Women's Euro 2025 group guides: The best matches, the players to watch and more
The Women's Euros get under way on Wednesday, with holders England hoping to defend their title and Spain attempting to complete a treble of major tournament wins.
The world champions are the favourites, having followed up their World Cup win in 2023 with Nations League success in 2024.
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The competition is taking place in Switzerland and runs from July 2 until July 27.
All the squads are in and the pre-tournament friendlies are almost complete, so how is everyone shaping up? We have analysed the four groups — you can read them below. We have also published team guides for all 16 competing nations, which you can find here.
Group A — Can hosts Switzerland reach the knockout stages for the first time?
Group B — Will the world champions win the Euros for the first time?
Group C — What kind of Germany will we get and how far could the continent's in-form striker take Poland?
Group D — Could the holders really go out in the group stage?
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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