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We're seeing a lovely video of all the best tourist sites in the host cities.
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Holders England and debutants Wales drawn in same group
Group A: Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Finland
Group B: Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal
Group C: , Denmark, Sweden, Poland
Group D: , England, Netherlands, Wales
Tournament in Switzerland starts on 2 July with final on 27 July
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Joe Rindl
We're seeing a lovely video of all the best tourist sites in the host cities.
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter in Lausanne
Switzerland men's international Xherdan Shaqiri is among those in attendance as the show gets started in Lausanne.
He stopped to speak to media in the red carpet earlier and posed for a few photos by the giant Euro 2025 match ball.
Jill Scott speaking to the BBC: "It's such a special tournament and to win it and have those memories. I'll see some of the girls now and you just have that connection for life. The team were fantastic throughout as the tournament was going on we knew we were about to do something special. The home crowd as well which definitely got us over the over the line in that final. Whenever I speak about the final it just makes us smile from ear to ear.
"To win a tournament, you have to play the toughest teams. Maybe in the group stages, teams like and Spain, teams that are very strong you'd want to meet later on.
"I'm confident in this Lionesses team, there's a lot of young players coming through that have had experience in recent games and I think that'll do them t he world of good.
"I'm confident that England can get this trophy back."
OK, the performance is over and the main presenters have come out to the stage.
Ian Wright is one of them!
The singer wasn't shaken. They said "how you doing">The stage is set for the draw as delegates have started taking their seats.
Wales' record goalscorer and cap holder Jess Fishlock is here and will take part in the draw ceremony - but, crucially, not the draw itself!
Fishlock and assistant boss Jon Grey are among the Welsh delegation in Lausanne this evening, though head coach Rhian Wilkinson is not present due to a long-standing commitment which could not be rearranged.
England v Wales in the groups, anyone?
This is a special occasion for Wales because it is unprecedented.
Never before have Wales' women qualified for a major tournament, but Rhian Wilkinson's players made history earlier this month by overcoming the Republic of Ireland in the qualification play-offs.
A stern challenge awaits for Wales regardless of who they are drawn with, as Wilkinson's team are the lowest-ranked in the tournament.
But former Canada international Wilkinson insists Wales be unfazed regardless.
"I'm in a perfect situation, which is that I don't care and I think that is the gift of it, being our first opportunity we get to walk into this experience fearless," Wilkinson told BBC Sport Wales.
"There are not many people that expect much from us, the people that expect the most are ourselves.
"And so would we like to face the best? Why wouldn't we">Earlier today, the Uefa Executive Committee in Switzerland approved a pot of 41 million Euros in prize money for the tournament - a 156% increase on the figure from 2022.
Participating national associations will also distribute between 30% and 40% to their players for the first time.
Debutants Wales made history by beating the Republic of Ireland 3-2 on aggregate in their play-off to reach their first major women's tournament.
European champions England had already booked their place by finishing runners-up in their qualification group.
Switzerland qualified automatically as hosts for the 16-team tournament, which will take place in eight venues between 2-27 July.
They are ed by 2023 World Cup winners Spain, and eight-time winners , who are all top seeds and have been placed in pot one.
England are in pot two, while 2017 European champions the Netherlands are in pot three.
The 8-0 win over Norway.
Beating Spain after extra-time.
And that final against .
Euro 2022 still feels like yesterday...
But things must move on and today it's the draw for the next one, in Switzerland, summer 2025.
England will be there, as are Wales, more on them later.