Women’s Euro 2025 draw: Who are England and Wales’ opponents in Switzerland?
There are 16 teams taking part in the European Cup, but both England and Wales believe the draw could have been better.
It’s less than six months since the England team was formed defeated 2-1 France, who are at St James’ Park for their Euro 2025 qualifiers, have never won a major tournament.
England took revenge in the second game four days later, 2-1 win In Saint-Etienne, the French team won first place in Group A3 by one point.
England qualified for next year’s competition as runners-up.
The last time Wales faced France was in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers. France won 2-0 at home and 2-1 at Llanelli to top the group ahead of Wales, who lost a championship spot in the play-offs.
The Netherlands is ranked 10th in FIFA’s world rankings, actually one spot higher than France.
They finished second in Group A1, behind Italy, and advanced to Switzerland, when the two countries were tied on points.
The last time England faced the Netherlands in the Nations League was in December 2023, when England won 3-2 at Wembley and lost 2-1 in Utrecht two months ago.
Wales’ last meeting with the Netherlands was in a friendly match in 2017, when the team lost 0-5.
Rhian Wilkinson’s side were the lowest-ranked nation in the Euro 2025 draw – 30th in the FIFA rankings – beating the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying play-offs to end their hopes of qualifying for the major tournament. Long wait.
England and Wales last met in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.
After a goalless draw at Southampton in April 2018 – a landmark game for Wales women’s football – Phil Neville’s England won 3-0 at Newport four months later .
