UEFA Women's Euro 2025
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Switzerland |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
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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. The tournament will be played in Switzerland in mid 2025. It will be the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament will return to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Host selection
Applications were submitted in August 2022,[1] while final submissions were made in October.[2] Switzerland were selected as hosts of the tournament on 4 April 2023 at the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal. To be appointed as hosts, an absolute majority of votes was needed in the first round. If the first vote did not produce an absolute majority, the two bids with the most votes would advance to a second and final round. As the first round produced a three-way tie for first, a ballot was used to determine which two bidders would proceed to the second round.[3]
| Country | Votes by round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tiebreak | 2nd | |
 Switzerland
|
4 | 6 | 9 |
 Denmark/ Finland/ Norway/ Sweden
|
4 | 4 | 4 |
 Poland
|
4 | 3 | — |
 France
|
1 | — | — |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 13 |
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 bids
- 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. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's participation remains to be seen as the country is currently banned from competing.
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA ranking at start of draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland |
Hosts | 4 April 2023 | 3rd | 2022 | Group stage (2017, 2022) |
Venues
The following are the 9 host cities and stadiums selected for Switzerland's bid:[15]
- Basel – St. Jakob-Park, capacity 38,512
- Bern – Stadion Wankdorf, capacity 31,783
- Geneva – Stade de Genève, capacity 30,084
- Zürich – Letzigrund, capacity 26,104
- St. Gallen – kybunpark, capacity 19,694
- Lucerne – Swissporarena, capacity 16,800
- Sion – Stade Tourbillon, capacity 16,263
- Thun – Stockhorn Arena, capacity 10,398
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 to host UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kickoff Kampagne Schweizer Kandidatur für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 14 September 2022.