UEFA Women’s Championship

Publication date: 18 Nov 2024

About the UEFA European Women’s Championship

The UEFA European Women’s Championship (the UEFA Women’s Euro) is the main competition for European women’s national football teams and is held once every four years.

The European Men’s Football Championship is called the UEFA EURO. Men’s championship has also been held every 4 years since 1960.

UEFA official website

UEFA Women’s Euro 2025

The 14th edition of the Women’s European Football Championship will be held in eight cities in Switzerland from 2 to 27 July. In addition to the host team, 15 other teams will take part in the tournament.

Qualifying for Women’s Euro 2025 will take place from 5 April to 3 December 2024.

History of the European Women’s Football Championship

Women’s football has long been prohibited and restricted by football associations in many European countries. The independent Italian Football Federation organized the Women’s EURO in 1969. Italy then defeated Denmark in the final with a score of 3:1. Ten years later, Italy again hosted the 1979 European Women’s Football Championship. This time, the Danish team emerged victorious.

In 1971, UEFA set up a committee for women’s football. Nonetheless, the committee failed to organize a single international tournament during the seven years it was in operation.

In 1980, UEFA decided to organize its own competition for the women’s national teams. The tournament did not begin until 1982. Sweden’s team won the 1984 final.

Until 1997, only 4 teams participated in the tournament. Since 1997, 8 teams have played.

From 2017 onwards, 16 teams have been competing for the championship in the finals.

Previous winners competitions

The year Venue Results
2022 England England (2:1) Germany
2017 Netherlands Netherlands (4:2) Denmark
2013 Sweden Germany (1:0) Norway

Women’s EURO 2029

Four countries – Germany, Italy, Poland and Portugal – have submitted bids to host the UEFA Women’s EURO 2029, with Denmark and Sweden joining forces in a joint initiative.

The host country selection will be announced in December 2025, after final bids have been submitted by August 28.

Keep an eye on the dates of football tournaments and other events in our Sports Events Calendar.

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