Women's Euro 2025: Everything you need to know
England face a stiff challenge to defend their European Championship title after being drawn in the toughest group at Euro 2025.
Sarina Wiegman's team take on France, Netherlands and Wales in Group D in Switzerland. They also qualified from a tough group that featured France, Sweden and Ireland.
Click here for analysis of England 's opponents and their possible route to the final.
The Lionesses, who were World Cup runners-up in 2023, are among the favourites to win in Switzerland but their preparations have been hit by a series of setbacks.
Goalkeeper Mary Earps, the Golden Glove winner at Euro 2022, made the shock decision to retire from international football in the build-up to the tournament.
She was followed by Fran Kirby's retirement and Millie Bright's withdrawal from the Euros, forcing Wiegman to deny England were in crisis.
Wales have qualified for their first major women's tournament, beating Ireland 3-1 on aggregate in their December play-off.
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When are England's Euro 2025 fixtures?
France vs England, Saturday July 5 (8pm BST, Zurich, Group D)
England vs Netherlands, Wednesday July 9 (5pm BST, Zurich, Group D)
England vs Wales, Sunday July 13 (8pm BST, St.Gallen, Group D)
When are Wales' Euro 2025 fixtures?
Wales vs Netherlands, Saturday July 5 (5pm BST, Lucerne, Group D)
France vs Wales, Wednesday July 9 (8pm BST, St.Gallen, Group D)
England vs Wales, Sunday July 13 (8pm BST, St.Gallen, Group D)
When is the Women's Euros? Key dates
The 16-team tournament starts on July 2 and finishes on July 27.
Where is the Women's Euros being held? Host cities and stadiums
Women's Euro 2025, the 14th edition of the tournament, will be held in Switzerland. The Swiss beat off competition to host from Poland, France and jointly Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden.
Euro 2025 will take place across eight venues:
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich
Arena St Gallen, St Gallen
Allmend Stadion Luzern, Lucerne
Arena Thun, Thun
Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
What teams will play in Euro 2025?
Switzerland qualified automatically as hosts while France, Germany, Italy and Spain booked their places by winning their Nations League groups. The other automatic qualifiers are Nations League group runners-up Denmark, England, Iceland and Netherlands.
Play-offs then determined the final seven teams for the tournament, with Belgium, Finland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Wales securing their spots.
A Hannah Cain penalty and Carrie Jones goal for Wales helped them defeat Republic of Ireland 2-1 in Dublin (3-2 on aggregate) to secure their ticket to Switzerland.
What are the groups for Euro 2025?
At the draw on December 16, 2024, the 16 teams were split into four pots, with one team from each pot drawn in each group for the tournament.
Hosts Switzerland were in pot one with France, Germany and Spain, while England were in pot two with Denmark, Iceland and Italy. Belgium, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden made up pot three with Wales in pot four along with Finland, Poland and Portugal.
The tournament format involves the teams in each group playing each other in a single round-robin format, with the top two progressing to the knockout stage.
The groups are:
Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland
Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden
Group D: France, England, Wales, Netherlands
What are the fixtures for Euro 2025 in full?
Here are all the fixtures for the summer tournament, including the knockout stages. All kick-off times are BST.
Group stage
Wednesday, July 2
Iceland vs Finland (5pm, Thun)
Switzerland vs Norway (8pm, Basel)
Thursday, July 3
Belgium vs Italy (5pm, Sion)
Spain vs Portugal (8pm, Bern)
Friday, July 4
Denmark vs Sweden (5pm, Geneva)
Germany vs Poland (8pm, St Gallen)
Saturday, July 5
Wales vs Netherlands (5pm, Lucerne)
France vs England (8pm, Zurich)
Sunday, July 6
Norway vs Finland (5pm, Sion)
Switzerland vs Iceland (8pm, Bern)
Monday, July 7
Spain vs Belgium (5pm, Thun)
Portugal vs Italy (8pm, Geneva)
Tuesday, July 8
Germany vs Denmark (5pm, Basel)
Poland vs Sweden (8pm, Lucerne)
Wednesday, July 9
England vs Netherlands (5pm, Zurich)
France vs Wales (8pm, St Gallen)
Thursday, July 10
Finland vs Switzerland (5pm, Geneva)
Norway vs Iceland (8pm, Thun)
Friday, July 11
Italy vs Spain (5pm, Bern)
Portugal vs Belgium (8pm, Sion)
Saturday, July 12
Sweden vs Germany (5pm, Zurich)
Poland vs Denmark (8pm, Lucerne)
Sunday, July 13
Netherlands vs France (5pm, Basel)
England vs Wales (8pm, St Gallen)
Quarter-finals
Wednesday, July 16
Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B (8pm, Geneva)
Thursday, July 17
Winner Group C vs Runner-up Group D (8pm, Zurich)
Friday, July 18
Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A (8pm, Bern)
Saturday, July 19
Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group C (8pm, Basel)
Semi-finals
Tuesday, July 22 Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2 (8pm, Geneva)
Wednesday, July 23 Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4 (8pm, Zurich)
Final
Sunday, July 27 (5pm, Basel)
How can I watch the Women's Euro 2025?
BBC and ITV will share television coverage for the Women's European Championship, with half of the matches shown live across BBC channels and iPlayer and the other half shown live across ITV1 and ITV4.
ITV will show two of England's group games, against France on July 5 and Wales on July 13. It will also show Wales's match against France on July 9. BBC will broadcast both Wales's and England's matches against Netherlands, on July 5 and 9 respectively.
BBC will air three of the four quarter-finals while ITV will have first pick of the semi-finals. Both broadcasters will show the final on July 27.
BBC Radio 5 Live will also offer live commentary from the Euros while highlights and clips will be on the BBC Sport website and ITVX, the latter of which will also show matches on catch-up.
What is the punditry line-up for the Women's Euro 2025?
Gabby Logan, who is one of the three replacements for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day from the start of the 2025-26 season, is also one of three hosts for the BBC's coverage of the tournament, joining former England right-back Alex Scott and ex-Olympic sprinter Jeanette Kwakye.
Former Lionesses make up the heart of the punditry team with Jill Scott and Ellen White, winners last time out, linking up with Fara Williams, who won 172 caps, and Steph Houghton, the former captain, who won 121 and Anita Asante who went on to manage Bristol City Women. Helen Ward and Katie Sherwood will be on hand for Wales' matches.
Arsenal's Champions League-winning head coach Renée Slegers will be part of the panel with Scotland's Rachel Corsie, former Germany centre-half Josie Henning and former Manchester City and QPR defender Nedum Onuoha, while former England players Rachel Brown-Finnis, Gilly Flaherty and Izzy Christiansen are on co-commentary duties with Match of the Day regulars Robyn Cowen, Jonathan Pearce and Vicki Sparks.
How can I buy Women's Euro 2025 tickets?
Ticket prices can be seen here and be purchased here.
What happened at the last women's Euros in 2022?
England won on home soil, beating Germany 2-1 in the final after extra-time.
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