# UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

The play-offs of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition determined the final seven participants of the Women's Euro 2025 final tournament, who joined the eight directly qualified teams and hosts Switzerland.

## Format

The play-offs determined the final seven teams that qualified for the final tournament and were played over two rounds.
In the first round, the eight teams finishing third and fourth in League A were seeded, and drawn into ties against the five group winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progressed to the second round.
In addition the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams in League B (except Switzerland) participated in the first round (i.e. the 12 best-ranked League B teams). The six higher-ranked of those teams were seeded and drawn into ties against the six lower-ranked teams. The six winners progressed to the next round.
Switzerland, who competed in League B, were guaranteed a spot in the final tournament as hosts, and therefore did not participate in the play-offs. Since they finished in the top three places in their group, the best-ranked fourth-placed team (i.e. the team ranked 13th in League B) also qualified for the first round.
In the second round, the teams from both paths came together and were drawn into seven ties. The team pairings from the first round ties involving the seven highest-ranked teams, according to the 2024–25 European Qualifiers overall ranking, were seeded in the second round draw and drawn against the seven remaining pairings from the first round.
The seven winners of these ties progressed to the final tournament in Switzerland.
Both rounds of the play-offs were played over two legs, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.

## Draw

The play-off draw for both rounds took place on 19 July 2024 at 13:00 CEST in Nyon, Switzerland.
For the first round draw, the League A teams were seeded and drawn into eight ties against the League C teams to form Path 1, and the six best-ranked League B teams were seeded and drawn against the six lower-ranked League B teams to form Path 2.
For the second round draw, teams from both paths came together. The draw took place before the winners of the first round were known, and the first round pairings involving the seven highest-ranked teams, according to the 2024–25 European Qualifiers overall ranking, were seeded and drawn against the seven remaining pairings from the first round.
For all three draws, a team from the unseeded pot was drawn first, and placed into the home position in the first tie, followed by a team drawn from the seeded pot placed into the away position, with the process then repeating until each pot was empty. This ensured that all seeded teams will play their second leg ties at home.
Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn together, due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the second round draw procedure was adjusted as required to ensure this prohibited clash could not occur.

## Seeding

The following teams qualified for the first round of the play-offs, and were seeded as shown.
Round 1: Path 1
| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Team | Rnk | Team | Rnk |
| Sweden | 9 | Slovenia | 33 |
| Norway | 10 | Romania | 34 |
| Austria | 11 | Belarus | 35 |
| Belgium | 12 | Greece | 36 |
| Finland | 13 | Albania | 37 |
| Czech Republic | 14 | Luxembourg | 38 |
| Republic of Ireland | 15 | Montenegro | 39 |
| Poland | 16 | Georgia | 40 |
Round 1: Path 2
| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Team | Rnk | Team | Rnk |
| Portugal | 17 | Turkey | 24 |
| Scotland | 18 | Croatia | 25 |
| Wales | 20 | Hungary | 26 |
| Serbia | 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 |
| Ukraine | 22 | Slovakia | 28 |
| Northern Ireland | 23 | Azerbaijan | 29 |
Round 2
The ties for the second round were drawn before the winners of round 1 were known, and were seeded as follows.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Sweden | Winner of path 1 tie involving Poland |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Norway | Winner of path 2 tie involving Portugal |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Austria | Winner of path 2 tie involving Scotland |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Belgium | Winner of path 2 tie involving Wales |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Finland | Winner of path 2 tie involving Serbia |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Czech Republic | Winner of path 2 tie involving Ukraine |
| Winner of path 1 tie involving Republic of Ireland | Winner of path 2 tie involving Northern Ireland |

## Summary
### First round

The first round matches took place on 25 and 29 October 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.
Round 1: Path 1
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Romania | 2–6 | Poland | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Greece | 0–5 | Belgium | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Montenegro | 0–6 | Finland | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Georgia | 0–9 | Republic of Ireland | 0–6 | 0–3 |
| Slovenia | 1–5 | Austria | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Luxembourg | 0–12 | Sweden | 0–4 | 0–8 |
| Belarus | 1–8 | Czech Republic | 1–8 | 0–0 |
| Albania | 0–14 | Norway | 0–5 | 0–9 |
Round 1: Path 2
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Turkey | 1–3 | Ukraine | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Croatia | 1–2 | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–6 | Serbia | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Azerbaijan | 1–8 | Portugal | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Hungary | 0–5 | Scotland | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Slovakia | 2–3 | Wales | 2–1 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |

### Second round

The second round matches took place on 28/29 November and 3 December 2024. Each tie was played over two legs, with the seeded teams playing the second leg at home.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Portugal | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Scotland | 0–2 | Finland | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Ukraine | 1–4 | Belgium | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Wales | 3–2 | Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Poland | 2–0 | Austria | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0–7 | Norway | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Serbia | 0–8 | Sweden | 0–2 | 0–6 |

## Matches

Times are CEST/CET, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### First round: Path 1

Poland won 6–2 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Belgium won 5–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Finland won 6–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Republic of Ireland won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Austria won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Sweden won 12–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Czech Republic won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Norway won 14–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.

### First round: Path 2

Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Northern Ireland won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Serbia won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Portugal won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Scotland won 5–0 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.
Wales won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the second round.

### Second round

Portugal won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Finland won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Belgium won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Wales won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Poland won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Norway won 7–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Sweden won 8–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

## Top goalscorers

There were 138 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match.
6 goals
* Frida Maanum
5 goals
* Diana Silva
4 goals
* Tessa Wullaert
* Kateřina Svitková
* Ewa Pajor
* Filippa Angeldal
* Stina Blackstenius
3 goals
* Sarah Puntigam
* Ella Van Kerkhoven
* Guro Bergsvand
* Caroline Graham Hansen
* Natalia Padilla
* Katie McCabe
* Nina Matejić
2 goals
* Milena Nikolić
* Kamila Dubcová
* Nea Lehtola
* Linda Sällström
* Ada Hegerberg
* Kyra Carusa
* Martha Thomas
* Hanna Bennison
* Rebecka Blomqvist
* Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
* Lyubov Shmatko
1 goal
* Barbara Dunst
* Lilli Purtscheller
* Nazlican Parlak
* Anastasiya Shlapakova
* Kassandra Missipo
* Mariam Toloba
* Emina Ekic
* Izabela Lojna
* Eva Bartoňová
* Franny Černá
* Michaela Khýrová
* Andrea Stašková
* Lilli Halttunen
* Vilma Koivisto
* Natalia Kuikka
* Ria Öling
* Vilde Bøe Risa
* Signe Gaupset
* Tuva Hansen
* Synne Jensen
* Lisa Naalsund
* Guro Reiten
* Lauren Wade
* Nadia Krezyman
* Ana Capeta
* Diana Gomes
* Kika Nazareth
* Fátima Pinto
* Tatiana Pinto
* Dolores Silva
* Aoife Mannion
* Anna Patten
* Julie-Ann Russell
* Marissa Sheva
* Jessie Stapleton
* Ioana Bălăceanu
* Ana Maria Stanciu
* Erin Cuthbert
* Caroline Weir
* Tijana Filipović
* Vesna Milivojević
* Sara Stokić
* Mária Mikolajová
* Martina Šurnovská
* Lara Prašnikar
* Anna Anvegård
* Kosovare Asllani
* Evelyn Ijeh
* Rosa Kafaji
* Julia Zigiotti Olme
* Elif Keskin
* Daryna Apanaschenko
* Hannah Cain
* Jess Fishlock
* Ceri Holland
* Carrie Jones
* Ffion Morgan
* Lily Woodham
1 own goal
* Kristina Hoxhaj (against Norway)
* Izabela Lojna (against Northern Ireland)
* Lauren Brzykcy (against Scotland)
* Leila Schmit (against Sweden)
* Eda Karataş (against Ukraine)
* Olivia Clark (against the Republic of Ireland)
Source: UEFA