UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B

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Dates5 April – 16 July 2024

Teams16

Promoted

Portugal

Scotland

Switzerland

Wales

Relegated

Azerbaijan

Israel

Kosovo

Malta

Slovakia

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B
Tournament details
Dates	5 April – 16 July 2024
Teams	16
Promoted	Portugal Scotland Switzerland Wales
Relegated	Azerbaijan Israel Kosovo Malta Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	129 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	89,016 (1,855 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Martha Thomas Jess Fishlock (5 goals each)
Women's Nations League ← 2023–24 2025 → Women's Euro qualifying 2029 →

League B of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying was the second 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.

League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked 17th to 32nd among competition entrants 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.^[1]

After the league phase, the best-ranked League B teams advanced to the play-offs to determine who qualifies for the final tournament.^[2]

The group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams in League B (except Switzerland) advanced to the first round (i.e. the twelve best-ranked teams). The six higher-ranked of those teams were seeded and drawn into ties against the six lower-ranked teams. The six winners progress to the next round.^[2]^[3]

Switzerland are guaranteed a spot in the final tournament as hosts, and therefore will not participate in the play-offs. Since they finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team (i.e. the team ranked 13th in League B) also qualified for the first round.^[3]

The competition also acted as the first phase for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, which will use an identical league structure. The winners of each group were promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group and the worst-ranked third placed team was relegated to League C.^[1]^[2]

Seeding

Groups

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H, P)	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Qualify for final tournament as host and promotion to League A		—	3–1	2–1	3–0
2	Turkey	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Advance to play-offs		0–2	—	2–1	1–0
3	Hungary	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7		1–0	1–4	—	1–1
4	Azerbaijan (R)	6	1	1	4	2	14	−12	4	Relegation to League C and advance to play-offs^[a]		0–4	1–0	0–5	—

Hungary	1–1	Azerbaijan
Csiszár 44'	Report	Jafarzade 74' (pen.)

Switzerland	3–1	Turkey
Calligaris 30', 78' Bühler 52'	Report	Türkoğlu 80'

Azerbaijan	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	Vallotto 11' (pen.) Bühler 20' Pilgrim 51' Riesen 54'

Turkey	2–1	Hungary
Türkoğlu 80' Cin 87'	Report	Csányi 45+1'

Turkey	1–0	Azerbaijan
Topçu 43' (pen.)	Report

Switzerland	2–1	Hungary
Lehmann 27' Bachmann 61' (pen.)	Report	Zeller 56'

Azerbaijan	1–0	Turkey
Mirzaliyeva 89'	Report

Hungary	1–0	Switzerland
Pápai 73'	Report

Azerbaijan	0–5	Hungary
	Report	Csiki 21' Kaján 32' Pápai 53' Siklér 90+1', 90+4'

Turkey	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	Schertenleib 58' Crnogorčević 65'

Switzerland	3–0	Azerbaijan
Terchoun 25' Calligaris 77' Crnogorčević 88'	Report

Hungary	1–4	Turkey
Kaján 66'	Report	Şeker 14' Keskin 55' Sadıkoğlu 61' Hançar 79'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland (P)	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A	—	1–0	1–0	4–1
2	Serbia	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Slovakia (R)	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4	Advance to play-offs and relegation to League C^[a]	0–2	0–4	—	2–0
4	Israel (R)	6	0	1	5	5	18	−13	1	Relegation to League C	0–5	2–4	2–2	—

Slovakia	2–0	Israel
Hmírová 35' Mikolajová 39'	Report

Serbia	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Israel	2–4	Serbia
Kats 31' Avital 78'	Report	Damnjanović 5', 55' Filipović 37' Ćirić 90+2'

Scotland	1–0	Slovakia
Howard 62'	Report

Serbia	2–1	Slovakia
Slović 22' Ivanović 53'	Report	Šurnovská 9'

Scotland	4–1	Israel
Emslie 17', 36' Hanson 30' Thomas 63' (pen.)	Report	Sommer 84'

Israel	0–5	Scotland
	Report	Thomas 14', 37', 74', 77' Cornet 86'

Slovakia	0–4	Serbia
	Report	Damnjanović 35' Vlajnic 55' Ivanović 87' Matejić 90+4'

Slovakia	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Emslie 46', 70'

Serbia	1–0	Israel
Filipović 7'	Report

Scotland	1–0	Serbia
Hanson 39'	Report

Israel	2–2	Slovakia
Selimhodzic 37' Elinav 45+3'	Report	Košíková 14' Bogorová 89'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (P)	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	4–0	3–0	3–1
2	Northern Ireland	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to play-offs		1–2	—	2–0	0–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7		0–0	1–3	—	2–1
4	Malta (R)	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	1	Relegation to League C		0–2	0–2	0–1	—

Northern Ireland	0–0	Malta
	Report

Portugal	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
C. Costa 28' Slišković 45+4' (o.g.) Di. Silva 62'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Northern Ireland
Milinković 56'	Report	Wade 54' Bell 60' Magill 68'

Malta	0–2	Portugal
	Report	C. Costa 48' (pen.) Capeta 78'

Malta	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report	Nikolić 88'

Portugal	4–0	Northern Ireland
C. Costa 25' (pen.) Alves 49', 90+6' Amado 83'	Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Malta
Nikolić 64', 90+4'	Report	Farrugia 10'

Northern Ireland	1–2	Portugal
Wade 5'	Report	Nazareth 18' Norton 30'

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Malta	0–2	Northern Ireland
	Report	Lipman 10' (o.g.) Beattie 80'

Portugal	3–1	Malta
Capeta 7' Ribeiro 28' J. Silva 86'	Report	Farrugia 16'

Northern Ireland	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andrews 47' Wade 67'	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales (P)	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	14	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Advance to play-offs		2–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9		0–3	1–0	—	2–0
4	Kosovo (R)	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0	Relegation to League C		0–6	0–4	0–1	—

Ukraine	2–0	Kosovo
Petryk 28' (pen.) Khimich 34'	Report

Wales	4–0	Croatia
Fishlock 4', 50' Rowe 51' James 56'	Report

Kosovo	0–6	Wales
	Report	Rowe 30', 60' Barton 44' Morgan 62' Hughes 85', 90+3'

Croatia	1–0	Ukraine
Lojna 18'	Report

Qualification for play-offs

The winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams in each group advanced to the play-offs (excluding Switzerland who qualified automatically as hosts).^[1]^[2] Since Switzerland finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team also advanced to the play-offs.^[3]

This means that the twelve best-ranked League B teams excluding Switzerland advanced to the first round. The six higher-ranked teams were seeded, and drawn against the six lower-ranked teams. The winner of those ties will advance to the second round.^[1]^[2]

Rnk	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
17	B3	Portugal	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Advance to play-offs (seeded)
18	B2	Scotland	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to play-offs (seeded)
19	B1	Switzerland (H)	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Qualify for final tournament as host
20	B4	Wales	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	14	Advance to play-offs (seeded)

21	B2	Serbia	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to play-offs (seeded)
22	B4	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
23	B3	Northern Ireland	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
24	B1	Turkey	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Advance to play-offs (unseeded)

25	B4	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9	Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
26	B1	Hungary	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7
27	B3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7
28	B2	Slovakia	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

29	B1	Azerbaijan	6	1	1	4	2	14	−12	4	Advance to play-offs (unseeded)
30	B3	Malta	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	1
31	B2	Israel	6	0	1	5	5	18	−13	1
32	B4	Kosovo	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
(H) Hosts of final tournament

Ranking of third-placed teams

The lowest-ranked third-placed team was relegated to League C for the 2025 Women's Nations League, along with the four last-placed teams.

Rnk	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
25	B4	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9
26	B1	Hungary	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7
27	B3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7
28	B2	Slovakia	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4	Relegation to League C

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

League ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying according to their league ranking.^[1]

The four group winners were promoted to League A for the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League. The four last-placed teams in each group, along with the worst-ranked third-placed team, were relegated to League C.^[1]^[2]

Rnk	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	B3	Portugal	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Promotion to League A
18	B2	Scotland	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16
19	B1	Switzerland	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15
20	B4	Wales	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	14

21	B2	Serbia	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13
22	B4	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
23	B3	Northern Ireland	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
24	B1	Turkey	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9

25	B4	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9
26	B1	Hungary	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7
27	B3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7
28	B2	Slovakia	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4	Relegation to League C

29	B1	Azerbaijan	6	1	1	4	2	14	−12	4	Relegation to League C
30	B3	Malta	6	0	1	5	2	10	−8	1
31	B2	Israel	6	0	1	5	5	18	−13	1
32	B4	Kosovo	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Top goalscorers

There were 129 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Gloria Slišković (against Portugal)
Emma Lipman (against Northern Ireland)

Source: UEFA

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B

Seeding

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Qualification for play-offs

Ranking of third-placed teams

League ranking

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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