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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]

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  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts of final tournament; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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]
More information Hungary, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 1,713
More information Switzerland, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 5,490

More information Azerbaijan, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 213
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
More information Turkey, 2–1 ...
Pendik Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 566
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

More information Turkey, 1–0 ...
Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium, Erzincan
Attendance: 10,845
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
More information Switzerland, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

More information Azerbaijan, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)
More information Hungary, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 1,413
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

More information Azerbaijan, 0–5 ...
Attendance: 205
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
More information Turkey, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 6,358

More information Switzerland, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
More information Hungary, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 482
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

Group 2

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The lowest-ranked third-placed team was relegated along with the four last-placed teams.
More information Slovakia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 273
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
More information Serbia, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 2,500

More information Israel, 2–4 ...
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
More information Scotland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 3,127
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

More information Serbia, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 250
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
More information Scotland, 4–1 ...
Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

More information Israel, 0–5 ...
Budaörsi Városi Stadium, Budaörs (Hungary)[note 1]
Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)
More information Slovakia, 0–4 ...

More information Slovakia, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 675
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
More information Serbia, 1–0 ...
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

More information Scotland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 3,068
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
More information Israel, 2–2 ...
Budaörsi Városi Stadium, Budaörs (Hungary)[note 1]
Attendance: 20

Group 3

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
More information Northern Ireland, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
More information Portugal, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 6,097
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–3 ...
More information Malta, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

More information Malta, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 661
Referee: Emily Heaslip (England)
More information Portugal, 4–0 ...

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 120
Referee: Sofik Torosyan (Armenia)
More information Northern Ireland, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 1,711
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

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More information Malta, 0–2 ...

More information Portugal, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 6,231
Referee: Jelena Međedović (Serbia)
More information Northern Ireland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 2,260

Group 4

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
More information Ukraine, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 45
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)
More information Wales, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 4,117
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

More information Kosovo, 0–6 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
More information Croatia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 517
Referee: Zulema González (Spain)

More information Kosovo, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
More information Wales, 1–1 ...

More information Ukraine, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 88
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
More information Croatia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 348
Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

More information Kosovo, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 347
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
More information Croatia, 0–3 ...

More information Wales, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 4,199
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
More information Ukraine, 2–0 ...
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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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
(H) Hosts of final tournament
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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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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
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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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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
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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

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3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

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Notes

  1. Due to the Gaza war, Israel were required to play their home matches at neutral venues.[5]
  2. Due to the Gaza war protests, Scotland played both their matches against Israel behind closed doors.[6]
  3. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues.[7]

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