Euro 2025: What you need to know about qualifying

England are the reigning European champions

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland begin their journey to try and qualify for Euro 2025 on 5 April, with all four home nations in action.

In their first round of matches, Scotland play Serbia, Northern Ireland face Malta. Wales are against Croatia and reigning champions England, will face Sweden

England beat Germany 2-1 at the Euro 2022 final at Wembley, but the Lionesses don't automatically qualify for the competition next year in Switzerland, they need to earn a place in qualifying.

Teams have been split into groups with England drawn in one with the Republic of Ireland, France and Sweden, while Scotland play Serbia, Slovakia and Israel.

Northern Ireland will face Portugal, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Malta, with Wales set to play Croatia, Ukraine and Kosovo in their group.

How does qualifying work?

England beat Germany to lift the trophy at Wembley

A total of 51 teams are hoping to qualify for the tournament, have been split into three leagues - A, B and C.

Which team goes into which league was decided by the Women's Nations League.

The leagues were then split into four seeding groups based on their performance in that competition, with teams drawn into groups for the Euro 2025 qualifiers from there.

The qualifiers will start in April and finish in December this year, leaving just 16 teams with a place.

The draw was made at the UEFA Headquarters

Each team will play the others in their group - both home and away.

England and the Republic of Ireland will need to finish in the top two of their group to gain automatic qualification for the tournament, because they are in League A.

But if they fail to do so, they can still grab a spot through the play-offs.

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are all in groups in League B, this means they will need to finish in the top three of their groups to try and qualify through the play-offs.

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