Women’s Nations League: Who is still in the competition and when are the semi-finals?

21st October 2025 Oliver Taliku
Spain are the current Nations League champions after winning the inaugural tournament in 2024

The Women’s Nations League continues this week, with two semi-final first legs taking place at the beginning of the international break.

Who is playing the Nations League semi-finals?

  • 🇩🇪 Germany vs France 🇫🇷
  • 🇪🇸 Spain vs Sweden 🇸🇪

When are the Nations League semis?

The Nations League semi-finals get underway on Friday night. Germany and France kick off first this week in Düsseldorf, with an early game at 16:45 BST.

Spain and Sweden will then kick off at 20:00 in Malaga, shortly after the first semi finishes on Friday

This weeks games are just first leg of the semi-finals, with the second leg taking place just four days later.

The second leg of each semi-final is on Tuesday, October 28th, with Sweden vs Spain kicking off at 19:00 and France vs Germany at 21:00.

Who will win the Nations League?

Spain vs Sweden

Spain are the reigning champions of the Nations League after winning the inaugural competition last season.

It comes as no surprise that the champs are once again favourites to win this year, and they will be out for revenge following a disappointing summer.

The current world champions were shocked in the Euro 2025 final as England won back to back championships.

Spain haven’t lost a competitive match since losing to England in February during the Nations League group stage.

While Spain look most likely to advance to the final, Sweden will certainly be no walkover.

Sweden were eliminated in the quarter-final at Euro 2025 and the way they lost to England was heartbreaking. Despite being 2-0 up with just 10 minutes to play, Sweden went on to draw with the Lionesses before getting eliminated on penalties.

This year’s semi-finals will be Sweden’s first trip to the knockouts and their lack of experience could cost them against the best in the world.

Germany vs France

The other semi-final is a bit harder to call, but Germany are just preferred to advance to the final.

Germany are also looking to make amends for their summer in Switzerland after they were knocked out by Spain in the semi-finals after beating France in the quarters.

The Germans are still ranked fifth in the FIFA world rankings and France will face a tough two legs before a potential second Nations League final.

France, are well versed in the Nations League having finished runner up to Spain in the inaugural tournament.

The team ranked sixth in the world were also knocked out of Euro 2025 at the quarter-final stage, with Germany edging the head to head after penalties.

With a rematch from Euro 2025 on the cards anything could happen in the Nations League knockouts, but France will be keen to get revenge for their summer’s shortcomings.

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Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in women's football as well as long form SEO content plus news and tips. While he enjoys writing about all football, Olly supports Arsenal passionately as a lifelong fan of the club.