UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified host Switzerland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final tournament.
Format
The European Qualifiers started on 5 April 2024, following the conclusion of the 2023–24 Women's Nations League. The qualifiers were composed of a league stage and final tournament [|play-offs].The league stage was 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 was 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 competed in groups of four and four or three teams 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 were: to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025; and to be positioned as high as possible for the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League.
The European Qualifiers ranking at the end of the league stage determined three main outcomes:
- Who qualified directly for Euro 2025;
- Who went into the play-offs for Euro 2025;
- The composition of the leagues for the upcoming Nations League.
- the top two teams in each League A group qualified directly for the finals alongside hosts Switzerland;
- the remaining seven spots were decided by two rounds of play-offs in October to December 2024.
- The four group winners in League B were promoted to League A;
- The four fourth-placed teams in League A were relegated to League B;
- The five group winners in League C were promoted to League B;
- The four fourth-placed teams, plus the lowest-ranked third-placed team in League B, were relegated to League C;
- All other teams stayed in the same league.
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers for group ranking
If two or more teams in the same group were equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
- 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. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
- Higher goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
- Higher number of wins in all group matches;
- Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
- Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches.
- Position in the [|2024–25 Women's European Qualifiers access list].
Criteria for league ranking
Individual [|league rankings] were established according to the following criteria:- Position in the group;
- Higher number of points;
- Higher goal difference;
- Higher number of goals scored;
- Higher number of goals scored away from home;
- Higher number of wins;
- Higher number of wins away from home;
- Lower disciplinary points total.
- Position in the 2024–25 Women's European Qualifiers access list
Criteria for overall ranking
The overall UEFA Nations League rankings were established as follows:- The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
- The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
- The League C teams were ranked 33rd onwards according to their league rankings.
Teams
In total, 51 teams entered the qualifying competition. Russia were not permitted to enter the competition due to them being suspended because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 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.
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. The seedings, pots, and draw procedure were confirmed by UEFA on 1 March 2024.
| Promoted after 2023–24 Women's Nations League | |
| Relegated after 2023–24 Women's Nations League | |
| * | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
DrawThe draw for the UEFA Women's European Qualifiers took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 5 March 2024 at 13:00 CET. 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, were drawn into four-team groups for this competition.ScheduleBelow is the schedule of the UEFA Women's European Qualifiers 2025 campaign.
League AGroup A1Group A2Group A3Group A4League BGroup B1Group B2Group B3Group B4Qualification for play-offsRanking of third-placed teamsLeague CGroup C1Group C2Group C3Group C4Group C5Ranking of second-placed teamsDue to unequal group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams were not considered when comparing teams finishing first, second, or third in their groups.Play-offsThe play-offs determined the final seven teams that qualified for the final tournament and were played over two rounds.28 teams competed in the play-offs: the 8 worst-ranked teams in League A, the top 12 teams in League B, and the top 8 teams in League C. In the first round, the eight worst-ranked teams in League A were seeded and drawn into ties against the eight best-ranked teams in League C. The eight winners progressed to the second round. In addition, the six best-ranked teams in League B were seeded and drawn into ties against the next six best-ranked teams in League B. The six winners progressed to the second round. In the second round, the teams from both paths came together and were drawn into seven ties. The winners of those ties progressed to the final tournament. TeamsQualified teamsThe following teams qualified for the final tournament alongside the hosts Switzerland.
Overall rankingThe results of each team's league rankings were used to calculate the overall ranking of the competition, using the [|ranking criteria], and were used for seeding in the Euro 2025 final tournament draw and the upcoming 2025 Women's Nations League. Teams were promoted or relegated for the next Nations League as indicated.
Top goalscorers
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