UEFA Women's Euro 2025

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 from July 2025. It will be the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. It will be the first time that the senior women's European football tournament will be held in a landlocked country. The tournament will return to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA Women's Euro 2025
Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2025
Championnat d'Europe féminin de football 2025
Campionato europeo di calcio femminile 2025
Campiunadi d'Europa da ballape dunna 2025
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
Dates2–27 July 2025
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)

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]

Voting results
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 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 Denmark, Finland Finland, Norway Norway, Sweden 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.

Cancelled bids

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams will qualify or qualified for the final tournament alongside host Switzerland. 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
  SwitzerlandHosts4 April 20233rd2022Group stage (2017, 2022)

Venues

The following are the 8 host cities and stadiums selected for Switzerland's bid:[15][16]

Sponsors

PlayStation is an official sponsor of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 [17]
Amazon becomes official UEFA Women’s Football partner and will sponsor UEFA Women's Euro 2025[18]

Broadcasting

Europe

Territory Broadcaster References
France
[19]

References

  1. "Finland joins Nordic bid to host Women's Euro 2025". Yle. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. "Ukraine among bidders for hosting 2025 UEFA Women's Championship". Kyiv Post. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. "Switzerland to host UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. "Four bids to host UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  5. "Kolejna wielka piłkarska impreza w Polsce? Zbigniew Boniek zabrał głos". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. Morgan, Liam (17 October 2021). "Nordic FAs join forces to bid for UEFA Women's Euro 2025". Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  8. "Nordic countries to make joint bid for women's Euro 2025". Reuters. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  9. Nikel, David (7 April 2022). "Nordic countries bid to host Euro 2025". Life in Norway. Words of Norway. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. "The government supports UEFA women's EURO 2025". Government of Sweden. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  11. "La FFF candidate à l'organisation de l'Euro féminin 2025". French Football Federation (in French). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. "Switzerland is a candidate for the 2025 Women's European Championship". laRegione.ch (in Italian). 14 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  13. "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.
  14. 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.
  15. "Kickoff Kampagne Schweizer Kandidatur für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 14 September 2022.
  16. "Summer 2025 in Switzerland!". UEFA. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  17. "PlayStation Becomes Official Partner Of UEFA Women's Football". Boxscore World Sportswire (in Polish). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  18. "Amazon becomes UEFA Women's Football partner". UEFA. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  19. "TF1 GROUP ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTING RIGHTS TO UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2025". groupe-tf1.fr. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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