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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A

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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
February – June 2025
Nations League Finals and promotion/relegation matches:
October – December 2025
Teams16
2027

League A is the top division of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. League A will culminate with the Nations League Finals in October – December 2025 to determine the champions of the competition. The results will also be used to determine the leagues for the European qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Format

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League A consists of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings (based on the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking, taking into consideration promotion/relegation at the conclusion of that competition),[1] split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025. The winners of each group will advance to the Nations League Finals.[2][3]

The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will use an identical league structure. The four last-placed teams from each group will be relegated to League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the four third-placed teams of League A will advance to the relegation play-offs against the four runners-up of League B. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League A for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League B.[3]

The Nations League Finals will take place in October to December 2025 and will be played in a knockout format, consisting of two-legged semi-finals, a third-place play-off over two legs, and a two-legged final. An open draw will determine the pairings and the hosts of the first legs of the semi-final matches, as well as which semi-final pairings will host the first tie of the third place play-off and final matches.[3]

Seeding

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Teams were allocated to League A according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings,[1] and were seeded into four pots of four teams based on the same ranking.[3][2]

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 7 November 2024 at 13:00 CET.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Spain 1
 Germany 2
 France 3
 Italy 4
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Iceland 5
 Denmark 6
 England 7
 Netherlands 8
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Sweden 9
 Norway 10
 Austria 11
 Belgium 12
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Portugal 13
 Scotland 14
 Switzerland 15
 Wales 16

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Germany Netherlands Austria Scotland
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Nations League Finals 30 May 25 Feb 8 Apr
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Feb 4 Apr 3 Jun
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 3 Jun 8 Apr 21 Feb
4  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B 4 Apr 25 Feb 30 May
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Austria v Scotland
Netherlands v Germany

Germany v Austria
Scotland v Netherlands

Netherlands v Austria
Scotland v Germany

Austria v Netherlands
Germany v Scotland

Germany v Netherlands
Scotland v Austria

Austria v Germany
Netherlands v Scotland

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation France Iceland Norway Switzerland
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Nations League Finals 25 Feb 21 Feb 30 May
2  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jun 4 Apr 8 Apr
3  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 8 Apr 30 May 25 Feb
4  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B 4 Apr 21 Feb 3 Jun
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
France v Norway
Switzerland v Iceland

France v Iceland
Norway v Switzerland

Iceland v Norway
Switzerland v France

Iceland v Switzerland
Norway v France

France v Switzerland
Norway v Iceland

Iceland v France
Switzerland v Norway

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain England Belgium Portugal
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Nations League Finals 3 Jun 21 Feb 8 Apr
2  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Feb 4 Apr 30 May
3  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 30 May 8 Apr 26 Feb
4  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B 4 Apr 21 Feb 3 Jun
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Portugal v England
Spain v Belgium

Belgium v Portugal
England v Spain

England v Belgium
Portugal v Spain

Spain v Portugal

Belgium v Spain
England v Portugal

Portugal v Belgium
Spain v England

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Italy Denmark Sweden Wales
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Nations League Finals 25 Feb 30 May 21 Feb
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Apr 21 Feb 30 May
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 4 Apr 3 Jun 8 Apr
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League B 3 Jun 4 Apr 25 Feb
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Denmark v Sweden
Italy v Wales

Italy v Denmark
Wales v Sweden

Sweden v Italy
Wales v Denmark

Denmark v Italy
Sweden v Wales

Denmark v Wales
Italy v Sweden

Sweden v Denmark
Wales v Italy

League ranking

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The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to the criteria for league ranking.[3]

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 A2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 A1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 A2  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 A3  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 A4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 A1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 A2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 A3  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 A4  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 A1  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 A2  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 A3  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 A4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2024 Women's European Qualifiers overall phase rankings" (PDF). uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Women's Nations League: League stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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