Women's Euros Predictor - What to Expect from the Biggest Women's Euros Yet!

2025 is the year of the biggest Women’s European Championship yet! 16 teams will travel to Switzerland in July to compete for Europe’s biggest prize, and we’ve brought back an old favourite, the football predictor game that is a fun thing to add to your online team building activities in the workplace. This year, it’s a women’s Euros predictor!

Switzerland as hosts

The UEFA Women’s European Championships takes place across eight venues in Switzerland this summer. 16 teams will play in the biggest championship to date in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, St. Gallen, Lucerne, Sion, and Thun. The quality on show is better than it’s ever been, with 5 of the teams reaching the quarter-final stages of the last World Cup.

England go in as holders, beating the men’s team to an international title and doing so in style back in 2022, but they don’t go in as favourites this time round. After heartbreak in the World Cup Final against Spain two years ago, it will be interesting to see if Sarina Wiegman’s team can take that experience (and the experience of winning the last edition of the Euros) and get back to winning ways. It’ll be tough, with a whole host of big names in the draw. First-time qualifiers Wales are incredibly happy to have qualified and find themselves in England’s group.

Let’s take a look through each group and what we can expect from the tournament this summer.

Group D

We’ll start with the last group because there are two home nations present, and a tough introduction to international tournament football for newbies Wales.

England

After stunning Europe with victory at the last Euros and losing the World Cup Final to Spain, things have gone along at a slower pace since. The balloon has been deflated a little, including the recent draw with Portugal, but then there have also been some great highs (beating Spain 1-0 in the last round of fixtures). Beth Mead is back after missing the World Cup, Chloe Kelly looks rejuvenated after a move to Arsenal, and England has an array of talent in its ranks. The team just needs to be more clinical in the big moments to retain the title.

Wales

After a stellar group stage and a victory against Republic of Ireland in the playoffs, Wales head into the tournament with confidence. A recent 1-1 friendly draw with Sweden in Wrexham and narrow defeat away to Italy shows that they can mix it with teams that are much better than them on paper. With Jess Fishlock still a step above the rest, anything is possible. Coach Rhian Wilkinson will hope that Fishlock can continue to inspire the rest, especially against the old enemy, England. When the men’s team qualified for its first international tournament in almost 60 years back in 2016, no one expected anything, but they got to the semi-final after beating favourites Belgium. It shows that anything is possible this summer and the women’s team should dream big.

France

France have underwhelmed when it really mattered in recent years, not making it past the quarter-finals in both the World Cup and the Olympics, under two different coaches. Another new coach and new hope for the summer, with Laurent Bonadei taking France to wins over Norway and Iceland in recent Nations League matches. The squad is super talented but it’s hard to see where they are right now when stacked up against the very top teams. The England group match will tell us a lot.

Netherlands

Things could have been so different for the Netherlands. In 2023 they were really close to knocking out Spain in the quarter-finals but didn’t take their chances and lost 2-1 in extra time. Combining youth and experience, the Dutch have been in good form since that tournament, but with some disappointing results and the miss of Roord and Miedema, it has been challenging. A tough group with France and England to beat does make it difficult to see them getting through to the knockouts.

Group A

Switzerland

Switzerland didn’t make it out of the group in the last two Euros, but host nations are always invigorated and will hope the home support will give them a chance to break a duck and get into the quarter-finals this time. They are also in one of the weaker groups, as they were in Pot One as hosts. The recent Nations League sees three of the teams in this group playing each other, and Switzerland have not beaten either Iceland or Norway so far. Not a good omen for the summer. But with Arsenal’s Lia Walti and Barcelona’s Sydney Schertenleib in the side, they have a chance.

Norway

Caroline Graham Hansen, Frida Maanum, and Ada Hegerberg are just three examples of great players that Norway can call on this summer. They’ll need them to shine after 12 years of underwhelming performances at international tournaments after reaching the final of Euro 2013. Since Gemma Grainger took charge results have been ok, with a range of results against the big teams. They will be favourites in this group though, which adds a different type of pressure.

Iceland

It is incredible how a country as small as Iceland has managed to be so successful in both women’s and men’s international football. This squad contains players from teams such as Bayern Munich and Inter, and over the last few years they have performed well in the Nations League and come agonizingly close to qualifying for the World Cup. This is a nice group for Iceland to take the next step, but they need to beat the hosts to have a chance.

Finland

A relatively kind group for Finland, who are playing in League B of the new Nations League, which shows their level, as did their recent defeat to Serbia. Marko Saloranta has never coached at an international tournament and must make sure that the team remains tight at the back, which is its staple, and try to nick goals. Finland tends to beat the teams they should and struggle against better opposition.
 

Group B

Spain

The favourites alongside England, current World Champions and Olympic finalists, Spain are the benchmark this time around. Despite this, England did recently beat Spain, but it was without Alexia Putellas and Patri Guijarro, which would hurt any side in the world, and a comeback win against Belgium just before that showed the character that world champions always have in abundance. It’s difficult to see beyond Spain and the Lionesses at this point.

Portugal

Portugal has slowly become a staple on the big international scene, qualifying for three of the last four major tournaments. A recent 1-1 draw with England also showed the potential to mix it with the big teams whilst beating the teams they should. Nazareth and Pinto are playing at top clubs, and they will be hoping that Italy (the dark horses for many) fail to turn up as has happened in the past.

Belgium

After 14 years in charge, Ives Serneels was let go and replaced by Elisabet Gunnarsdottir with just seven months left before the tournament. It’s weird timing for any side to change the coach so close to a big tournament, but they did play well against Spain recently before losing a two goal lead, something that will have to change in the tournament.

Italy

Italy is always hyped going into tournaments and almost always fails to deliver when it matters. They have beaten Spain, Netherlands and Germany in the last two years, but then lost to Denmark and narrowly beaten an inexperienced Wales team. It’s also a tough group to contend with, including the reigning world champions.

Group C

Germany

Germany have not been the consistent side that we expect them to be, with a win against England at Wembley followed by a defeat to Australia (despite a much changed team) straight after, and a thrashing of Switzerland. Overall, there is excitement from the fans, and the thought that this could be Germany’s time once more. They will be difficult to beat.

Poland

Poland is another side making its debut in a major tournament, after beating Austria in the play-offs, which was deemed a pretty big shock. Nina Patalon’s team needs to make the most of striker Ewa Pajor, as the Barcelona striker can take her chances. They have recently beaten both Romania and Northern Ireland and have four clean sheets and six victories in a row, so they’ll be confident they can make it out of the groups or give it a good go.

Denmark

With a well-respected Swedish coach in charge for just over a year, Denmark come into this year in relatively good form, finishing close to Germany in the last Nations League and Spain just finishing above them in qualifying. They even beat Italy last year, and with Pernille Harder, a genuine world class player in the side, there is a chance.

Sweden

An underwhelming draw against Wales recently dampened some of the enthusiasm for Sweden going into the tournament, but they have reached the semi-finals at five of the last six tournaments they’ve qualified for since 2016 and two Olympic silver medals. It’s also the last hurrah for coach Peter Gerdharsson, which will add sentiment and a greater will to win.  

The last ten years has seen an incredible growth in the women’s football game in the UK. The Lionesses have inspired new generations of girls to take up football, and the successive tournament success, going deep into international tournaments and getting to a World Cup final and winning the last Euros has been incredible. The Welsh women’s team is now inspiring the next generation of Welsh girls, with attendances growing game by game and an excited group of fans heading to the summer tournament with pride and hope.

What is the Women’s Euros Predictor Game?

We’ve had so much fun with the football predictor game for the men’s Euros and World Cup over the last few years, and this summer we’re doing it all again. The women’s Euros predictor game is the perfect game to add to your portfolio of online team building activities. Whether your staff love football, have a passing interest, or aren’t bothered at all, the competitive aspect of guessing the scores and building up points always gets people chatting, and is a great way to build morale and bring people together. If you are interested in signing up to this women’s Euros predictor for business game, it’s really easy to do so! Create a league competition for your work colleagues, your clients and customers, play for points and be competitive as you try to top the leaderboard.