UEFA Women’s EURO 2025, Switzerland - qualifiers

[Lorric]

Boooooooooo hissssssssss.

Oh well. Bring 'em on.

[Witkop1983]

League A

Group A1: Netherlands. Italy, Norway, Finland

Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia

Group A3: France, England, Sweden, Republic of Ireland

Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland

A1: the most balanced group, with the strongest pot 4 team in it
A2: the most unequal group. If Spain goes for it the will get 18 pts, Denmark and Belgium will fight for 2nd. Czechia will have to try to do better than Ireland
A3: the strongest group. Ireland is doomed
A4: Germany got the fun group. All other three are fighting for 2nd place

For the tournamt itself I hope they put all winners in pot 1, runners up in pot 2 and 7 playoff winners + Switzerland in pot 3. Althoug that will lead to a group of death for A3 number 3, unless the draw runner up of group 2

[Lorric]

It's just like the men. England fall into pot 2 because of the Nations League and draw the best pot 3 team. Hopefully it ends in the same way.

[Witkop1983]

Sorry I dubbelposted, this can be deleted

[Lorric]

Hate that getting fucked over in the Nations League means getting fucked over in 3 different tournaments. Maybe more if we don't win this group as I assume that results in these groups carries over into the next Nations League.

3rd 4th and 5th by FIFA Rankings in the same group. I expect we'd have sailed through the group we should have been in.

[Jackson Harrison]

Oh wow...that's a tough group.

I'll offer my full predictions later but I expect us to come 3rd.

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina so the next UWNL schedule is confirmed as:
MD1/2 - Feb 25
MD3/4 - Apr 25
MD5/6 - Oct 25
Finals - Nov 25

[amenina]

@amenina so the next UWNL schedule is confirmed as:
MD1/2 - Feb 25
MD3/4 - Apr 25
MD5/6 - Oct 25
Finals - Nov 25

The dates of the league phase matchdays were shown at 13:12 of the draw video: https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/draws/

But I don't see the dates of the finals.

It is interesting that the first four matchdays of the next UWNL will be played before the Euro 2025 final tournament.

I guess this will give enough time for UEFA to play all of their 2027 WWC qualifying phase starting from early 2026.

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina so the next UWNL schedule is confirmed as:
MD1/2 - Feb 25
MD3/4 - Apr 25
MD5/6 - Oct 25
Finals - Nov 25

The dates of the league phase matchdays were shown at 13:12 of the draw video: https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/draws/

But I don't see the dates of the finals.

It is interesting that the first four matchdays of the next UWNL will be played before the Euro 2025 final tournament.

I guess this will give enough time for UEFA to play all of their 2027 WWC qualifying phase starting from early 2026.

Is there any concrete info on the format for WWC qualifying tournament? There will be 12 MD in 2026 which should be enough to run a qualifiers tournament.

[amenina]

@amenina so the next UWNL schedule is confirmed as:
MD1/2 - Feb 25
MD3/4 - Apr 25
MD5/6 - Oct 25
Finals - Nov 25

The dates of the league phase matchdays were shown at 13:12 of the draw video: https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/draws/

But I don't see the dates of the finals.

It is interesting that the first four matchdays of the next UWNL will be played before the Euro 2025 final tournament.

I guess this will give enough time for UEFA to play all of their 2027 WWC qualifying phase starting from early 2026.

Is there any concrete info on the format for WWC qualifying tournament? There will be 12 MD in 2026 which should be enough to run a qualifiers tournament.

I believe nothing is concrete at this point, as of course, they first need to know the 2027 WWC host country/countries and see how many spots are available to UEFA through qualifying.

[Jackson Harrison]

The dates of the league phase matchdays were shown at 13:12 of the draw video: https://www.uefa.com/womenseuropeanqualifiers/draws/

But I don't see the dates of the finals.

It is interesting that the first four matchdays of the next UWNL will be played before the Euro 2025 final tournament.

I guess this will give enough time for UEFA to play all of their 2027 WWC qualifying phase starting from early 2026.

Is there any concrete info on the format for WWC qualifying tournament? There will be 12 MD in 2026 which should be enough to run a qualifiers tournament.

I believe nothing is concrete at this point, as of course, they first need to know the 2027 WWC host country/countries and see how many spots are available to UEFA through qualifying.

Have they explicitly said the league system would be used?

[amenina]

Is there any concrete info on the format for WWC qualifying tournament? There will be 12 MD in 2026 which should be enough to run a qualifiers tournament.

I believe nothing is concrete at this point, as of course, they first need to know the 2027 WWC host country/countries and see how many spots are available to UEFA through qualifying.

Have they explicitly said the league system would be used?

Yes, the league system of dividing teams into three leagues A-C will be used for both Women's Euro and WWC qualifying.

So what UEFA need to decide is how many automatic spots are available, how many play-off spots are available, and how many teams advance to the play-offs and what is the format of the play-offs.

[Jackson Harrison]

My predictions

League A

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P	GP1	GP2	GP3	GP4
1	NED	ESP	FRA	GER
2	ITA	BEL	SWE	AUT
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3	NOR	DEN	ENG	ISL
4	FIN	CZE	IRL	POL

League B

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P	GP1	GP2	GP3	GP4
1	SUI	SCO	POR	WAL
2	HUN	SRB	BIH	CRO
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3	TUR	SVK	NIR	UKR
4	AZE	ISR	MLT	KOS

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3RD RANKING

1. NORTHERN IRELAND
2. UKRAINE
3. TÜRKIYE
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4. SLOVAKIA

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4TH RANKING

1. ISRAEL
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2. KOSOVO
3. AZERBAIJAN
4. ISRAEL

League C

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P	GP1	GP2	GP3	GP4	GP5
1	BLR	SLV	GRE	ROU	ALB
2	CYP	MKD	MNE	KAZ	LUX
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3	LTH	LVA	FRO	BUL	EST
4	GEO	MDA	AND	ARM	

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2ND RANKING

NORTH MACEDONIA
KAZAKHSTAN
CYPRUS
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MONTENEGRO
LUXEMBOURG

[Jackson Harrison]

I believe nothing is concrete at this point, as of course, they first need to know the 2027 WWC host country/countries and see how many spots are available to UEFA through qualifying.

Have they explicitly said the league system would be used?

Yes, the league system of dividing teams into three leagues A-C will be used for both Women's Euro and WWC qualifying.

So what UEFA need to decide is how many automatic spots are available, how many play-off spots are available, and how many teams advance to the play-offs and what is the format of the play-offs.

Did you notice they called it 2025 NL not 25/26? That for me confirms the final 4 will be held in November/December.

[Lorric]

I believe nothing is concrete at this point, as of course, they first need to know the 2027 WWC host country/countries and see how many spots are available to UEFA through qualifying.

Have they explicitly said the league system would be used?

Yes, the league system of dividing teams into three leagues A-C will be used for both Women's Euro and WWC qualifying.

So what UEFA need to decide is how many automatic spots are available, how many play-off spots are available, and how many teams advance to the play-offs and what is the format of the play-offs.

If it's me, by the time of WWQ, you've already had 3 of these competitions. So no one has any excuse that they didn't have a chance to get into a position to qualify. Top 2 in League A automatic, 3rds vs B winners in playoffs. Worst record of the 4 winners to the intercontinental playoffs. A 3rds are always considered superior to B winners in this calculation. If possible, have A 4ths vs B winners first and winners of that vs A 3rds.