Women’s soccer world champion Spain drawn with Italy, Belgium and Portugal in Euro 2025 group
Swedish soccer player Caroline Seger draws Norway during the UEFA Euro 2025 European women's soccer championship final draw at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Laurent Cipriani]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Women’s World Cup winner Spain has been drawn in a 2025 European Championship group with Italy, Belgium and Portugal. The past two European champions in women’s soccer, titleholder England and Euro 2017 winner the Netherlands, landed in a strong group with top-seeded France and Wales. Record eight-time European champion Germany will play Denmark, Poland and Sweden, the inaugural winner in 1984. Host Switzerland will open the tournament against Norway on July 2 at Basel’s St. Jakob Park stadium. The group includes Iceland and Finland. Basel also will host the final on July 27.
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The coaches of Belgium Ives Serneels, Italy Andrea Soncin, Spain Montserrat Tome and Portugal Francisco Neto, from left, pose with the tournament trophy at the end of the UEFA Euro 2025 European women's soccer championship final draw at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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