The draw for the group stage of the Women’s Nations League took place this Thursday in Nyon. The opportunity for the French team, now coached by Laurent Bonadei, to discover its first opponents in the competition.
The French women’s team will face Iceland, Norway and Switzerland in the group stage of the 2025 Nations League from February 19, according to the draw carried out this Thursday in Nyon, at UEFA headquarters.
Unhappy finalists of the last edition won by Spain in February, the Bleues of Laurent Bonadei, appointed at the end of August to succeed Hervé Renard, avoided England, reigning European champion, as well as the Netherlands, placed in the second hat of the draw.
Germany with the Netherlands, Spain against England
The French nevertheless find Switzerland, which will host Euro-2025 (from July 2 to 27) and which beat them 2-1 on October 29 in a friendly match in Geneva. In group A1, Germany will face the Netherlands, while in group A3, Spain will cross swords with England.
The group stage will take place from February 19 to June 3. The draw for the final phase will take place on June 6, for semi-finals (between October 22 and 28, 2025) and a final (between November 26 and December 2, 2025) in the form of two-way matches. . Only the first team from each group qualifies for the final phase of the competition.
Swiss
