Women’s Euro 2022: All you need to know

Bish

Jul 7, 2022

Women’s Euro 2022: Fixtures, full schedule, England games, and kick-off times plus information on draw, rules and stadiums for this summer’s showpiece tournament.

The 13th edition of the Women’s European Championship will get underway tonight – and talkSPORT will be behind England’s pursuit of glory on home soil all the way.

The Lionesses fell at the semi-final stage at the last tournament in 2017, losing to the Netherlands who went on to beat Denmark to the trophy.

England also lost in the final four of the World Cup – but looks well primed to go all the way this summer.

They have been on an incredible run since Sarina Wiegman took over as manager in September 2021, not tasting defeat in 14 games and scoring 84 games in the process.

The Lionesses will be hoping home advantage can make the difference too as they welcome Europe’s best to England for the showpiece tournament.

But the Dutch, Sweden, France and Germany will be among those eyeing glory as well…

It should be a thrilling tournament throughout July and here’s everything you need to know about it.

The group stage will progress until the final Group D games on Monday, July 18.

The knockout stages will commence two days later and will continue until the final at Wembley on Sunday, July 31.

There will not be a third-place play-off match.

July 6: UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 starts
July 20-23: Quarter-finals
July 26-27: Semi-finals
July 31: Euro 2022 final

How the tournament works

There will be 16 countries competing in the Euros including hosts England and holders Netherlands.
The tournament will follow a simple format with the top two from each of the four groups progressing.
Once the group stage is done, the competition will follow a knockout format before the final on July 31.
The tournament will only have two kick-off times with matches either starting at 5pm or 8pm.
All of the quarter-finals and semi-finals will begin at 8pm while the final at Wembley will kick off at 5pm.

The venues:
The tournament will be held in ten stadiums in eight cities around England with two grounds being used in London and Manchester.

The final will be held at the 90,000-seater Wembley Stadium in the capital while the Brentford Community Stadium will also be used.

Manchester United’s Old Trafford, St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton and Brighton’s AMEX will be the other Premier League grounds to host matches.

Games will also be held at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, Rotherham’s New York Stadium, the Leigh Sports Village Stadium and the Etihad Academy Stadium in Manchester.

The groups
England will face a battle with Britain in their group as the hosts have been drawn against near-neighbours Northern Ireland. Austria and Norway make up Group A.

Group B sees Germany take on 2017 finalists Denmark while holders Netherlands will face world ranked number two side Sweden in Group C.

The group has now been completed having only had three teams in it due to Russia’s ban. Portugal, which Russia defeated in the play-off, has replaced them.

Group D is headlined by the meeting of France and Italy.

Group A: England (H), Austria, Norway, Northern Ireland
Group B: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland
Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal
Group D: France, Italy, Belgium, Iceland

Full schedule list - Group stage:

Wednesday, July 6
Group A: England vs Austria – kick-off 8pm, Old Trafford

Thursday, July 7
Group A: Norway vs Northern Ireland – kick-off 8pm, St Mary’s

Friday, July 8
Group B: Spain vs Finland – kick-off 5pm, Stadium MK

Group B: Germany vs Denmark – kick-off 8pm, London Community Stadium

Saturday, July 9
Group C: Portugal vs Switzerland – kick-off 5pm, Leigh Sports Village
Group C: Netherlands vs Sweden – kick-off 8pm, Bramall Lane

Sunday, July 10
Group D: Belgium vs Iceland – kick-off 5pm, Manchester City Academy Stadium
Group D: France vs Italy – kick-off 8pm, New York Stadium

Monday, July 11
Group A: Austria vs Northern Ireland – kick-off 5pm, St Mary’s
Group A: England v Norway – kick-off 8pm, Brighton and Hove Community Stadium

Tuesday, July 12
Group B: Denmark vs Finland – kick-off 5pm, Stadium MK
Group B: Germany vs Spain – kick-off 8pm, London Community Stadium

Wednesday, July 13
Group C: Sweden vs Switzerland – kick-off 5pm, Bramall Lane
Group C: Netherlands v Portugal – kick-off 8pm, Leigh Sports Village

Thursday, July 14
Group D: Italy vs Iceland – kick-off 5pm, Manchester City Academy Stadium
Group D: France vs Belgium – kick-off 8pm, New York Stadium

Friday, July 15
Group A: Northern Ireland v England – kick-off 8pm, St Mary’s
Group A: Austria vs Norway – kick-off 8pm, Brighton and Hove Community Stadium

Saturday, July 16
Group B: Finland vs Germany – kick-off 8pm, Stadium MK
Group B: Denmark vs Spain – kick-off 8pm, London Community Stadium

Sunday, July 17
Group C: Switzerland vs Netherlands – kick-off 5pm, Bramall Lane
Group C: Sweden vs Portugal – kick-off 5pm, Leigh Sports Village

Monday, July 18
Group D: Iceland vs France – kick-off 8pm, New York Stadium
Group D: Italy vs Belgium – kick-off 8pm, Manchester City Academy Stadium

Knockout phase - Quarter-finals

Wednesday, July 20
Quarter-final 1: Winners Group A v Runners-up Group B – kick-off 8pm, Brighton and Hove Community Stadium

Thursday, July 21
Quarter-final 2: Winners Group B v Runners-up Group A – kick-off 8pm, London Community Stadium

Friday, July 22
Quarter-final 3: Winners Group C v Runners-up Group D – kick-off 8pm, Leigh Sports Village

Saturday, July 23
Quarter-final 4: Winners Group D v Runners-up Group C – kick-off 8pm, New York Stadium

Knockout phase - Semi-finals

Tuesday, July 26
Semi-final 1: Winners quarter-final 1 v Winners quarter-final 3 – kick-off 8pm, Bramall Lane

Wednesday, July 27
Semi-final 2: Winners quarter-final 2 v Winners quarter-final 4 – kick-off 8pm, Stadium MK

Final
Sunday, July 31
Winners semi-final 1 v Winners semi-final 2 – kick-off 5pm, Wembley