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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Garry in Lausanne

Euro 2025 draw: England get tough group with France, Netherlands, Wales

The draw for the group stage of Euro 2025 is displayed in Lausanne
The draw for the group stage of Euro 2025 is displayed in Lausanne. Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/EPA

England, the holders, have been drawn in a group with France, the Netherlands and their neighbours Wales for the 2025 Women’s European Championship in Switzerland.

It is the most eye-catching of the four groups, given that it includes the past two winners – the Netherlands triumphed in 2017 – and will mean England’s Dutch head coach, Sarina Wiegman, faces her native country. Two teams qualify from each group for the quarter-finals.

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