Women’s Euro 2025 draw: England to face France, Netherlands, Wales

England will face France, Netherlands and Wales at next summer’s Women’s European Championship in Switzerland.

Sarina Wiegman’s side are the reigning European champions after beating Germany in the final of Euro 2022.

They will begin the defence of their crown on July 5 against France, who they faced during qualifying for Euro 2025.

Wales, making their Euros debut in Switzerland, join England in Group D alongside the Netherlands.

The draw sees Wiegman face off against her native Netherlands, eight years after leading them to glory at Euro 2017.

England and Wales will meet in the final round of group-stage fixtures on July 13 in St Gallen.

“It is a huge accomplishment for them, qualifying for the first time in their history so congratulations to Wales,” said Wiegman. “Of course we are neighbours, too, so (it will be) a good rivalry on the pitch. That will be a challenging one. I think they will fight for every yard in the game we play them and I think they will do that in every single game – so will we.”

The Lionesses avoided an early meeting with world champions Spain, who were drawn in Group D alongside Portugal, Belgium and Italy.

Spain beat England to win their first major trophy at the 2023 World Cup and followed this up with victory in the inaugural women’s Nations League.

Germany, the most decorated side in Women’s European Championship history having won the tournament eight times, will play debutants Poland, Denmark and 1984 winners Sweden.

The 16-team tournament, which will be played across eight venues, kicks off on July 2 with hosts Switzerland vs Norway and concludes on July 27.

The full Euro 2025 match schedule is set to be published shortly after the draw.

Euro 2025 group stage draw

Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland

Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy

Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden

Group D: France, England, Wales, Netherlands

England’s Euro 2025 fixtures

England vs France, July 5 (8pm kick-off) — Zurich

England vs Netherlands, July 9 (5pm) — Zurich

England vs Wales, July 13 (8pm) — St. Gallen

Key Euro 2025 dates

Group stage Matchday 1: July 2–5

Group stage Matchday 2: July 6–9

Group stage Matchday 3: July 10–13

Quarter-finals: July 16–19

Semi-finals: July 22–23

Final: July 27

Euro 2025 knockout stage bracket

Quarter-finals

QF1: Winners Group A vs Runners-up Group B: Wednesday July 16 (Stade de Geneve, Geneva)

QF2: Winners Group C vs Runners-up Group D: Thursday July 17 (Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich)

QF3: Winners Group B vs Runners-up Group A: Friday July 18 (Stadion Wankdorf, Bern)

QF4: Winners Group D vs Runners-up Group C: Saturday July 19 (St. Jakob-Park, Basel)

Semi-finals

SF1: Winners QF1 vs Winners QF2: Tuesday July 22 (Stade de Geneve, Geneva)

SF2: Winners QF4 vs Winners QF3: Wednesday July 23 (Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich)

Final

Sunday July 27 (St. Jakob-Park Basel)

Euro 2025 ticket details

The first round of Euro 2025 ticket sales took place on October 1, with over 250,000 tickets made available by UEFA on a first-come-first-served basis.

Over 120,000 tickets were held back for fans of the 16 competing countries and these will be made available shortly after the draw and fixture schedule is confirmed.

A further release of general sale tickets is scheduled for February 2025, before UEFA’s resale platform becomes available in the spring of 2025.

Tickets for the group stages are priced at either CHF 25 (£22.15, $28) to CHF 40 (£35.44, $44.82), while tickets for the final range between CHF 30 (£26.58, $33.61) to CHF 90 (£80, $100).

This article originally appeared in The Athletic.

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