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UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B
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League B of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying was the second division of qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results were also used to determine the leagues for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League competition.
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Format
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League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked 17th to 32nd among competition entrants in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in April, May to June, and July 2024.[1]
After the league phase, the best-ranked League B teams advanced to the play-offs to determine who qualifies for the final tournament.[2]
The group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams in League B (except Switzerland) advanced to the first round (i.e. the twelve best-ranked teams). The six higher-ranked of those teams were seeded and drawn into ties against the six lower-ranked teams. The six winners progress to the next round.[2][3]
Switzerland are guaranteed a spot in the final tournament as hosts, and therefore will not participate in the play-offs. Since they finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team (i.e. the team ranked 13th in League B) also qualified for the first round.[3]
The competition also acted as the first phase for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, which will use an identical league structure. The winners of each group were promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group and the worst-ranked third placed team was relegated to League C.[1][2]
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Seeding
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Teams were allocated to League B after the conclusion of the 2023–24 Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches on 28 February 2024. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their overall ranking.[2][3]
- Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Serbia, and Sweden participated in the League A vs League B promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.
- Bulgaria, Latvia, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, and Ukraine participated in the League B vs League C promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.
The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 5 March 2024 at 13:00 CET.[3] Each group contained one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from B1 to B4. For political reasons, Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group as either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.[3]
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Groups
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Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts of final tournament; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts of final tournament; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Since Switzerland (who qualified as hosts) finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team qualified for the play-offs.[4]
Group 2
- The lowest-ranked third-placed team was relegated along with the four last-placed teams.
Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr (Hungary)[note 1]
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)[note 2]
Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Group 3
Attendance: 480
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
Group 4
Attendance: 88
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje (North Macedonia)[note 3]
Attendance: 30
Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)
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Qualification for play-offs
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The winners, runners-up, and third-placed teams in each group advanced to the play-offs (excluding Switzerland who qualified automatically as hosts).[1][2] Since Switzerland finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team also advanced to the play-offs.[3]
This means that the twelve best-ranked League B teams excluding Switzerland advanced to the first round. The six higher-ranked teams were seeded, and drawn against the six lower-ranked teams. The winner of those ties will advance to the second round.[1][2]
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Ranking of third-placed teams
The lowest-ranked third-placed team was relegated to League C for the 2025 Women's Nations League, along with the four last-placed teams.
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League ranking
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The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying according to their league ranking.[1]
The four group winners were promoted to League A for the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League. The four last-placed teams in each group, along with the worst-ranked third-placed team, were relegated to League C.[1][2]
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Top goalscorers
There were 129 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Sevinj Jafarzade
Nigar Mirzaliyeva
Marija Milinković
Izabela Lojna
Ana Maria Marković
Anna Csiki
Henrietta Csiszár
Diána Csányi
Dóra Zeller
Eden Avital
Shira Elinav
Vital Kats
Noa Selimhodzic
Talia Sommer
Joely Andrews
Kerry Beattie
Megan Bell
Simone Magill
Catarina Amado
Francisca Nazareth
Andreia Norton
Stephanie Ribeiro
Jéssica Silva
Diana Silva
Chelsea Cornet
Sophie Howard
Nina Matejić
Violeta Slović
Tyla-Jay Vlajnic
Anastasija Ćirić
Andrea Bogorová
Patrícia Hmírová
Kristína Košíková
Mária Mikolajová
Martina Šurnovská
Ramona Bachmann
Alisha Lehmann
Alayah Pilgrim
Nadine Riesen
Sydney Schertenleib
Meriame Terchoun
Smilla Vallotto
Miray Cin
Kader Hançar
Elif Keskin
Birgül Sadıkoğlu
Ebru Topçu
Busem Şeker
Veronika Andrukhiv
Daryna Apanashchenko
Olha Basanska
Yana Kalinina
Kateryna Korsun
Nicole Kozlova
Anna Petryk
Sophie Ingle
Angharad James
Mary McAteer
Ffion Morgan
1 own goal
Gloria Slišković (against Portugal)
Emma Lipman (against Northern Ireland)
Source: UEFA
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Notes
- Due to the Gaza war protests, Scotland played both their matches against Israel behind closed doors.[6]
- Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues.[7]
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