Women’s Euro 2025 draw: England draw France, Netherlands and Wales – live reaction | Women’s football

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It’s a Nordic Group A, with Finland coming out in A4. Portugal make it Iberian by coming up as B2. Poland join Group C in their first finals. And, of, course, Wales go into Group D, and that concludes. “Geographical clusters,” as Nadine says.

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Some gags about how long it takes to pull out the teams. Italy are in Group B, and in position 4. Denmark come out in Group C, and in position 3. Leonardo completes with England, who land in Group D2.

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B1: Spain, the World Cup winners, looking for their first title.
\n C1: Germany, eight-time winners.
\n D1: France: semi-finalists in 2022

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  Group stage matchday one: 2-5 July

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  Group stage matchday two: 6-9 July

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  Group stage matchday three: 10-13 July

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  Quarter-finals: 16-19 July

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  Semi-finals: 22-23 July

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  Final: 27 July

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England will be there to defend their crown but Spain, the world champions, will lead the challengers. Wales will be there, too. Here’s those all-important pots. It suggests the English could get a tough draw. It all kicks off on 2 July 2025.

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  Pot 1: Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland (hosts go into Group A)

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  Pot 2: Italy, Iceland, Denmark, England

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  Pot 3: Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Belgium

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  Pot 4: Finland, Poland, Portugal, Wales

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The draw takes place at 5pm UK time, join me.

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tom garry

As England are in Group D, this means that group stage matches will be played in the north and north-east of the country, with either Zurich, Lucerne, St. Gallen or Basel hosting the games. The exact schedule will be announced tonight. The opening match against France on Saturday 5th July will be played in either Zurich or Lucerne.

tom garry

For Wales, this is a brutal draw compared to what they could have won. Switzerland had an absolute blindfold. There was a gasp around the media room when everyone learned that the Netherlands would be placed in the same group as France and England. delicious.

tom garry

“Rumors circulating here, from fairly reliable sources, are that the first ball will be drawn shortly before 6:30pm local time (5:30pm UK), so you can safely brew your beer. It means that you can…”

tom garry

A geeky statistic that I'm pretty proud of is that no team has ever won the Women's Euros by drawing outside of Group A or B, and the last time a team from Group C or D won was in 2009 (England). It means that it is only. final.

There are some caveats to that. Notably, until 2009, only eight teams could participate in this competition, and it only increased to 16 teams in 2017. But there's also science behind it. Being in Group A or B means you have more rest between games and more time to recover for the finals. Group A winners generally tend to have the most hospitable knockout paths. If you want the best route to Basel, you should be in group A or B.

tom garry

As I talk to my media colleagues from other countries across Europe here at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, there is one team they all want to avoid. It's England. And when teams are picked from pot two, it's not hard to see why they're keen to avoid holders. Due to UEFA's decision to seed the draw pot based on Nations League results rather than world rankings, Pot 3 leaves world No. 4 England with world No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14 Denmark, Italy and Iceland. Probably much more powerful than pot 2 with the team. each. The Lionesses comfortably defeated the Italians 5-1 in February, illustrating their varying strength in the pot. Whichever group England are in, it will probably be in the 'Group of Death'.