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When will England and Wales find out Euro 2025 opponents?

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The Lionesses’ only major tournament win was the 2022 Euros success [Getty Images]

European champions England are joined by Wales in qualifying for next summer’s Euro 2025 tournament in Switzerland.

Wales made history by beating the Republic of Ireland 3-2 on aggregate in their play-off to reach their first major women’s tournament.

England had already booked their place by finishing runners-up in their qualification group.

The tournament draw takes place on 16 December in Lausanne, Switzerland, at 17:00 GMT and you will be able to watch and follow it live on the BBC.

Who else has qualified?

Switzerland qualified automatically as hosts for the 16-team tournament, which will take place in eight venues between 2-27 July.

They are joined by 2023 World Cup winners Spain, eight-time winners Germany and France, who are all top seeds and have been placed in pot one.

England are in pot two, while 2017 European champions the Netherlands are in pot three.

  • Qualified: Belgium, Denmark, England (holders), Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (hosts), Wales.

How to follow on BBC

Coverage of the draw on 16 December will be available to watch on BBC Two, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from 16:55 GMT.

You can also follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app.

Every match of the tournament, which begins on 2 July, will be shown in the UK on either the BBC or ITV, with the final on 27 July available on both channels.

Alongside live TV coverage and highlights across the BBC and iPlayer, radio commentary will also be available on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra.

How does the draw work?

The 16 teams will be split into four groups of four for the final tournament.

The teams are seeded according to the overall rankings from the European qualifying league stage.

Hosts Switzerland will be placed in position A1, with the remaining teams in pot one being drawn to fill the other groups.

All groups will then contain one team each from pots two to four.

Hosts (placed in position 1 of Group A): Switzerland

Pot one: Spain, Germany, France

Pot two: Italy, Iceland, Denmark, England

Pot three: Netherlands, plus three highest-ranked play-off winners (to be confirmed)

Pot four: Remaining four play-off winners (to be confirmed)

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