jun	0–3	16 Jul	—

Group C4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B		—	16 Jul	31 May	1–0
2	Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	7	−4	3[a]	Possible qualification for play-offs		0–5	—	12 Jul	31 May
3	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3[a]			4 Jun	2–3	—	16 Jul
4	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0			12 Jul	4 Jun	0–1	—

Group C5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3[a]	Advance to play-offs (unseeded) and promotion to League B		—	2–1	12 Jul
2	Albania	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3[a]	Possible qualification for play-offs		4 Jun	—	2–0
3	Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0			16 Jul	31 May	—

Ranking of second-placed teams

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

Rnk	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C5	Albania	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
2	C3	Greece	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	C2	North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	4	8	−4	3
4	C4	Armenia	2	1	0	1	3	7	−4	3
5	C1	Lithuania	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1

Play-offs

The play-offs determine the final seven teams that qualify for the final tournament and are played over two rounds.^[2][3]

In the first round, the eight teams finishing third and fourth in League A will be seeded, and drawn into ties against the five group winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progress to the second round.

In addition the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams in League B (except Switzerland) will participate in the first round (i.e. the 12 best-ranked League B teams). The six higher-ranked of those teams will be seeded and drawn into ties against the six lower-ranked teams. The six winners progress to the next round.^[3][7]

Switzerland, competing in League B, are guaranteed a spot in the final tournament as hosts, and therefore will not participate in the play-offs. If Switzerland finish in the top three places in their group, then the best-ranked fourth-placed team (i.e. the team ranked 13th in League B) will qualify for the first round.^[7]

In the second round, the teams from both paths come together and are drawn into seven ties. The winners of the first round ties involving the seven highest-ranked teams, according to the 2024–25 European Qualifiers overall ranking, will be seeded in the second round^{[note 1]} and drawn against the seven remaining winners from the first round.^[2]

The seven winners of these ties progress to the final tournament in Switzerland.

Both rounds of the play-offs are played according to the knockout system, with each team playing its opponent twice, once at home and once away. The team that scores more goals on aggregate is the winner. If the aggregate score is level, extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score remains level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner.^[2]

In both rounds, the seeded teams will play the second leg of their ties at home.^[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams have 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)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Overall ranking

The results of each team's league rankings are used to calculate the overall ranking of the competition, using the ranking criteria,^[2] and will be used for seeding in the Euro 2025 final tournament draw and the upcoming 2025–26 Women's Nations League. Teams will be promoted or relegated for the next Nations League as indicated.

Key

	Promotion to higher league for 2025–26 Women's Nations League
	Relegation to lower league for 2025–26 Women's Nations League

League A	League B	League C[a]
Rnk Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Spain 2 6 2  Germany 2 6 3  France 2 6 4  Norway 2 3 5  Denmark 2 6 6  England 2 4 7  Austria 2 3 8  Italy 2 3 9  Iceland 2 3 10  Netherlands 2 3 11  Sweden 2 1 12  Czech Republic 2 0 13  Finland 2 3 14  Republic of Ireland 2 0 15  Poland 2 0 16  Belgium 2 0 Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2024. Source: UEFA	Rnk Team v t e Pld Pts 17  Wales 2 6 18  Switzerland 2 6 19  Portugal 2 6 20  Serbia 2 4 21  Northern Ireland 2 4 22  Scotland 2 4 23  Ukraine 2 3 24  Turkey 2 3 25  Slovakia 2 3 26  Croatia 2 3 27  Hungary 2 1 28  Malta 2 1 29  Azerbaijan 2 1 30  Israel 2 0 31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 32  Kosovo 2 0 Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2024. Source: UEFA	Rnk Team v t e Pld Pts 33  Slovenia 1 3 34  Romania 1 3 35  Montenegro 1 3 36  Belarus 1 3 37  Luxembourg 1 3 38  Albania 2 3 39  Greece 1 3 40  North Macedonia 2 3 41  Armenia 2 3 42  Lithuania 1 1 43  Georgia 2 1 44  Latvia 1 0 45  Bulgaria 1 0 46  Estonia 1 0 47  Faroe Islands 2 0 48  Kazakhstan 2 0 49  Moldova 2 0 50  Cyprus 2 0 51  Andorra 2 0 Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2024. Source: UEFA

Top goalscorers

There have been 157 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 3.14 goals per match (as of 9 April 2024).

3 goals

2 goals

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Notes

References