UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A

League A of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying was the top division of qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results were also used to determine the leagues for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League competition.

2025 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A
Tournament details
Dates5 April – 16 July 2024
Teams16
Relegated Czech Republic
 Finland
 Poland
 Republic of Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored134 (2.79 per match)
Attendance557,623 (11,617 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Lea Schüller
(6 goals)
2022
2029
All statistics correct as of 16 July 2024.

Format

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League A consisted of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in April, May to June, and July 2024.

After the league phase, the top two teams of each group qualified automatically for the final tournament and the bottom two teams of each group advanced to the play-offs.

For the first play-off round the eight League A teams were seeded, and drawn against the eight best-ranked teams in League C. The winner of those ties will advance to the second round.[1][2]

The competition also acted as the first phase for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, which will use an identical league structure. The fourth-placed team from each group was relegated to League B.[1][2]

Seeding

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Teams were allocated to League A after the conclusion of the promotion/relegation matches and Nations League Finals of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League on 28 February 2024. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their overall ranking.[2][3]

Pot 1
Team Rank
  Spain 1
  France 2
  Germany 3
  Netherlands 4
Pot 2
Team Rank
  England 5
  Denmark 6
  Italy 7
  Austria 8
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Iceland[a] 9
  Belgium[a] 10
  Sweden[a] 11
  Norway[a] 12
Pot 4
Team Rank
  Republic of Ireland 17
  Finland 18
  Poland 19
  Czech Republic 20
  1. ^ a b c d Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Serbia, and Sweden participated in the League A vs League B promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.

The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 5 March 2024 at 13:00 CET.[3] Each group contained one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from A1 to A4.

Groups

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Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Italy 6 2 3 1 8 3 +5 9[a] Qualify for final tournament 2–0 1–1 4–0
2   Netherlands 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9[a] 0–0 1–0 1–0
3   Norway 6 1 4 1 7 4 +3 7 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–0 1–1 4–0
4   Finland (R) 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 2–1 1–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Netherlands 1.
Norway  4–0  Finland
Report
Attendance: 3,106
Italy  2–0  Netherlands
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Finland  2–1  Italy
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Netherlands  1–0  Norway
Report
Attendance: 9,486
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Norway  0–0  Italy
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Attendance: 9,307
Netherlands  1–0  Finland
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Finland  1–1  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 7,677
Italy  1–1  Norway
Report
Attendance: 2,198

Finland  1–1  Norway
Report
Attendance: 7,345
Netherlands  0–0  Italy
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Norway  1–1  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Italy  4–0  Finland
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Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Spain 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15 Qualify for final tournament 3–2 2–0 3–1
2   Denmark 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12 0–2 4–2 2–0
3   Belgium 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4[a] Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–7 0–3 1–1
4   Czech Republic (R) 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4[a] Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 2–1 1–3 1–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Belgium 4, Czech Republic 1.
Czech Republic  1–3  Denmark
Report
Belgium  0–7  Spain
Report
Attendance: 7,123

Denmark  4–2  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 1,660
Spain  3–1  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 9,982

Czech Republic  1–2  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 5,892
Denmark  0–2  Spain
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Belgium  1–1  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 2,366
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Spain  3–2  Denmark
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Czech Republic  2–1  Spain
Report
Attendance: 1,893
Belgium  0–3  Denmark
Report
Attendance: 2,764

Spain  2–0  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 16,650
Denmark  2–0  Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 3,303

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   France 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12 Qualify for final tournament 1–2 2–1 1–0
2   England 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 1–2 1–1 2–1
3   Sweden 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 0–1 0–0 1–0
4   Republic of Ireland (R) 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 3–1 0–2 0–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
England  1–1  Sweden
Report
France  1–0  Republic of Ireland
Report

Sweden  0–1  France
Report
Attendance: 11,278
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Republic of Ireland  0–2  England
Report
Attendance: 32,742

Republic of Ireland  0–3  Sweden
Report
Attendance: 22,868
England  1–2  France
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Attendance: 42,561

Sweden  1–0  Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 21,216
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
France  1–2  England
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England  2–1  Republic of Ireland
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Attendance: 23,003
France  2–1  Sweden
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Attendance: 12,317

Sweden  0–0  England
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Republic of Ireland  3–1  France
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Attendance: 18,399

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Germany 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15 Qualify for final tournament 3–1 4–0 4–1
2   Iceland 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 3–0 2–1 3–0
3   Austria 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Advance to play-offs (seeded) 2–3 1–1 3–1
4   Poland (R) 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0 Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B 1–3 0–1 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Iceland  3–0  Poland
Report
Austria  2–3  Germany
Report
Attendance: 7,500

Poland  1–3  Austria
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Germany  3–1  Iceland
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Attendance: 16,503

Austria  1–1  Iceland
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Germany  4–1  Poland
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Attendance: 18,765

Poland  1–3  Germany
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Iceland  2–1  Austria
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Austria  3–1  Poland
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Attendance: 2,343
Iceland  3–0  Germany
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Attendance: 5,243
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Germany  4–0  Austria
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Poland  0–1  Iceland
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League ranking

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The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th overall in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying according to their league ranking.[1]

The last-placed teams from each group were relegated to League B for the upcoming 2025 Women's Nations League.

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 A2   Spain 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15
2 A4   Germany 6 5 0 1 17 8 +9 15
3 A3   France 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12
4 A1   Italy 6 2 3 1 8 3 +5 9
5 A4   Iceland 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
6 A2   Denmark 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12
7 A3   England 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
8 A1   Netherlands 6 2 3 1 4 4 0 9
9 A3   Sweden 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8
10 A1   Norway 6 1 4 1 7 4 +3 7
11 A4   Austria 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7
12 A2   Belgium 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
13 A1   Finland 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5 Relegation to League B
14 A2   Czech Republic 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4
15 A3   Republic of Ireland 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3
16 A4   Poland 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Top goalscorers

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There were 134 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers". UEFA. 7 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Women's European Qualifiers for EURO 2025: Who is in what league?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Association. 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Women's European Qualifiers league stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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