Wales know who they’ll be playing in their first ever major tournament in July next year, so we’ll be taking a look at the Women’s team’s chances in Switzerland with a tough group coming up, including who else but our old enemies just across the border.
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00:00Earlier on this month, we saw Wales qualify for a first ever major tournament as Rhian
00:07Wilkinson's side beat Ireland to cement their place in Euro 2025 in Switzerland next summer.
00:12After the win in Dublin, Wales became the lowest ranked team in the competition, sitting
00:17at 30th in the world rankings.
00:20Everyone knew that it was going to be a challenge regardless of who would be playing in the
00:23group stage, but after the draw, that challenge got an awful lot harder than anyone could
00:28have guessed as Wales will now play holders England, the Netherlands and France.
00:34England are currently ranked 4th in the world, with the Netherlands sitting at 10th and France
00:37at 11th.
00:38They all consistently feature in the latter stages of tournaments, so Wales will be right
00:43up against it.
00:45Record goalscorer and cap holder Jess Fishlock says she welcomes the tough group and is happy
00:50to be written off before a ball is kicked and hopes to pull a few surprises come July.
00:56The ultimate underdogs will be ready.