Women’s Euro 2025 has been largely peaceful so far

After two weeks of football fever in various Swiss host cities, no major incidents have been reported so far, police have confirmed. The group stage of the European Women’s Football Championship 2025 ended on Sunday and attracted a total of 461,582 spectators to the stadiums, according to European footballing body UEFA. However, this rush did not pose a security problem. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In Zurich, for example, the tournament has been a success for the Zurich police, they say. All matches have gone off without a hitch and 67,694 spectators have attended the games at Letzigrund stadium. Fan zones have also remained incident-free, city police told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Tuesday. The peaceful atmosphere has also been reflected in the presence of forces, which is massively smaller than it would be for a national high-risk men’s match, said the police, without giving exact figures. A Basel police press briefing on Tuesday also noted ...