England Women’s will play Bosnia & Herzegovina in a UEFA Womens’s Euro 2017 qualifier, in their first home fixture since winning bronze medals in the Women’s World Cup in Canada. The match will take place at Ashton Gate on Sunday 29 November (KO 3.30pm). The tournament will take place in the Netherlands in the summer of 2017.
The match will be England’s second UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 qualifier. The Lionesses will travel to Estonia for their opening match on Monday 21 September.
The other teams in Group 7 with England are Belgium and Serbia, fixtures will be played both home and away.
UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 Qualifying groups:
Group 1: Iceland, Scotland, Belarus, Slovenia, FYR Macedonia
Group 2: Spain, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Montenegro
Group 3: France, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Albania
Group 4: Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Slovakia, Moldova
Group 5: Germany (holders), Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Croatia
Group 6: Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Georgia
Group 7: England, Belgium, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia
Group 8: Norway, Austria, Wales, Israel, Kazakhstan
• Matches will be played home and away from 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016.
• The group winners and the six best runners-up will join the hosts, the Netherlands, in the final tournament in summer 2017.
• The other two runners-up will play off in October 2016 for the remaining berth in the expanded 16-team finals to be held the following summer.
Road to the Netherlands
Qualifying group stage: 14 September 2015–20 September 2016
Play-off draw: 23 September 2016, Nyon, Switzerland
Play-offs: 17–25 October 2016
Finals draw: late 2016, Netherlands
Finals: July/August 2017, Netherlands
