Women’s Euro 2022 fixtures: Who England could play in the semi-final and when the Euros final is

England were six minutes away from their European Championship coming to a premature end before Ella Toone and Georgia Stanway engineered a remarkable turnaround against Spain.

There was a time when it was a little hazy what represented success for the Lionesses at these Euros – but Northern Ireland boss Kenny Shiels was right when he suggested it would now be considered a failure if this group did not win the tournament.

Sarina Wiegman batted away suggestions that her side were under “massive pressure”, but expectation has rocketed since the 8-0 victory over Norway.

Reaching the semi-finals, matching their achievements of the 2019 World Cup, seemed the bare minimum, but the road to Wembley is still littered with favourites.

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The road to the final

England topped Group A with wins over Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland. They then beat Spain 2-1 in extra time in the quarter-final.

Semi-final: After their turnaround against Spain, England will now face the winner of Quarter-final 2 at Bramall Lane on 26 July. That will be contested by the winner of Group C, Sweden, and the runner-up of Group D, Belgium. Sweden began the tournament among the favourites.

Final: The final takes place on 31 July at Wembley Stadium. If England get there, they would play the winner of semi-final 2, which could be Germany (the winner of Group B), the runner-up of Group A (Austria, who they have already beaten once in their opening game), the winner of Group D (France) or the runner-up of Group C (Netherlands).

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Euro 2022 groups

Group A

• Norway
• England
• Austria
• Northern Ireland

Group B

• Germany
• Spain
• Finland
• Denmark

Group C

• Portugal
• Switzerland
• Netherlands
• Sweden

Group D

• France
• Iceland
• Belgium
• Italy

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