The Women's Football European Championship 2025: Everything about appointments, play and favorites!

The Women's Football European Championship 2025: Everything about appointments, play and favorites!

Basel, Schweiz - The European Football Championship of women in 2025 is just around the corner and already inspires fans and players alike. From July 2 to 27, 2025, Switzerland will be hosting for the tournament, which will take place in this form for the 14th time and will be held for the first time in the Alpine Republic. This is a big step for women's football in Switzerland after countries such as Poland, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have also applied for the discharge. According to RP online find the first games of the group phase between July 2nd and July 13, 2025 Instead, followed by the quarter -finals that will be seen from July 16 to 19. The semi-finals stand for July 22nd and 23rd before the final will be held in the St. Jakob Park in Basel on July 27th.

In Switzerland, a total of 31 games will take place in eight different stages. In addition to the St. Jakob Park in Basel, where both the opening game and the final take place, stadiums in Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun and Zurich are also used for the encounters. The stadium capacities are impressive; The St. Jakob Park holds 38,512 spectators, while the Wankdorf stadium in Bern can take up 31,500 visitors. The other stadiums vary in their capacity, the second largest offers space for 30,084 spectators.

groups and favorites

The tournament is carried out with 16 teams in four groups. The two best teams of each group reach the quarter -finals. The following groups were formed for the tournament, as RP Online reports:

• Group A: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland
• Group B: Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy
• Group C: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Sweden
• Group D: France, England, Wales, Netherlands

The favorites on the title are clearly defined. Spain, the reigning world champions, and England, the defending champion, are considered strong candidates. Germany as a record winner with eight titles between 1995 and 2013 is also a serious competitor, especially after the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics.

opening games and transmission

The opening round of the group phase starts with two games on July 2, including the highly awaited duel between Switzerland and Norway in Basel. ARD and ZDF are broadcast all 31 games live on free TV, which gives fans the opportunity to follow the games comfortably from home. ZDF provides a detailed overview of the first games in the group phase:

• 2. July: Island - Finland (18:00, Thun)/ARD
• 2. July: Switzerland - Norway (21:00, Basel)/ARD
• 4. July: Denmark - Sweden (18:00, Geneva)/ARD
• 4. July: Germany - Poland (21:00, St. Gallen)/ARD

The game plan for the German fans is also clear: Germany will meet Poland on July 4, Denmark on July 8th and Sweden on July 12th, while the entire tournament is accompanied by a mascot called Maddli, which is cheering on the players and fans.

The graduates and those responsible for the Swiss national soccer team look forward to the execution of this important tournament and have created a detailed annual calendar for the coming months in order to optimally prepare for the European Championship, as on the website of the Swiss football association . The next few months will promise exciting matches and a great atmosphere in the stadiums. Fans are invited to experience the members of the series of events and the sporting performance up close.