England will defend their European title at Euro 2025 in Switzerland, and have been drawn in the same group as debutants Wales.
England will defend their title at Euro 2025 in Switzerland, and Sarina Wiegman's team have been drawn in the same group as debutants Wales.Who else is in Group D with England and Wales?
England and Wales have been drawn alongside France and the Netherlands, who are both established major forces in the women's game.The Lionesses' opening match will be against France on 5 July with Wales facing the Netherlands on the same day.England are ranked fourth in the world making them the highest-ranked side in Group D - with the Netherlands 10th, France 11th and Wales 30th.There are 16 teams at Euro 2025, who begin the tournament in four groups of four.
Alongside live TV coverage and highlights across the BBC and iPlayer, radio commentary will also be available on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra.In April 2023, Uefa revealed that the 2025 tournament would be hosted by Switzerland, which fended off competition from Poland, France and a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
This will be the first time that Switzerland has organised a major women's sporting event of this scale. Matches will be played across eight stadiums across the country, including St Jakob-Park in Basel, Stade de Geneve in Geneva and Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich.Euro 2025 tickets have been on sale since 1 October 2024, when over 250,000 tickets were made available for the 31 matches in the tournament.
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