Switzerland Women’s Euros 2025: Are We Actively Progressing?

Women’s football is being catapulted into wider exposure, greater demands, and higher levels of investment in a once male-dominated industry. With the back-end success of the Women’s Euros in 2022 and the wake of the Women’s World Cup in 2023, it was certainly never predicted to backpedal or shy away from its ever-progressing state. But with recent discussions and nullifying decisions from the Switzerland Federal Council to cut funding for what is expected to be an electrifying and extensively competitive women’s European Championship next summer, it begs a question of apparent regression.

In the summer of 2022, England captain, Leah Williamson, championed the Lionesses to their first major tournament trophy, and the first since the England men’s team lifted the World Cup trophy on the same home soil 56 years prior. The tournament broke the record for the total attendance figure set by the previous tournament held in the Netherlands in 2017, more than doubling the statistic to 574,875 people. In combination with 365 million people globally tuning in to watch the tournament in its entirety. The Euros Final itself set a new record for the highest crowd attendance for a final in a UEFA tournament, men’s or women’s, of 87,192 people.

The Women’s World Cup the following summer, co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, transcended their own domestic outlook on women’s football. The opening game of the tournament of Australia v the Republic of Ireland set a new record home attendance of 75,784 people. The Lionesses made history when they reached their first-ever World Cup Final, despite ultimately falling short and losing 1-0 to the glorious, youth-studded Spanish team.

For decades, the USWNT paved the way for women’s football and proved female athletes could excel time and time again on a world stage, if given the opportunity. But now, football in Europe is leading by example and painting a different kind of opportunity for young girls and…


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Author : Millie Dixon

Publish date : 2024-04-30 13:30:00

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