Spain sets sight on England in pursuit of elusive UEFA Women's Championship

Spain's remarkable run in international competitions could reach another high on Monday morning AEST when it takes on England in the UEFA Women's Championship final in Basel.

Spain reaches Euro 2025 final Photo shows Aitana Bonmatí celebrates affter scoring a goal for Spain against Germany in Euro 2025 semifinal. Spain's Aitana Bonmatí strikes a superb extra-time winner to fire her side to a 1-0 victory over Germany, sending the World Cup winners through to the Women's European Championship final for the first time.

The Spanish are playing in their first European decider in only their fifth appearance at the tournament.

The reigning world and Nations League champions will be looking for a repeat of their 1-0 defeat of England in the 2023 World Cup final in Sydney.

They qualified for the Euro 2025 final by defeating Germany 1-0 via an extra-time goal to Aitana Bonmatí in the semifinals.

"Now we'll start looking at England more closely," Spain coach Montse Torme said.

"Although, our analysts have already been watching them live and studying their performance in this Euro [tournament].

"We're going to dive deeper into their game, and we're going all-in."

For all its dominance in recent years, Spain is still a relative newcomer at the top table in women's football.

Spain's only previous visit to the Euro semifinals was in 1997.

Quarterfinal exits came in the 2013, 2017 and 2022 tournaments.

ABC Sport will be live blogging the UEFA Women's Championship final on Monday morning AEST.

England needed extra time to snatch a 2-1 win over Italy in their semifinal on Wednesday AEST.

The Lionesses are defending champions, having won the 2022 Euros on home soil.

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