Head coach Rhian Wilkinson has warned defending champions England to not write off Wales after the perimeters had been pitched right into a Battle of Britain at Euro 2025.

The Welsh, enjoying at a significant event for the primary time, had been handed robust Group D ties in opposition to the Lionesses, France and the Netherlands in Monday night’s attract Lausanne.

At 30, they would be the lowest-ranked workforce on the finals and can face three opponents inside FIFA’s present high 11, though Canadian coach Wilkinson’s response was bullish.

She stated: “We’re a harmful workforce. Firstly, we’ve got this underdog mantle, in fact, as a first-time participant, but additionally how nicely the workforce is enjoying and the way resilient they’re, there’s each chance we’ll be shocking folks on the event.”

Wales and England famously met on the males’s Euros in 2016 when the Welsh made all of it the way in which to the semi-finals, and Wilkinson is aware of the 2022 winners will symbolize a significant hurdle to their hopes of development once they conflict in St Gallen on July 13 within the closing spherical of group matches.

She stated: “They’re the final winners, one other workforce that with the joy and development of the WSL have had a variety of consideration, have a variety of expertise and an enormous participant pool, so I count on a high England workforce there as nicely.”

The prospect of the 2 neighbours clashing in Switzerland will trigger big pleasure within the principality, however whereas the draw might look daunting, Wilkinson, whose aspect will open their marketing campaign in opposition to the Dutch in Lucerne on July 5 after which face France in St Gallen 4 days later, is relishing what lies forward.

She stated: “I’m going to border the draw, I’m going to border it, I really like that. Have a look at Wales up with a number of the high nations on the earth. That’s what we’ve got at all times talked about.

“It wasn’t like we had been hoping to drag off this miracle simple draw – there was no simple draw. Clearly our group is a difficult one, however I’ve been smiling for ear to ear.

“We requested for a problem and we positively acquired it.”

For England counterpart Sarina Wiegman, whose aspect get underneath means in opposition to France in Zurich on July 5, there’s additionally the intriguing prospect of a conflict along with her native nation the Netherlands, who she guided to European glory in 2017 and repeated the feat with the Lionesses 5 years later.

Wiegman informed BBC Sport: “It’s only a truth. They’re in our group. I believe we’ve got a really attention-grabbing, thrilling group.

“It’s a bit the identical because the Nations League teams on a regular basis. It’s very robust, very thrilling and sure, for us July 5 it can begin.”

Requested concerning the Wales recreation, she added: “We at all times strategy the video games the identical, however initially, congratulations to them, they certified for the primary time in historical past which in fact is superb and nice.

“Sure, in fact there’s some rivalry, I believe, in a pleasant means once we exit on the pitch and I’m trying ahead to that recreation too.”

Wiegman’s aspect prevented World Cup winners Spain, who had been drawn into Group B with Italy, Portugal and Belgium, and 2022 runners-up Germany, who will face Sweden, Denmark and debutants Poland in Group C.

Hosts Switzerland will battle it out with Group A rivals Iceland, Norway and Finland for a spot within the knockout levels.

The event shall be performed at eight venues – Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, St Gallen, Lucerne, Sion and Thun – between July 2 and 27.

In the meantime, UEFA has confirmed an enormous rise in complete prize cash for the event to 41million Euros (£34million).

An announcement stated: “The UEFA Government Committee authorized 41million Euros in prize cash for UEFA Ladies’s EURO 2025, representing a 156 per cent enhance on the determine from 2022.

“Collaborating nationwide associations will now additionally distribute a assured share of the rewards – between 30 per cent and 40 per cent – to their gamers for the primary time.”