Women's Euro-2025 qualifications: no luck in the draw for the Blues, who inherit England, Sweden and Ireland

Battues par l'Espagne en finale de la Ligue des Nations, les Bleues d'Hervé Renard sont en quête d'un premier titre. EFE – Raúl Caro

The English are the title holders. Les Bleues d'Hervé Renard will have to finish in the first two to qualify. 

The French women's football team has inherited a complicated group for the Euro-2025 qualifiers where it will battle against England , defending champion and vice-world champion, Sweden and Ireland, according to the draw carried out on Tuesday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

The Blues, who were soundly beaten by the Spanish last Wednesday in the Nations League final (2-0), will have to finish in the first two places in their group to qualify directly for the competition organized in Switzerland (July 2-27). 2025). Otherwise they will have to go through play-offs against one of the eight best teams in League C.

The qualifying phase for the Euro takes place in the same format as the Nations League. The different teams were divided into three divisions: 16 in League A, 16 in League B and 19 in League C.

The qualifying matches will take place next April and July, before the Games 

Hervé Renard's players will meet the English in particular. Reigning European champions, they were finalists at the last World Cup in Australia, beaten 1-0 by Spain. The Swedes, 5th in the FIFA world rankings, only lost in the semi-final of the World Cup, against La Roja.

Ireland rely on Katie McCabe. For its part, Spain, world champion and winner of the last Nations League, will play its qualifier against Denmark, Belgium and the Czech Republic.

The qualifying matches will take place next April and July, before the Olympic Games. The journey of the French team at Euro-2022 ended in the semi-final, eliminated by Germany (2-1).