What do Wales, Scotland and NI need to qualify for Euro 2025?

(L-R) Wales midfielder Angharad James, Scotland midfielder Caroline Weir and Northern Ireland forward Simone Magill

Scotland and Wales' hopes of qualifying for Euro 2025 hang in the balance heading into the second leg of their play-offs, while it would require a monumental result for Northern Ireland to book their spot at the tournament in Switzerland.

Northern Ireland suffered a 4-0 defeat to Norway in their first leg, while Wales were held to a 1-1 draw by the Republic of Ireland and Scotland played out a goalless stalemate with Finland.

The ties, which are played home and away over two legs, will go to extra-time and penalties if the scores remain level.

European champions England, who have already qualified for Euro 2025, beat the United States in their first friendly during this month's international break and take on hosts Switzerland in their next game on Tuesday (19:45 GMT).

How ties stand after first legs

With nine of the 16 spots for Euro 2025 already taken, there are play-offs to decide the remaining seven places.

There were two rounds of play-offs for qualification, with Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland all advancing through the first round.

Euro 2025 qualifying play-off second round ties

• Czech Republic v Portugal (agg 1-1)

• Norway v Northern Ireland (agg 4-0)

• Austria v Poland (agg 0-1)

• Finland v Scotland (agg 0-0)

• Sweden v Serbia (agg 2-0)

• Belgium v Ukraine (agg 2-0)

• Republic of Ireland v Wales (agg 1-1)

All second legs are played on 3 December.

How to follow home nations' Euro 2025 play-offs via the BBC

There will be live text commentary of all the home nations' Euro 2025 play-off games on the BBC Sport website and app, and the following matches will also be streamed live:

• Scotland's trip to Finland on 3 December (17:15 GMT) will be on BBC Alba, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

• Wales' game against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 3 December (19:30) will be broadcast live on BBC Wales, as well as BBC iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website and app.

• Northern Ireland's match against Norway in Oslo (17:00) will be shown on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app.

How does Euro 2025 qualification work?

Euro 2025 will feature 16 nations and, as hosts, Switzerland qualified automatically for the competition.

Reigning champions England were among eight teams who booked their place during the group phase.

The remaining seven spots are being contested by 14 nations, whittled down from 28.

The first round of qualifying play-offs consisted of the League A nations that failed to qualify automatically, the League B countries who did not finish bottom of their group, the League C group winners, and the three best sides from League C that finished second in their group.

Azerbaijan, who finished bottom of their League B group, were also entered into the play-offs as the next best placed side because group winners Switzerland were already assured of their spot.

For the first round of play-offs, the eight sides from League A were drawn against the eight nations from League C. The 12 teams from League B were drawn alongside other League B nations.

The 14 losers in the first round of play-off qualifying were eliminated.

The 14 winners have advanced into the second play-off round.

Which nations have already qualified?

England sealed qualification after a nervy goalless draw with Sweden in July

For qualification for Euro 2025, all countries were split into three leagues based on their performance in the 2023-24 Nations League.

After being split into leagues, nations were then put in groups of either three or four.

All League A nations were guaranteed to reach at least the play-offs. The top two sides in each group directly advanced into the Euro 2025 group stages.

England finished second in their League A group behind France, with the duo joining Spain, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and Iceland in next year's tournament.

The eight League A sides and Switzerland are the only nations to have qualified so far.