JUL 2-27, SWITZERLAND UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Best players in European football are set for battle Switzerland hosts the 14th edition of the UEFA Women’s European Championships, as the women’s game continues to go from strength to strength. In 2022, the 31-match showpiece revelled in raucous popularity, with over 550,000 excited supporters attending the entire tournament – smashing all previous records RAPID GROWTH: Elite women’s sports are predicted to generate global revenues above $2bn for the first time in 2025 – rising 240% in four years – according to analysis by Deloitte 2025 $2.35bn 2024 $1.88bn 2023 $981m 2022 $692m In 2024, commercial revenues – including sponsorships, merchandising sales and pre-season tours – surpassed $1bn. Matchday revenue rising from 11% share (2022) to 24% Claudia Pina Spanish attacking threat Venues St. Jakob-Park, Basel 34,250 Arena St.Gallen, St Gallen 16,300 Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich Capacity: 22,700 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, 29,800 Allmend Stadion Luzern, Lucerne 14,350 Arena Thun, Thun 8,100 Stade de Genève, Geneva 26,750 Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, 7,750 Switzerland set to stage first major European showpiece since co-hosting UEFA Euro 2008 with Austria Competition schedule 16 teams contest total of 31 matches, played at eight venues, over four weeks 0 FIFA rank (Jun 2025) A 23 16 14 26 Jul 2 Iceland Finland Thun Switzerland Norway Basel 6 Norway Finland Sion Switzerland Iceland Bern 10 Finland Switzerland Geneva Norway Iceland Thun P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 B 2 22 20 13 Jul 3 Belgium Italy Sion Spain Portugal Bern 7 Spain Belgium Thun Portugal Italy Geneva 11 Italy Spain Bern Portugal Belgium Sion P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 C 3 27 12 6 6 Jul 4 Denmark Sweden Geneva Germany Poland St.Gallen 8 Germany Denmark Basel Poland Sweden Lucerne 12 Sweden Germany Zurich Poland Denmark Lucerne P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 D 10 5 30 11 Jul 5 Wales Netherlands Lucerne France England Zurich 9 England Netherlands Zurich France Wales St.Gallen 13 Netherlands France Basel England Wales St.Gallen P W D L F A Pts 1 2 3 4 Team briefing: Guide to who’s who in Switzerland Switzerland Coach: Pia Sundhage Key player: Lia Wälti (1)* 3 Group stage, 2017, 2022 Record: W1 D2 L3 Pictured inset below (Inset 1) Norway Coach: Gemma Grainger Key player: C. Graham Hansen (2) 13 2 Winner 1987, 1993 Record: W16 D7 L16 Iceland Coach: Thorsteinn Halldórsson Key player: Glódís Viggósdóttir 5 Quarter-final, 2013 Record: W1 D4 L7 Finland Coach: Marko Saloranta Key player: Emma Koivisto 5 Semi-final, 2005 Record: W3 D3 L8 Spain Coach: Montse Tomé Key player: Aitana Bonmatí (3) 5 Semi-final, 1997 Record: W5 D3 L8 Portugal Coach: Francisco Neto Key player: Jéssica Silva 3 Group stage, 2017, 2022 Record: W1 D1 L4 Belgium Coach: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir Key player: Tessa Wullaert 3 Quarter-final, 2022 Record: W2 D1 L4 Italy Coach: Andrea Soncin Key player: Cristiana Girelli (4) 13 Final, 1993, 1997 Record: W8 D7 L20 Germany Coach: Christian Wuck Key player: Lea Schüller (5) 12 8 Winner 1989, 91, 95, 97, 2001, 05, 09, 13 Record: W36 D6 L4 Poland Coach: Nina Patalon Key player: Ewa Pajor 1 Tournament debut Record: W0 D0 L0 Denmark Coach: Andrée Alexander Jeglertz Key player: Pernille Harder (6) 11 Final, 2017 Record: W10 D8 L15 Sweden Coach: Peter Gerhardsson Key player: J. Rytting Kaneryd 12 1 Winner 1984 Record: W22 D6 L14 France Coach: Laurent Bonadei Key player: Kadidiatou Diani (7) 8 Semi-final, 2022 Record: W11 D8 L7 England Coach: Sarina Wiegman Key player: Lucy Bronze (8) 10 1 Winner 2022 Record: W17 D3 L14 Wales Coach: Rhian Wilkinson Key player: Jess Fishlock 1 Tournament debut Record: W0 D0 L0 Netherlands Coach: Andries Jonker Key player: Daniëlle van de Donk 5 1 Winner 2017 Record: W10 D3 L5 Top two from each group progress to knockout stage If scores level after 90 minutes, knockout stage matches go into extra time. Matches remaining level decided on penalties Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Jul 16 Geneva Jul 18 Bern A1 Semi-final Semi-final B1 B2 Jul 22 Jul 23 A2 Geneva Zurich FINAL Jul 27 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Jul 17 Zurich Jul 19 Basel C1 D1 D2 C2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WINNING FEELING: Only five nations have become European champions since first championship in 1984. England hoisted maiden title at Covid-delayed edition in 2022 1984 Sweden 1-1 (Pens 4-3) England 1987 Norway 2-1 Sweden 1989 West Germany 4-1 Norway 1991 Germany 3-1 (AET) Norway 1993 Norway 1-0 Italy 1995 Germany 3-2 Sweden 1997 Germany 2-0 Italy 2001 Germany 1-0 (AET) Sweden 2005 Germany 3-1 Norway 2009 Germany 6-2 England 2013 Germany 1-0 Norway 2017 Netherlands 4-2 Denmark 2022 England 2-1 (AET) Germany Trophy weighs 6.7kg and stands 60cm-high – designed G.D.E. Bertoni of Milan Source: FIFA Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS