Switzerland has been appointed to host the 2025 UEFA Women’s Euro, which was announced on Tuesday the 4th of April 2023. There have been bids from nations like France, Poland, and Switzerland and a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The games will be played in 9 host cities like Zurich.
The 2022 UEFA European Women’s Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women’s Euro, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organized by UEFA for the women’s national teams of Europe. It was the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament was hosted by England and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in early 2020 resulted in subsequent postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020 to summer 2021, so the tournament was rescheduled for 6 to 31 July 2022. England last hosted the tournament in 2005, which had been the final tournament to feature just eight teams.
Defending champions Netherlands, who won UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 as hosts, were eliminated in the quarterfinals by France. Hosts England won their first UEFA Women’s Championship title by beating Germany 2–1 after extra time in the final, held at Wembley Stadium in London. AS winners, they will compete in the inaugural 2023 Women’s Finalissima against Brazil, winners of the 2022 Copa América Femenina.
The video assistant referee (VAR), as well as goal-line technology, were used in the final tournament.
Story By: Nancy Asantewaa – Radio 1 Sports
