By Associated Press
Women’s World Cup winner Spain was drawn in a 2025 European Championship group with Italy, Belgium and Portugal on Monday.
The past two European champions in women’s soccer, titleholder England and Euro 2017 winner the Netherlands, landed in a strong group with top-seeded France and Wales.
Germany, the record eight-time European champion, was drawn with Denmark, Poland and Sweden, the inaugural winner in 1984.
Host Switzerland will open the tournament against Norway on July 2 at Basel’s St. Jakob Park stadium. The group also includes Iceland and Finland.
Basel also will host the final on July 27.
More than 700,000 tickets are publicly available for the 31 games being hosted in eight Swiss cities.
Meanwhile, prize money for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will more than double, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros ($43 million).
Each federation will get a minimum of 1.8 million euros
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