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England or Spain will be crowned winner of the UEFA Women's Euros 2025 today as the champions face World Cup winners Spain in Basel, in a rematch of the 2023 World Cup final.
England, the reigning continental champions, are in their third straight major tournament final under Sarina Wiegman, while Spain are in their first Euro final as they look to complete a clean sweep of major international honours.
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England vs Spain Euro 2025 final: A major tournament rematch, key battles and our predictions
Spain's biggest test of the tournament came in the semi-final against eight-time winners Germany — and the world champions were made to work for their victory.
Germany were well organised and had joy in limiting Spain's creativity while coming close with a few chances of their own. But the match finished 0-0 in normal time, the first time that has happened in this tournament, and extra time was needed to find a winner.
And when Spain needed a moment of magic, who else but Aitana Bonmati was on hand to deliver with a lovely angled finish to send her team through to today's final.
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As Spain advanced into the knockout rounds, it was a challenging task to beat Switzerland in the quarter-final.
The hosts were stubborn and managed to limit the World Cup winners for 66 minutes before Athenea del Castillo broke the deadlock.
Claudia Pina added a classy strike to make it 2-0 — but it could have been more after both Mariona Caldentey and Alexia Putellas missed penalties.
There was one final bit of drama when Switzerland's Noelle Maritz was sent off just before the final whistle, but Spain already had the result wrapped up.
It was a pretty straightforward trio of games for Spain in Group B, as they won three from three and finished top.
They advanced to the knockouts thanks to a trio of comprehensive wins which gave them a significant +11 goal difference.
Only one other team has simultaneously been world and European champions in women's football: Germany. They held the two biggest major honours simultaneously between 2003 and 2011.
The team trying to emulate that feat? You guessed it, the team who knocked them out in the semi-final of this year's tournament and one of today's finalists, Spain.
After their World Cup win in 2023, Spain are on the hunt for that elusive first European crown — and they have long been favourites to win this year.
They will want to complete their trophy cabinet today.
A few months ago, Michelle Agyemang’s hopes of featuring at Euro 2025 appeared slim. She had never received a call-up to England’s senior squad.
But in April, a last-minute nod to replace injured striker Alessia Russo for the Nations League fixture against Belgium opened the door just a crack, and she ripped it off its hinges with her first England goal in the 10-minute cameo she was afforded.
Agyemang spent last season on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion from Arsenal, a season that took her from being a fringe prospect to the youngest England player in their squad at the Euros. Agyemang has never hung around.
After two late goals against Sweden and Italy to keep England in the tournament, she has become a cheat code for Sarina Wiegman off the bench.
Supporting England at this year's tournament has not been for the faint of heart.
After an already turbulent route to the semi-final, the Lionesses once again did things the hard way against Italy — playing for the majority of the game 1-0 down after Barbara Bonansea's well taken 33rd-minute opener.
England found a way late on again thanks to super subs Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly.
The former equalised in the 96th minute to send the match to extra time before the latter scored the rebound from her saved penalty to send her country into another major tournament final.
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If there's one thing we know about the Lionesses, it's that they never give up.
Their quarter-final win over Sweden was proof enough of that as they fought back from 2-0 down before winning on penalties.
Late goals from Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang cancelled out Kosovare Asllani and Stina Blackstenius strikes, before a goalless period of extra time.
Then step forward goalkeeper Hannah Hampton for some penalty shootout heroics — even if the overall quality of the spot kicks was pretty poor.
You won't hear England complaining. They booked their semi-final place with a 3-2 win in the shootout.
It has not all been plain sailing for England at this year's Euros and they got off to a tricky start in their opening group stage match against France.
A 2-1 defeat meant the Lionesses suffered their first loss at a European Championship under Sarina Wiegman, with pressure on their remaining two games if they were to advance to the knockouts.
But they bounced back in convincing fashion with a 4-0 win against the Netherlands, before a 6-1 thumping of neighbours Wales to seal their quarter-final place as Group D runners-up behind the French.
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In 13 previous editions of the tournament, there have been five different winners.
England beat Germany at Wembley to become European champions for the first time in 2022. They took the crown from the Netherlands, who also won on home soil, also under current England manager Sarina Wiegman, in 2017.
Before that, Germany had won six times in a row, going all the way back to 1995. Norway won the second of their two titles in 1993, and Sweden won the inaugural tournament in 1984.
And what a treat this tournament has been!
We have had twists and turns, more games going to extra time than ever before and plenty of wonderful goals.
Either England or Spain will get their hands on this trophy by the end of the day — isn't it lovely.
As a reminder, there is no third-place play-off, so our Euro 2025 journey comes to a close today.
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St. Jakob-Park, Basel
The largest football stadium in Switzerland and home to FC Basel, St. Jakob-Park has a capacity of 37,500.
Three group-stage matches have already been played at the venue, plus the quarter-final between Germany and France.
Now it has the biggest prize: hosting the final of this tournament.
There are lots of viewing options for the match, if you'd like to watch it live.
The match kicks off at 6pm CEST, local time, which is 5pm BST in the UK.
For those of you hoping to tune in from the United States, that is 12pm ET on the east coast and 9am PT on the west.
Hello everyone and welcome to The Athletic, where we are live from today's Euro 2025 final.
Only one team can be crowned European champions — reigning champions England or World Cup winners Spain.
There will be heartache, heroics and no doubt a good deal of drama, too. So stick with us as we take you through all the build-up.
It promises to be a classic!

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