UEFA Women's Euro 2025 coverage continues on STV with Friday double-header
Denmark will take on Sweden in Geneva at 5pm, while St Gallen will host Germany v Poland at 8pm.
On day one of the tournament, which is being held in Switzerland throughout July, Finland beat Iceland 1-0 before the hosts suffered a 2-1 defeat to Norway.
Katariina Kosola scored the only goal of the game as the Finns ended a 16-year wait for a Euros win at the Stockhorn Arena on Wednesday.
In Basel, an own-goal by Switzerland's Julia Stierl's gifted Norway a 2-1 win against in their opening game.
The defender turned the ball into her own net four minutes after Norway captain Ada Hegerberg's superb header had cancelled out Nadine Riesen's first-half opener in front of a 34,063 crowd at St Jakob-Park.
Hegerberg missed a second-half penalty for Norway, who had lost six of their previous seven matches at the Euros and were outplayed by the hosts for most of the match.
On Thursday Italy beat Belgium 1-0 in Sion and world champions Spain thrashed Portugal 5-0 in Bern.
England won the last Euros when they beat Germany at Wembley in 2022. They begin their defence of the trophy against France in Zurich on Saturday.
Sixteen teams have been divided into groups of four, and two from each section will reach the knockout stages as they look to reach the final on July 27.
The hosts are in Group A along with Iceland, Finland, and Norway. Group B consists of Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and Group C is made up of Germany, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden.
The Lionesses are in Group D with France, the Netherlands, and Wales.
A total of 16 games will be shown on STV and STV Player throughout the tournament, including England v France, Wales v France, and England v Wales.
July 4 – Denmark vs Sweden (5pm)July 4 – Germany vs Poland (8pm) July 5 – France vs England (8pm) July 6 – Switzerland vs Iceland (8pm) July 7 – Spain vs Belgium (5pm)July 7 – Portugal vs Italy (8pm)July 9 – France vs Wales (8pm) July 12 – Sweden vs Germany (8pm) July 12 – Poland vs Denmark (8pm) July 13 – England vs Wales (8pm) July 13 – Netherlands vs France (8pm) One quarter-finalOne semi-final
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