Draw procedure
- The draw will involve arecord 48 entrants excluding finals hosts England, with Cyprus appearing in their first senior female competition. Kosovo are also making their UEFA Women’s EURO debut, while Azerbaijan enter for the first time since the 2009 edition.
- Nine groups will be formed: two with six teams, and seven with five.
- Each side is placed in one of five seeding pots (four of nine and one of 11) depending on their coefficient ranking.
- Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, Kosovo cannot be drawn with either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.
- Matches will be played home and away from 26 August 2019 to 22 September 2020.
Seedings
- Pot 1: France*, Germany*, Netherlands (holders)*, Spain*, Sweden*, Norway*, Switzerland, Scotland*, Italy*
- Pot 2: Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Russia, Wales, Ukraine, Finland, Czech Republic
- Pot 3: Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus
- Pot 4: Turkey, Slovakia, Croatia, Northern Ireland, Greece, Israel, Kazakhstan, Albania, Moldova
- Pot 5: Faroe Islands, Malta, FYR Macedonia, Estonia, Montenegro, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Kosovo
Who qualifies?
- The group winners and the three runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections will join hosts England in the final tournament.
- The other six runners-up will play off in October 2020 for the remaining three places in the 16-team finals to be held the following summer.
Road to England: Calendar
- Qualifying group stage draw: 12:30 UK time, 21 February 2019, Nyon
- Qualifying group stage dates: 26 August–3 September 2019, 30 September–8 October 2019, 4–12 November 2019, 2–11 March 2020, 6–14 April 2020, 1–9 June 2020, 14–22 September 2020
- Play-off draw: 25 September 2020, Nyon
- Play-offs (two legs): 19–27 October 2020
- Final tournament draw: late 2020, England
- Final tournament: July 2021, England
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