A goalless draw towards Sweden in Gothenberg was sufficient for the Lionesses to safe direct qualification for subsequent yr’s event in Switzerland.
Defending champions England completed second in Group A3 and earned a hard-fought level to keep away from a play-off situation for qualification.
England’s Euro 2025 qualifying outcomes
Friday, April 5England 1 Sweden 1, Wembley
Tuesday, April 9Republic of Eire 0 England 2, Aviva Stadium
Friday, Could 31England 1 France 2, St James’ Park
Tuesday, June 4France 1 England 2, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Friday, 12 JulyEngland 2 Republic of Eire 1, Carrow Highway
Tuesday, 16 JulySweden 0 England 0, Gamla Ullevi
Different key dates
Oct 21-29Either Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs (if wanted) or friendlies.
Nov 25-Dec 3Either Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs ultimate spherical (if wanted) or friendlies.
Dec 16Draw for Euro 2025.
England’s group opponents
France
Ceaselessly tipped for greatness however to date proving to be perennial underachievers at main tournaments.
Managed by Hervé Renard, who famously oversaw Saudi Arabia’s shock victory towards Argentina on the males’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar, they reached the quarter-finals on the Ladies’s World Cup final yr however misplaced on penalties to co-hosts Australia. France had been additionally the runners-up within the inaugural Ladies’s Nations League in February.
They’ve a crew affected by stars from Paris St-Germain and the file eight-time Ladies’s Champions League winners Lyon, and have a powerful head-to-head file towards England traditionally.Key participant: Kadidiatou Diani (ahead, Lyon)Outcomes to date: France 1 Republic of Eire 0; Sweden 0 France 1, England 1 France 2, Republic of Eire 3 France 1
Sweden
Regulars within the latter levels of main ladies’s tournaments and silver medallists on the previous two Olympic Video games, Sweden are an enormous presence in world ladies’s soccer and completed third on the 2023 World Cup.
They had been comprehensively undone by England at Bramall Lane within the Euros semi-finals in 2022 however stay a formidable crew.
The Swedes, surprisingly, completed solely third of their Nations League group final autumn, largely due to a expensive away defeat towards Switzerland – and that’s the reason they discovered themselves in Pot Three for the draw.Key participant: Stina Blackstenius (striker, Arsenal)Outcomes to date: England 1 Sweden 1; Sweden 0 France 1, Republic of Eire 0 Sweden 3, Sweden 0 England 0
Republic of Eire
The Irish are coming into a brand new period below head coach Eileen Gleeson. She has changed Vera Pauw, whose four-year reign ended after final summer season’s World Cup when the Republic of Eire went out within the group levels.
In her six Nations League matches in cost, Gleeson oversaw a formidable six wins in League B to earn promotion to League A for this newest cycle. That noticed them beat Albania, Hungary and Northern Eire twice every. Nevertheless, they may go into this League A marketing campaign as main underdogs towards three of the world’s prime five-ranked sides.Key participant: Katie McCabe (left-back/winger, Arsenal)Outcomes to date: France 1 Republic of Eire 0; Republic of Eire 0 England 2, Republic of Eire 0 Sweden 3, Republic of Eire 3 France 1
How does qualifying work?
Three of the world’s prime five-ranked sides are in Group A3 – France (third), England (fourth) and Sweden (fifth), together with the Republic of Eire (twenty fourth) – however solely the highest two shall be assured automated qualification for subsequent summer season’s event in Switzerland.
England’s probabilities of qualifying for Euro 2025 – and defending the title – stay comparatively sturdy total, nonetheless, as a result of the brand new format means the third- and fourth-placed groups of their group will participate in play-offs as a back-up path to the finals.
The qualification course of has been merged with the Ladies’s Nations League, which started in 2023. England are in League A and due to this fact had been assured to face sturdy sides in qualifying, whereas groups in Leagues B and C can not qualify for the Euros mechanically and might solely hope for play-off spots at finest.
Full qualifying draw
League A
Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, FinlandGroup A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czech RepublicGroup A3: France, England, Sweden, Republic of IrelandGroup A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland
League B
Group B1: Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, AzerbaijanGroup B2: Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, IsraelGroup B3: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Eire, MaltaGroup B4: Wales, Croatia, Ukraine, Kosovo
League C
Group C1: Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus, GeorgiaGroup C2: Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, MoldovaGroup C3: Greece, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe IslandsGroup C4: Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, ArmeniaGroup C5: Albania, Estonia, Luxembourg
When are the 2025 Euros happening?
The 16-team event will run from July 2-27, 2025.
The place is the 2025 event being hosted?
Switzerland are the host nation after beating off competitors from Poland, France and collectively Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden.
Who’re the defending champions?
England are the defending champions after lifting the trophy on residence soil in 2022.
