Several West Ham United women’s team players have learned of who they will face for their respective nations in the upcoming UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs.
After navigating through their respective campaigns, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Türkiye and Scotland all qualified for the play-offs, and will now need to tackle two rounds to see if they can secure a place at Euro 2025 in Switzerland...
How do the UEFA Euro 2025 play-offs work?
There will be two paths and two rounds in the Euro 2025 qualifiers. Each tie will be played over two legs.
In round two, the 14 winners from round one of the play-offs are drawn together in seven ties. Seven teams will be seeded based on their European Qualifying overall ranking. The seven winners will then join the already-qualified eight teams at Euro 2025, plus hosts Switzerland, who qualify automatically despite competing in qualifying.
Which of our Hammers could be involved?
In the Path One draw, Kinga Szemik and Poland have been drawn against Romania, whilst Amber Tysiak and Belgium will face Greece in their tie. Jess Ziu and Jessie Stapleton will take on Georgia in their play-off fixture.
In Path Two, Halle Houssein will hope to feature for Türkiye in their clash with Ukraine, while Kirsty Smith and Scotland will take on Hungary.
Second round ties were also drawn too, with team's learning who they will face should they advance through their round one fixture.
Fixtures in full (that will potentially involve West Ham players):
Round One | Path One:
Romania v Poland
Greece v Belgium
Georgia v Republic of Ireland
Round One | Path Two:
Türkiye v Ukraine
Hungary v Scotland
Round Two:
Hungary/Scotland v Montenegro/Finland
Türkiye/Ukraine v Greece/Belgium
Slovakia/Wales v Georgia/Republic of Ireland
Romania/Poland v Slovenia/Austria
When will the play-off matches take place?
The first round of play-off matches will take place between 23-29 October 2024. The second round of play-offs will take place between 27 November-3 December 2024.
For a look back at how our Hammers got on in their final matches in qualifying, click here!
