Spain’s players gave their beaten Switzerland opponents a guard of honor leaving the field after their quarterfinal at the Women's European Championship.

Switzerland's women's football team, under coach Pia Sundhage, made history by reaching the quarter-finals of the Women's European Championship for the first time. Although they lost 2-0 to Spain, the team's spirited performance and growing fan interest in women's football in Switzerland were widely celebrated as significant achievements.

Women's soccer tournament Euro 2025 drove a 12% vistor increase and 27% spending boost in Switzerland during its first week, according to Visa data shared exclusively with CNBC. The women's game has seen a massive rise in popularity over the last five years,

This gallery, curated by AP photo editors, shows highlights from the quarterfinals of the Women’s Euro 2025 soccer tournament in Switzerland.

The host nation may be out of the Euros but their fans have voted with their feet and shown there is a big appetite for the sport to grow

Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage hopes their run to the quarterfinals of their home Women's Euro will be a take-off moment for women's football in the country.

By Philip O'Connor ZURICH (Reuters) -Spain playmaker Aitana Bonmati is back to full fitness following a meningitis scare and aiming to continue writing history when Spain take on Switzerland in their Women's Euro quarter-final in Bern on Friday.

The defender was watching Wimbledon with her parents in southern Catalonia when the phone rang to tell her she was needed for the Euros