Rytting Kaneryd and Nathalie Bjorn joined Sandy Baltimore, Oriane Jean-Francois and Sjoeke Nusken in qualifying for the semi-finals with a 6-1 victory over Denmark.

The Nations League semi-finals will take place in October - so after this summer's Euro 2025 - and the draw will take place on Friday 6 June at 12 noon UK time.

Sweden were up against Denmark with our duo both in the starting line-up. The home side raced to an early lead, and Rytting Kaneryd doubled that advantage after just five minutes when she pounced on a loose ball outside the box, driving forward with pace and slotted the ball beyond the goalkeeper.

The Chelsea winger then added an assist to her evening's work, playing in a cross from the right-hand side that was finished by Stina Blackstenius for Sweden's fourth just before half-time.

Baltimore and Jean-Francois started for runaway Group A2 leaders France as they took on Iceland, safe in the knowledge they had already qualified for the semi-final of the competition before the match began.

Baltimore has been in a fine run of form for both club and country, and she netted her fifth goal in six Nations League matches for France after 75 minutes before eventually being replaced by Everton's Kelly Gago.

Over in Switzerland, Guro Reiten started for Norway and provided an assist for team-mate Vilde Boe Risa after just four minutes. The experienced forward completed the full match ahead of her side's EURO 2025 warm-up friendly against Sweden at the end of the month.

Nusken is our other player who may well compete at this year's Nations League semi-finals.

The midfielder was named on the bench for Germany, who had already qualified for the semi-final as group winners, and was introduced after 57 minutes, helping to preserve a clean sheet after her team-mates had raced to a 6-0 lead by half-time.

But our England contingent missed out on a place in the Nations League final four following the Lionesses' 2-1 loss to Spain, in a match which was a repeat of the 2023 World Cup final.

Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze, Niamh Charles and Keira Walsh all started for England as they faced Spain at the RCDE Stadium in Nations League action - with both Millie Bright and Lauren James ruled out as they return to full fitness.

Hampton made a superb stop just two minutes in to deny an almost certain goal from Aitana Bonmati, and Walsh was on hand to provide the assist for Alessia Russo's opener.

However, Claudia Pina equalised for the hosts on the hour and added an impressive second ten minutes later to give Spain the advantage.

Aggie Beever-Jones – fresh from her hat-trick against Portugal last week – was introduced in the 87th minute but the Lionesses succumbed to a 2-1 defeat.

Two Blues also went head-to-head tonight as Wieke Kaptein faced Erin Cuthbert when Netherlands hosted Scotland at the Koning Willem II Stadion.

The Oranje took the lead after just 10 minutes through Jill Roord, but were pegged back just before the half-hour mark by Kathleen McGovern. Scotland dug in to preserve the point, their first in all of their six Nations League matches in 2025.

Earlier in the day, Maika Hamano came on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Manchester City's Aoba Fujino as Japan were defeated 2-1 by Brazil in a friendly at the Estadio Municipal Cicero De Souza Marques.