Switzerland and Norway opened the Women’s Euro 2025 football tournament on Wednesday.
Sixteen teams are competing in eight cities – Basel, Burn, Geneva, Luusurn, Sion, St. Galen, Thun and Jurich – in the month’s championships, which run from 27 July.
The final will be held on July 27 in Basel at St. Jakb-Park in Switzerland, the largest stadium in Switzerland.
Earlier on Wednesday, Iceland and Finland were firmst to play in the tournament, in a match in the middle western city of Thun where Fins where Fins where a goal with a goal Eafer.
Who are the favorite?
The World Cup finalist Spain and England are widely seen as two of the top contenders for the Crown.
England’s lioness is the defending champion, who won his first major title since the World Cup was removed in 1966.
His historic euro won in 2022 after postponing the tournament due to the epidemic. He reached the 2023 World Cup final but decreased against Spain.
Germany, another power plant, wants to aim to recover the dominance. After losing to England in additional time in the final of 2022, Germany will see to add their remarkable records of six consecutive euro tyloles from 1995 to 2013.
The German women’s team has won eight out of a total of 13 European finals and also placed two World Cup trophies.
Record number of women coaches
Women now lead to seven of the 16 teams competing in Euro 2025 – this is 43.75% – Euro 2013 faster than 18.75% in 2013. By 2017, the ratio has almost doubled and the 2022 tournament has a consecutive impod since 37.5% intelligence.
Despite the advances, male coaches still have a slight numerical advantage in this year’s euro, in which nine of the 16 teams are led by men.
Success has not been a hindrance for women in top jobs. Between the 2000 and 2023 Women’s World Cups, every major international women’s football tournament-world Cup, Euro and Olympic-What won a female-coach team, except Japan’s 2011 World Cup victory under Norio Sasaki, to break the only male coach trend.
Footballs relax major rules amid summer wave
The tournament began as Europe was cooked under a so -called “heat dome”, recorded in the continent and warm weather warnings for many areas with record temperatures.
The UEFA has rested the stadium safety rules so that fans can bring half a liter of water bottles amidst a heat wave in Switzerland, which is about 35 C when necessary during the game. Cooling brakes can be used.
Jennifer Camino edited by Gonzalez
