UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
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The play-offs of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition determined the final seven participants of the Women's Euro 2025 final tournament, who joined the eight directly qualified teams and hosts Switzerland.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 October 2024 – 3 December 2024 |
| Teams | 28 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 138 (3.29 per match) |
| Attendance | 231,321 (5,508 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Frida Maanum(6 goals) |
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Format
The play-offs determined the final seven teams that qualified for the final tournament and were played over two rounds.[2][3]
In the first round, the eight teams finishing third and fourth in League A were seeded, and drawn into ties against the five group winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progressed to the second round.
In addition the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams in League B (except Switzerland) participated in the first round (i.e. the 12 best-ranked League B teams). The six higher-ranked of those teams were seeded and drawn into ties against the six lower-ranked teams. The six winners progressed to the next round.[3][4]
Switzerland, who competed in League B, were guaranteed a spot in the final tournament as hosts, and therefore did 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.[4]
In the second round, the teams from both paths came together and were drawn into seven ties. The team pairings from the first round ties involving the seven highest-ranked teams, according to the 2024–25 European Qualifiers overall ranking, were seeded in the second round draw[note 1] and drawn against the seven remaining pairings from the first round.[2]
The seven winners of these ties progressed to the final tournament in Switzerland.
Both rounds of the play-offs were played over two legs, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[2]
Draw
The play-off draw for both rounds took place on 19 July 2024 at 13:00 CEST in Nyon, Switzerland.[5]
For the first round draw, the League A teams were seeded and drawn into eight ties against the League C teams to form Path 1, and the six best-ranked League B teams were seeded and drawn against the six lower-ranked League B teams to form Path 2.[2][3][5]
For the second round draw, teams from both paths came together. The draw took place before the winners of the first round were known, and the first round pairings involving the seven highest-ranked teams, according to the 2024–25 European Qualifiers overall ranking, were seeded[note 1] and drawn against the seven remaining pairings from the first round.[2][5]
For all three draws, a team from the unseeded pot was drawn first, and placed into the home position in the first tie, followed by a team drawn from the seeded pot placed into the away position, with the process then repeating until each pot was empty. This ensured that all seeded teams will play their second leg ties at home.[5]
Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn together, due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the second round draw procedure was adjusted as required to ensure this prohibited clash could not occur.[5]
Seeding
The following teams qualified for the first round of the play-offs, and were seeded as shown.[5]
Round 1: Path 1
| Seeded | Unseeded | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Rnk | Team | Rnk |
 Sweden | 9 |  Slovenia | 33 |
| Norway | 10 |  Romania | 34 |
 Austria | 11 |  Belarus | 35 |
 Belgium | 12 |  Greece | 36 |
 Finland | 13 |  Albania | 37 |
 Czech Republic | 14 |  Luxembourg | 38 |
 Republic of Ireland | 15 |  Montenegro | 39 |
 Poland | 16 |  Georgia | 40 |
Round 1: Path 2
| Seeded | Unseeded | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Rnk | Team | Rnk |
 Portugal | 17 |  Turkey | 24 |
 Scotland | 18 |  Croatia | 25 |
 Wales | 20 |  Hungary | 26 |
 Serbia | 21 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 |
 Ukraine | 22 |  Slovakia | 28 |
 Northern Ireland | 23 |  Azerbaijan | 29 |
Round 2
The ties for the second round were drawn before the winners of round 1 were known, and were seeded as follows.[5]
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Sweden | Winner of path 1 tie involving Poland |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Norway | Winner of path 2 tie involving Portugal |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Austria | Winner of path 2 tie involving Scotland |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Belgium | Winner of path 2 tie involving Wales |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Finland | Winner of path 2 tie involving Serbia |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Czech Republic | Winner of path 2 tie involving Ukraine |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Republic of Ireland | Winner of path 2 tie involving Northern Ireland |
Summary
First round
The first round matches took place on 25 and 29 October 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.[6]
Round 1: Path 1
Round 1: Path 2
Second round
The second round matches took place on 28/29 November and 3 December 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.[6]
Matches
Times are CEST/CET,[note 2] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
First round: Path 1
Poland won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Belgium won 5–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Montenegro | 0–1 | Finland |
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| Finland | 5–0 | Montenegro |
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Finland won 6–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Republic of Ireland won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Austria won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Luxembourg | 0–4 | Sweden |
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| Sweden | 8–0 | Luxembourg |
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Sweden won 12–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Belarus | 1–8 | Czech Republic |
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Czech Republic won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Norway won 14–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
First round: Path 2
| Turkey | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Northern Ireland | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Croatia |
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Northern Ireland won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | Serbia |
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Serbia won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
| Azerbaijan | 1–4 | Portugal |
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| Portugal | 4–0 | Azerbaijan |
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Portugal won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Scotland won 5–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Wales won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Second round
| Portugal | 1–1 | Czech Republic |
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| Czech Republic | 1–2 | Portugal |
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Portugal won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Finland won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
| Ukraine | 0–2 | Belgium |
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Belgium won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Wales won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Poland won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
| Northern Ireland | 0–4 | Norway |
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| Norway | 3–0 | Northern Ireland |
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Norway won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Sweden won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Top goalscorers
There were 138 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Barbara Dunst- Lilli Purtscheller
Nazlican Parlak
Anastasiya Shlapakova
Kassandra Missipo- Mariam Toloba
Emina Ekic
Izabela Lojna
Eva Bartoňová- Franny Černá
- Michaela Khýrová
- Andrea Stašková
Lilli Halttunen- Vilma Koivisto
- Natalia Kuikka
- Ria Öling
Vilde Bøe Risa- Signe Gaupset
- Tuva Hansen
- Synne Jensen
- Lisa Naalsund
- Guro Reiten
Lauren Wade
Nadia Krezyman
Ana Capeta- Diana Gomes
- Kika Nazareth
- Fátima Pinto
- Tatiana Pinto
- Dolores Silva
Aoife Mannion- Anna Patten
- Julie-Ann Russell
- Marissa Sheva
- Jessie Stapleton
Ioana Bălăceanu- Ana Maria Stanciu
Erin Cuthbert- Caroline Weir
Tijana Filipović- Vesna Milivojević
- Sara Stokić
Mária Mikolajová- Martina Šurnovská
Lara Prašnikar
Anna Anvegård- Kosovare Asllani
- Evelyn Ijeh
- Rosa Kafaji
- Julia Zigiotti Olme
Elif Keskin
Daryna Apanaschenko
Hannah Cain- Jess Fishlock
- Ceri Holland
- Carrie Jones
- Ffion Morgan
- Lily Woodham
1 own goal
Kristina Hoxhaj (against Norway)- Izabela Lojna (against Northern Ireland)
Lauren Brzykcy (against Scotland)
Leila Schmit (against Sweden)- Eda Karataş (against Ukraine)
- Olivia Clark (against the Republic of Ireland)
Source: UEFA
Notes
- The seven highest-ranked teams in the playoffs were all by definition from League A. If one of those teams had lost to a League C team in the first round, that League C team would have been seeded in the second round, as the winner of the first round tie involving one of the top seven teams. (Regulations Article 27.05b)[2]
- Due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were required to play their home matches at neutral venues, and behind closed doors.[19]
- Due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter the Czech Republic by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues.[25]