World Cup victors Spain will certainly play Italy, Belgium and Portugal at Women’s Euro 2025, while England deal with a challenging course to safeguarding their title at the event in Switzerland.
Reigning European champs and 2023 World Cup runners-up England were attracted along with France, the Netherlands and debutants Wales in a difficult Group D of the event, which ranges from July 2-27.
The Netherlands won the event on home dirt in 2017 under existing England employer Sarina Wiegman.
Wiegman will certainly tackle her indigenous nation on July 9, previously England end their group-stage war regional opponents Wales.
“We’re neighbours so there’s a rivalry on the pitch, which is good,” Wiegman claimed to the BBC, anticipating her group’s encounter Wales, that are making their bow at a significant global event.
“I expect them to get everything out of themselves that they have in them and fight for every yard in the game and enjoy it.”
France, ruined semi-finalists in the last version of the Euros and the 3rd area group at the 2023 World Cup, have actually never ever won a significant event in the ladies’s video game.
“I think the other teams must be dreading being in the same group as France,” claimed train Laurent Bonadei.
“At this level, all the groups are tough, like Germany’s, and even Spain’s is an equal group,” he included, taking a look at the remainder of the draw.
Germany, that have actually won 8 of the previous 13 versions, satisfy 1984 victors Sweden, Denmark and beginners Poland in Group C.
The Germans won 6th succeeding titles in between 1995 and 2013 however shed to England after additional time in the last 2 years earlier at Wembley.
Hosts Switzerland begin the event versus Norway in Group A, which likewise consists of Iceland and Finland.
Spain have actually gotten to the quarter-finals of the last 3 European champions. They made the last 4 on their launching in 1997.
Spain train Montserrat Tome informed Teledeporte that she was “very happy” with her group’s draw, as the event favourites prevented their larger continental opponents.
However, she claimed that Spain “have to be humble”, including that “at international level every match is a problem”.
UEFA revealed in advance of Monday’s attract that it would certainly honor 41 million euros ($ 43 million) in cash prize for the event, greater than increasing the quantity from 2022.
The group that wins the last in Basel will certainly get as much as 5.1 million euros– England swiped 2.085 million as champs in 2022– with each of the 16 getting involved groups getting 1.8 million euros.
Group phase reel in complete:
Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland
Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden
Group D: France, England, Wales, Netherlands
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