2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
February – June 2025
Promotion/relegation matches:
October 2025
Teams20
2027–28

League C is the third and lowest division of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results will also be used to determine the leagues for the European qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Format

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League C consists of the teams ranked 33rd and lower, according to the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking,[1] split into five groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025.[2]

The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will use an identical league structure. The winner of each group will be promoted to League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the three best-ranked runners-up of League C will advance to the promotion play-offs against the three best-ranked third-placed teams of League B. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League C.[3]

Seeding

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Teams were allocated to League C according to their overall ranking[1] after the conclusion of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying league phase. Teams will be split into four pots of five teams based on their ranking.[3]

Gibraltar announced their participation for the first time in October 2024, having not entered in the previous edition. This will be the Gibraltar women's team's first official competitive international tournament.[4][5]

The draw for the league phase will take place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 7 November 2024. For political reasons Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be drawn in the same group. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of the Faroe Islands and Malta can be drawn with Kazakhstan.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Slovakia 28
 Azerbaijan 29
 Malta 30
 Israel 31
 Kosovo 32
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Luxembourg 38
 Montenegro 39
 Georgia 40
 Bulgaria 41
 Latvia 42
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Faroe Islands 43
 Armenia 44
 North Macedonia 45
 Estonia 46
 Lithuania 47
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Kazakhstan 48
 Moldova 49
 Cyprus 50
 Andorra 51
 Gibraltar

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C1-1 C1-2 C1-3 C1-4
1 C1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 C1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C2-1 C2-2 C2-3 C2-4
1 C2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 C2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C3-1 C3-2 C3-3 C3-4
1 C3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 C3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C4-1 C4-2 C4-3 C4-4
1 C4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 C4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers


Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification C5-1 C5-2 C5-3 C5-4
1 C5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League B TBD TBD TBD
2 C5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 C5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
4 C5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 Runner-up of group C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs
2 C2 Runner-up of group C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 Runner-up of group C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 Runner-up of group C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 C5 Runner-up of group C5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

League ranking

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The 20 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 52nd overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to the criteria for league ranking.[3]

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
33 C1 C1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 C2 C2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 C3 C3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 C4 C4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 C5 C5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 C1 C1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 C2 C2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 C3 C3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 C4 C4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 C5 C5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 C1 C1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 C2 C2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 C3 C3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 C4 C4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 C5 C5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 C1 C1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 C2 C2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 C3 C3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 C4 C4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 C5 C5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

References

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  1. ^ a b "Women's European Qualifiers 2024 Overall League Rankings" (PDF).
  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. UEFA. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "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. UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  4. ^ Gibraltar Women's National Team entered into UEFA Nations League Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Gibraltar Women's Football Gets Major Boost with Entry into Nations League". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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