The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 will be the 14th edition of the championship and will take place from July 2 to 27. This will be the third tournament featuring 16 national teams. The defending champions are England, who won the title in 2022. Here’s a quick guide to the tournament.

Four bids. The best? Switzerland

Applications to host UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 were submitted in August 2022, with final proposals delivered in October. Switzerland was selected as host on April 4, 2023, during a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Lisbon. Four official bids were submitted: Poland, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, supported by Iceland and the Faroe Islands), France, and Switzerland.

Several proposed stadiums were dropped from Switzerland’s final bid during the selection process. Stadiums in Lausanne (Stade Olympique de la Pontaise), Neuchâtel (Stade de la Maladière), and Schaffhausen (Stadion Breite) were excluded. Vaduz in Liechtenstein was also ruled out due to the Rheinpark Stadion’s insufficient capacity. Just before the vote, Lausanne voluntarily withdrew to focus on hosting the 2025 Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival. Ultimately, eight stadiums will host matches.

Concerns about stadiums

Bern initially aimed to host the final, but due to concerns from club BSC Young Boys over pitch quality, the stadium will only be used up to the quarterfinals. For commercial reasons, the stadium names in Lucerne (Swissporarena), St. Gallen (Kybunpark), and Thun (Stockhorn Arena) will be temporarily changed during the tournament.

On August 30, 2023, it was announced that Basel had expressed interest in hosting the tournament, but concerns were raised about additional costs and scheduling conflicts. UEFA also required a guarantee that St. Jakob-Park would not experience lighting failures and demanded an upgrade of the lighting system. On September 29, 2023, the issue was resolved with the installation of a modern LED system at a cost of 1 million Swiss francs. However, as of July 2024, the host city still had not signed an official agreement with the tournament organizers.

Despite the early issues, both the opening match – Switzerland vs. Norway on July 2 at 9:00 PM – and the final will take place at the largest venue proposed by the host: St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

Full house expected?

A total of 673,000 tickets were made available for Euro 2025, with prices starting at 25 Swiss francs. In the first 24 hours after the draw, 90,000 tickets were sold. As of June, sales have surpassed 570,000. It is projected that total attendance will reach around 600,000, including 180,000 international visitors, generating an estimated 193 million Swiss francs in economic impact.

Stadiums of UEFA Women's Euro 2025