England face a difficult start to their title defence against France, Netherlands and Wales in Group D at UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses enter the tournament as reigning champions and have been drawn into Group D alongside tournament debutants – Wales, with France and Netherlands also in the group.
This draw marks the third consecutive Euros that the Lionesses will meet another home nation in the group phase, having faced Scotland in 2017 then Northern Ireland in 2022.
England will meet France in their opener on 5 July followed by Netherlands and Wales on 9 and 13 July respectively.
World champions, Spain were handed a nightmare group of death after they were put in Group B, in which they will take on Portugal – who they coincidentally will face in their Nations League group in the spring – alongside Belgium and Italy.
Tournament hosts, Switzerland will fancy their chances of progression after they drew Norway, Iceland and Finland in Group A.
Eight-time champions, Germany headline Group C where they will be favourites in a group also containing Poland, Denmark and Sweden.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Switzerland | Spain | Germany | France |
| Norway | Portugal | Poland | England |
| Iceland | Belgium | Denmark | Wales |
| Finland | Italy | Sweden | Netherlands |
Coverage of the tournament in the UK will be spread across BBC and ITV who will confirm their picks in due course, although both broadcasters will jointly simulcast the final.
Group Stage fixtures will be played from 2-13 July with the top two in each two progressing to the Quarter-Finals, which will take place from 16-19 July.
Semi-Finals will be held on 22 and 23 July followed by the Final on 27 July.
Full list of Group Stage fixtures can be found below.
Group A
| Date | Fixtures |
| 2 July | Switzerland v Norway |
| Iceland v Finland | |
| 6 July | Norway v Finland |
| Switzerland v Iceland | |
| 10 July | Finland v Switzerland |
| Norway v Iceland |
Group B
| Date | Fixtures |
| 3 July | Spain v Portugal |
| Belgium v Italy | |
| 7 July | Portugal v Italy |
| Spain v Belgium | |
| 11 July | Italy v Spain |
| Portugal v Belgium |
Group C
| Date | Fixtures |
| 4 July | Germany v Poland |
| Denmark v Sweden | |
| 8 July | Poland v Sweden |
| Germany v Denmark | |
| 12 July | Sweden v Germany |
| Poland v Denmark |
Group D
| Date | Fixtures |
| 5 July | France v England |
| Wales v Netherlands | |
| 9 July | England v Netherlands |
| France v Wales | |
| 13 July | Netherlands v France |
| England v Wales |
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