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Format

League C consists of the teams ranked 33rd and lower, according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings (based on the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking, taking into consideration promotion/relegation at the conclusion of that competition), split into three groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. Each team will play a total of six matches if in a four-team group, or four matches if in a three-team group, against other members of the same group using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025. The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the

, which will use an identical league structure. The six group winners will be promoted to League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the two best-ranked runners-up of League C will advance to the

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against the two 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.

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League C according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings, and were seeded into three pots of six teams and one pot of three teams, based on the same ranking.

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entered the tournament for the first time, having not entered in the previous edition. This will be both women's teams' first official competitive international tournament. The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in

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. For political reasons Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn in the same group. Due to excessive travel restrictions, Kazakhstan could not be drawn into a group containing more than one of Andorra, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, or Malta.

Groups

Times are

(up to 29 March 2025) and CEST (from 30 March 2025) as listed by UEFA. Local times, if different, are in parentheses.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to differing group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams are not considered when comparing second-placed teams.

League ranking

The 21 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 53rd overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to the criteria for league ranking. Due to differing group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams are not considered when comparing teams placed first, second, and third in their respective groups.

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

* League C League C UEFA Women's Nations League C UEFA Women's Nations League C UEFA Women's Nations League C UEFA Women's Nations League C