All You Need To Know | EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off Draw

All You Need To Know | EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off Draw

The Ireland Women's National Team will enter the UEFA EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off Draw as a seeded team.

After beating France 3-1 in their final Group A3 game, the Girls in Green ensured that they would be seeded for the Draw in Nyon on Friday, July 19th.

The Draw will set the ties for two rounds of two-legged contests, as 28 teams compete for the last seven finals slots at EURO 2025 in Switzerland.

The draw for both rounds will be made, with Round 1 played between 23 and 29 October, and Round 2 between 27 November and 3 December.

The seven Round 2 winners will join hosts Switzerland and direct qualifiers Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain in the 16 December finals Draw in Lausanne.


Round 1

The first Round of the Play-Offs (played between 23 and 29 October) is split into two paths. In one path, the teams finishing third and fourth in League A will play the five group winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progress to the second round.

Path 1 Seedings
Seeded:
Sweden, Norway, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Czechia, Republic of Ireland, Poland

Unseeded: Slovenia, Romania, Belarus, Greece, Albania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Georgia


Play-off Path 2 was adjusted as necessary to take into account the performance of Women's EURO hosts Switzerland, who competed in League B but are guaranteed a slot in the final tournament.

As Switzerland finished as a League B winner, the best-ranked fourth-placed team of League B (Azerbaijan) completed the Round 1 Path 2 Play-Off line-up and the draw seeding for the six ties was adjusted accordingly.

The three group winners (other than Switzerland) and three best-ranked runners-up in League B will be drawn into six ties against the remaining Play-Off contenders from League B. The six winners progress to the second round.

Path 2 Seedings
Seeded:
Portugal, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Ukraine, Northern Ireland

Unseeded: Türkiye, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Azerbaijan

 

Round 2

In the second round (played between 27 November and 3 December), the teams from both paths come together and will be drawn into seven ties, with seeding for the seven highest-ranked teams based on the European Qualifiers overall league rankings. The seven winners progress to the final tournament.

Round 2 Seedings
Seeded:
Winners of Round 1 ties involving Sweden, Norway, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Czechia, Republic of Ireland

Unseeded: Winners of Round 1 tie involving Poland, and the winners of the six Round 1 ties from Path 2

 

UEFA EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off Draw
Friday, July 19th
12:00 (Irish Time)
LIVE on UEFA.com

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