2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals
Tournament details
Host countriesFrance
Germany
Spain
Sweden
Dates24 October – 2 December
Teams4
Venue8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place France
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Attendance188,107 (23,513 per match)
Top scorer(s) Clàudia Pina
(4 goals)
2024
2027

The 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2025 edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. The tournament consisted of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and a final, all played over two legs, to determine the champions of the UEFA Women's Nations League.[1]

Format

The Nations League Finals was held from October to December 2025[2] and were contested by the four group winners of League A.

The competition was played in a two-legged knockout format, consisting of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and a final, all played over two legs (this differs to the previous edition and all other men's editions where all the Nations Leagues Finals matches were single-legged). An open draw took place on 6 June 2025 to determine the pairings and order of legs for the semi-final matches, as well as which semi-final pairing had its teams host the first leg of the third-place play-off and final.[2][3]

The semi-final matches took place on 24 and 28 October, and the third place play-off and final matches took place on 28 November and 2 December.

The Nations League Finals were played in two-legged knockout matches, with the aggregate score over two legs determining the winner. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time in the second leg, 30 minutes of extra time would be played without the away goals rule, and if still level after extra time a penalty shoot-out would decide the winning team.[1]

Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

Group Winners Date of
qualification
UNL ranking
June 2025
FIFA ranking
August 2025
A1  Germany 30 May 2025 2 5
A2  France 8 April 2025 1 6
A3  Spain 3 June 2025 3 1
A4  Sweden 3 June 2025 4 3

Venues

France Germany
Caen Reims Düsseldorf Kaiserslautern
Stade Michel d'Ornano Stade Auguste-Delaune Merkur Spiel-Arena Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Capacity: 20,300 Capacity: 21,029 Capacity: 54,600 Capacity: 47,103
2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals venues
Spain Sweden
Málaga Madrid Gothenburg Solna
Estadio La Rosaleda Metropolitano Stadium Gamla Ullevi Nationalarenan
Capacity: 30,044 Capacity: 70,692 Capacity: 18,454 Capacity: 35,000

Squads

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24–28 October
 
 
 Germany 1 2 3
 
28 November – 2 December
 
 France 0 2 2
 
 Germany 0 0 0
 
24–28 October
 
 Spain 0 3 3
 
 Sweden 0 0 0
 
 
 Spain 4 1 5
 
Third place play-off
 
 
28 November – 2 December
 
 
 France 2 2 4
 
 
 Sweden 1 2 3

Semi-finals

Germany 1–0 France
Bühl 79' Report
Attendance: 37,191[4]
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)
France 2–2 Germany
Report
Attendance: 18,112[5]
Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)

Germany won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals. France advanced to the third place play-off.


Spain 4–0 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 20,929[6]
Sweden 0–1 Spain
Report Putellas 74'

Spain won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals. Sweden advanced to the third place play-off.

Third place play-off

France 2–1 Sweden
Report Blackstenius 67'
Attendance: 7,091[8]
Referee: Désirée Blanco (Switzerland)
Sweden 2–2 (a.e.t.) France
Report
Attendance: 9,141[9]

France won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Germany 0–0 Spain
Report
Spain 3–0 Germany
Report

Spain won 3–0 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup" (ZIP). UEFA Circular Letter. No. 53/2024. Union of European Football Associations. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Nations League semi-finals: Germany vs France, Spain vs Sweden". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Germany v France" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  5. ^ "France v Germany" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Spain v Sweden" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Sweden v Spain" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  8. ^ "France v Sweden" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Sweden v France" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Germany v Spain" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Spain v Germany" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 December 2025.