2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A

Tournament details
Dates	League phase: February – June 2025 Nations League Finals and promotion/relegation matches: October – December 2025
Teams	16
←2023–24 2027→

League Ais the top division of the2025 UEFA Women's Nations League,the second season of the internationalfootballcompetition involving the women's national teams of the member associations ofUEFA.League A will culminate with theNations League Finalsin October – December 2025 to determine the champions of the competition. The results will also be used to determine the leagues for the European qualifying competition for the2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Format

League A consists of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings (based on theWomen's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking,taking into consideration promotion/relegation at the conclusion of that competition),split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-awayround-robinformat with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025. The winners of each group will advance to theNations League Finals.

The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the2027 FIFA Women's World Cup,which will use an identical league structure. The four last-placed teams from each group will be relegated to League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the four third-placed teams of League A will advance to therelegation play-offsagainst the four runners-up ofLeague B.The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League A for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League B.

The Nations League Finals will take place in October to December 2025 and will be played in a knockout format, consisting of two-legged semi-finals, a third-place play-off over two legs, and a two-legged final. An open draw will determine the pairings and the hosts of the first legs of the semi-final matches, as well as which semi-final pairings will host the first tie of the third place play-off and final matches.

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League A according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings,and were seeded into four pots of four teams based on the same ranking.

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters inNyon,Switzerland on 7 November 2024 at 13:00CET.

Pot 1 Team Rank Spain 1 Germany 2 France 3 Italy 4

Pot 2 Team Rank Iceland 5 Denmark 6 England 7 Netherlands 8

Pot 3 Team Rank Sweden 9 Norway 10 Austria 11 Belgium 12

Pot 4 Team Rank Portugal 13 Scotland 14 Switzerland 15 Wales 16

Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forNations League Finals		—	30 May	25 Feb	8 Apr
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			21 Feb	—	4 Apr	3 Jun
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forrelegation play-offs		3 Jun	8 Apr	—	21 Feb
4	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to League B		4 Apr	25 Feb	30 May	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

21 February

Austria	v	Scotland

21 February

Netherlands	v	Germany

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25 February

Germany	v	Austria

25 February

Scotland	v	Netherlands

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4 April

Netherlands	v	Austria

4 April

Scotland	v	Germany

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8 April

Austria	v	Netherlands

8 April

Germany	v	Scotland

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30 May

Germany	v	Netherlands

30 May

Scotland	v	Austria

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3 June

Austria	v	Germany

3 June

Netherlands	v	Scotland

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forNations League Finals		—	25 Feb	21 Feb	30 May
2	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3 Jun	—	4 Apr	8 Apr
3	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forrelegation play-offs		8 Apr	30 May	—	25 Feb
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to League B		4 Apr	21 Feb	3 Jun	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

21 February

France	v	Norway

21 February

Switzerland	v	Iceland

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25 February

France	v	Iceland

25 February

Norway	v	Switzerland

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4 April

Iceland	v	Norway

4 April

Switzerland	v	France

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8 April

Iceland	v	Switzerland

8 April

Norway	v	France

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30 May

France	v	Switzerland

30 May

Norway	v	Iceland

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3 June

Iceland	v	France

3 June

Switzerland	v	Norway

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forNations League Finals		—	3 Jun	21 Feb	8 Apr
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			26 Feb	—	4 Apr	30 May
3	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forrelegation play-offs		30 May	8 Apr	—	26 Feb
4	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to League B		4 Apr	21 Feb	3 Jun	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

21 February

Portugal	v	England

21 February

Spain	v	Belgium

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26 February

Belgium	v	Portugal

26 February

England	v	Spain

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4 April

England	v	Belgium

4 April

Portugal	v	Spain

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8 April

Belgium	v	England

Den Dreef

8 April

Spain	v	Portugal

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30 May

Belgium	v	Spain

30 May

England	v	Portugal

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3 June

Portugal	v	Belgium

3 June

Spain	v	England

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forNations League Finals		—	25 Feb	30 May	21 Feb
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			8 Apr	—	21 Feb	30 May
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification forrelegation play-offs		4 Apr	3 Jun	—	8 Apr
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to League B		3 Jun	4 Apr	25 Feb	—

First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

21 February

Denmark	v	Sweden

21 February

Italy	v	Wales

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25 February

Italy	v	Denmark

25 February

Wales	v	Sweden

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4 April

Sweden	v	Italy

4 April

Wales	v	Denmark

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8 April

Denmark	v	Italy

8 April

Sweden	v	Wales

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30 May

Denmark	v	Wales

30 May

Italy	v	Sweden

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3 June

Sweden	v	Denmark

3 June

Wales	v	Italy

League ranking

The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to thecriteria for league ranking.

Rnk	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	A2	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	A4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	A1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	A2	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	A3	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	A4	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	A1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	A2	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	A3	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	A4	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	A1	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	A2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	A3	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	A4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source:UEFA
Rules for classification:Ranking criteria

External links

• Official website