The Republic of Ireland will find out who they will be up against in the Euro 2025 qualifiers when the draw is made in Switzerland at lunchtime Tuesday.
Before Christmas, Eileen Gleeson's team breezed to promotion from League B of the UEFA Nations League, winning six games out of six.
Their reward is a place in League A for Euro 2025 qualification as one of the top 16-ranked teams.
The Girls in Green are facing a really difficult draw, but even if they finish bottom of their four-team group, they're guaranteed a place in the play-off semi-finals.
Here's all you need to know.
What's happening?
The draw for the 2025 UEFA Women's European Championships qualification campaign.
Where is it and what time does it start?
The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland, and begins at 12pm.
How can I follow it?
You can watch the draw on the UEFA website from 12pm, or follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.
How does it all work?
There are three tiers based on countries' performances in the Nations League. The 16 teams ranked first to 16th are in League A; the 16 teams ranked 17th to 32nd enter League B; and the 19 teams ranked 33rd to 51st go into League C.
Across the three leagues, teams will be split into 13 groups: four groups of four in League A, four groups of four in League B, while in League C there'll be four groups of four and one group of three.
Where will Ireland be placed?
Thanks to their excellent Nations League showing, Ireland are among the 16 best-ranked sides so they will be in League A.
Pot 1 contains the teams ranked first to fourth. Fifth to eighth go into Pot 2; Pot 3 has those ranked ninth to 12th; with Ireland in Pot 4 as one of the teams ranked 13th to 16th.
Pot 1: Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands,
Pot 2: England, Denmark, Italy, Austria
Pot 3: Iceland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway
Pot 4: Republic of Ireland, Finland, Poland, Czechia
The top two teams in the League A groups will qualify for the tournament automatically with the third and fourth-placed teams entering into the semi-finals of the play-off series, which takes place later in the year.
There's also a knock-on effect for the 2025-27 Nations League, with the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams of League A staying at that level, while the the fourth-placed team will be relegated to League B.
So what do Ireland have to do to make it to the Euros?
Basically, if Gleeson's charges manage to finish in the top two of their group, they're heading to Switzerland for their first ever appearance at a European Championships.
They'll play six games in total, facing each opponent home and way, with the qualifiers taking place across three windows in April, May and July.
The top two teams in each League A group will earn a ticket to the tournament alongside the Swiss, who will actually compete in League B even though their qualification is assured as hosts.
The remaining seven spots will be decided by two rounds of play-offs in October and November/December.
What happens in the play-offs?
There's two paths in the play-offs.
Coming from League A, if Ireland finish third or fourth in their group, they will face one of the five group winners from League C - or one of the three best-ranked runners-up in League C - in a two-legged play-off semi-final.
On the other side of the play-off pathway, the four group winners and two best-ranked runners-up in League B will be drawn against the remaining two runners-up and four third-placed teams in League B.
If Switzerland finish as a League B winner, runner-up or in third place, the best-ranked fourth-placed team will make the play-offs.
In the play-off finals, the teams from both paths come together and will be drawn into seven two-legged ties, with seedings based on the Euros qualifiers overall league rankings.
The seven winners progress to the tournament.
Best case scenario for Ireland?
No matter what way things go in Nyon, it's going to be difficult, but the kindest draw, on paper at least, would probably be Germany (ranked 7th in the world), Austria (17th) and Belgium (18th).
And the worst?
Ireland could be pitted against Spain (ranked No 1 in the world), England (4th) and Denmark (13th). That would be incredibly tough, albeit the English showdown could bring the team back to the Aviva Stadium. It's likely at least one of the group games will take place at the Lansdowne Road venue.
THE KEY DATES
3-9 April: Match days 1 & 2
29 May-4 June: Match days 3 & 4
10-16 July: Match days 5 & 6
19 July: Play-off draw
23-29 October: Play-off round 1 (two legs)
27 November-3 December: Play-off round 2 (two legs)
16 December: Euros finals draw
2-27 July, 2025: Euro 2025 tournament
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