UEFA Women's Championship

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UEFA Women's Championship
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Founded 1984
Region Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams 52 (Qualifiers)
12 (Finals)
Current champions  Germany (8th title)
Most successful team(s)  Germany (8 titles)
Website www.uefa.com/womenseuro/
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro and unofficially the "European Cup", held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship.

The predecessor tournament to the UEFA Women's Championship began in the early 1980s, under the name UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. With increasing popularity of women's football, the competition was given European Championship status by UEFA around 1990. Only the 1991 and 1995 editions have been used as European qualifiers for a FIFA Women's World Cup; starting in 1999, the group system used in men's qualifiers was also used for women's national teams.

Eight UEFA Women's Championships have taken place, preceded by 3 editions of the earlier European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. The most recent holding of the competition was the 2013 Women's Euro hosted by Sweden in July 2013.

Expansion

The tournament was initially played as a four team event. The 1997 edition was the first that was played with eight teams. The third expansion happened in 2009 when 12 teams participated. From 2017 onwards 16 teams will compete for the championship.[1]

Results

European Competition for Women's Football

Year Host Final Third Place Match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1984
Details		 Final held over two legs
Sweden		 1–0
0–1
4–3 (ps)
England		  Denmark and  Italy 4
1987
Details		 Norway Norway
Norway		 2–1
Sweden
Italy		 2–1
England		 4
1989
Details		 West Germany West Germany
West Germany		 4–1
Norway
Sweden		 2–1
(a.e.t.)
Italy		 4

UEFA European Women's Championship

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1991
Details		 Denmark Denmark
Germany		 3–1
(a.e.t.)
Norway
Denmark		 2–1
(a.e.t.)
Italy		 4
1993
Details		 Italy Italy
Norway		 1–0
Italy
Denmark		 3–1
Germany		 4
Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
1995
Details		 Germany Germany
Germany		 3–2
Sweden		  England and  Norway 4
1997
Details		 Norway Norway &
Sweden Sweden
Germany		 2–0
Italy		  Spain and  Sweden 8
2001
Details		 Germany Germany
Germany		 1–0
(gg)
Sweden		  Denmark and  Norway 8
2005
Details		 England England
Germany		 3–1
Norway		  Finland and  Sweden 8
2009
Details		 Finland Finland
Germany		 6–2
England		  Netherlands and  Norway 12
2013
Details		 Sweden Sweden
Germany		 1–0
Norway		  Denmark and  Sweden 12
2017
Details		  Netherlands 16

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Semi-finalists Fourth-place Total
 Germany 8 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013) – – – 1 (1993) 9
 Norway 2 (1987, 1993) 4 (1989, 1991, 2005, 2013) – 3 (1995, 2001, 2009) – 9
 Sweden 1 (1984) 3 (1987, 1995, 2001) 1 (1989) 3 (1997, 2005, 2013) – 8
 Italy – 2 (1993, 1997) 1 (1987) 1 (1984) 2 (1989, 1991) 6
 England – 2 (1984, 2009) – 1 (1995) 1 (1987) 4
 Denmark – – 2 (1991, 1993) 3 (1984, 2001, 2013) – 5
 Spain – – – 1 (1997) – 1
 Finland – – – 1 (2005) – 1
 Netherlands – – – 1 (2009) – 1

Team summary

Participation details

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Ceremony before the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final (Germany vs. England) at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland
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Players fighting for the ball during the match between Germany and Norway in UEFA Euro 2009 Women's European Championship in Tampere, Finland.
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Reception of Germany women's national football team, after winning the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, on the balcony of Frankfurt's city hall "Römer"
  • Participation by year of debut
    • 1984: Denmark, England, Italy, Sweden
    • 1987: Norway
    • 1989: Germany
    • 1997: France, Russia, Spain
    • 2005: Finland
    • 2009: Iceland, Netherlands, Ukraine
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place (not determined after 1993)
  • 4th – Fourth place (not determined after 1993)
  • SF – Semifinals (since 1995)
  • QF – Quarterfinals (since 2009)
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1984
(4)		 1987
Norway
(4)		 1989
West Germany
(4)		 1991
Denmark
(4)		 1993
Italy
(4)		 1995
Germany
(4)		 1997
Norway
Sweden
(8)		 2001
Germany
(8)		 2005
England
(8)		 2009
Finland
(12)		 2013
Sweden
(12)		 2017
Netherlands
(16)		 Years
 Denmark SF • • 3rd 3rd • GS SF GS GS SF 8
 England 2nd 4th • • • SF • GS GS 2nd GS 7
 Finland • • • • • • • • SF QF GS 3
 France • • • • • • GS GS GS QF QF Q 6
 Germany • • 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Q 10
 Iceland • × × × • • • • • GS QF 2
 Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd • 2nd GS GS QF QF 10
 Netherlands • • • • • • • • • SF GS Q 3
 Norway • 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd 10
 Russia × × × × • • GS GS • GS GS 4
 Spain × • • • • • SF • • • QF 2
 Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd • • 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF 9
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union × • • • • GS • 1

General Statistics

Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
 Germany 9 39 32 5 2 104 23 +81 101
 Sweden 9 34 19 4 11 64 41 +23 61
 Norway 10 33 15 7 11 47 44 +3 52
 Italy 10 28 8 5 15 33 48 -12 29
 France 5 17 7 4 6 26 26 0 25
 Denmark 8 24 6 7 11 26 35 -9 25
 England 7 23 7 3 13 29 47 -18 24
 Finland 3 11 3 3 5 11 19 -8 12
 Russia 4 12 3 0 9 8 26 -18 9
 Netherlands 2 8 2 2 4 6 7 -1 6
 Spain 2 8 2 2 4 8 11 -3 6
 Iceland 2 7 1 1 5 5 13 -8 4
 Ukraine 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3

Tournament statistics

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Main article: UEFA Women's Championship records

Highest attendances

Top scorers of all time

Rank Name Euro Total
England
Sweden
1984		 Norway
1987		 Germany
1989		 Denmark
1991		 Italy
1993		 Germany
1995		 Norway
Sweden
1997		 Germany
2001		 England
2005		 Finland
2009		 Sweden
2013
1 Germany Inka Grings 0 4 6 10
Germany Birgit Prinz 2 2 1 3 2 10
3 Italy Carolina Morace 2 1 0 0 1 4 8
Germany Heidi Mohr 1 4 1 2 8
4 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg 1 2 3 6
Sweden Lotta Schelin 0 1 5 6
7 Italy Melania Gabbiadini 2 1 2 5
Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen 0 3 0 2 5
Germany Maren Meinert 1 1 1 2 5
Italy Patrizia Panico 1 2 0 2 0 5
Sweden Lena Videkull 0 1 1 3 5
Germany Bettina Wiegmann 0 0 2 1 2 5

Top scorers by tournament

Year Player Maximum
matches		 Goals
1984 Sweden Pia Sundhage 4 3
1987 Norway Trude Stendal 2 3
1989 Norway Sissel Grude
Germany Ursula Lohn		 2 2
1991 Germany Heidi Mohr 2 4
1993 Denmark Susan Mackensie 2 2
1995 Sweden Lena Videkull 3 3
1997 Italy Carolina Morace
Norway Marianne Pettersen
France Angélique Rouhas		 5 4
2001 Germany Claudia Müller
Germany Sandra Smisek		 5 3
2005 Germany Inka Grings 5 4
2009 Germany Inka Grings 6 6
2013 Sweden Lotta Schelin 6 5

Golden Player by tournament

Year Player
1984 Sweden Pia Sundhage
1987 Norway Heidi Støre
1989 Germany Doris Fitschen
1991 Germany Silvia Neid
1993 Norway Hege Riise
1995 Germany Birgit Prinz
1997 Italy Carolina Morace
2001 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
2005 Finland Anne Mäkinen
2009 Germany Inka Grings
2013 Germany Nadine Angerer

See also

References

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External links

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