UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship
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.

Backgrounds

Unofficial women's European tournaments for national teams were held in Italy in 1969 [1] and 1979[2] (Won by Italy and Denmark respectively), but there was no formal international tournament until 1982 when the first UEFA 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification was launched. The 1984 Finals was won by Sweden. Norway won in the 1987 Finals. Since then, the UEFA Women's Championship has been dominated by Germany, which has won eight out of nine events, interrupted only by Norway in 1993. Germany's 2013 win was their sixth in a row.

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.[3]

Results

Unofficial women's European tournaments

Year Host Final Third Place Match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1969
Details
Italy Italy
Italy
3–1
Denmark

England
2–0
France
4
1979
Details
Italy Italy
Denmark
2–0
Italy

Sweden
0–0
4–3 (ps)

England
12

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

Ceremony before the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final (Germany vs. England) at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland
Players fighting for the ball during the match between Germany and Norway in UEFA Euro 2009 Women's European Championship in Tampere, Finland.
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"
Legend

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
 Austria × × × × × × Q 1
 Belgium Q 1
 Denmark SF 3rd 3rd GS SF GS GS SF Q 9
 England 2nd 4th SF GS GS 2nd GS Q 8
 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 Q 3
 Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS QF QF Q 11
 Netherlands SF GS Q 3
 Norway 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd Q 11
 Portugal Q 1
 Russia × × × × GS GS GS GS Q 5
 Scotland × Q 1
 Spain × SF QF Q 3
 Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF Q 10
  Switzerland Q 1
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union × GS 1

Results of host nations

Year Host nation Finish
1987  Norway Champions
1989  West Germany Champions
1991  Denmark Third Place
1993  Italy Runners-up
1995  Germany Champions
1997  Norway Group Stage
 Sweden Semifinal
2001  Germany Champions
2005  England Group Stage
2009  Finland Quarterfinal
2013  Sweden Semifinal

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish
1987  Sweden Second Place
1989  Norway Second Place
1991  Germany Champions
1993  Germany Fourth Place
1995  Norway Semifinalist
1997  Germany Champions
2001  Germany Champions
2005  Germany Champions
2009  Germany Champions
2013  Germany Champions

General Statistics

Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
 Germany 939325210423+81101
 Sweden 934194116441+2361
 Norway 1033157114744+352
 Italy 102885153348-1229
 France 5177462626025
 Denmark 82467112635-925
 England 72373132947-1824
 Finland 3113351119-812
 Russia 412309826-189
 Netherlands 2822467-18
 Spain 28224811-38
 Iceland 27115513-84
 Ukraine 1310224-23

Tournament statistics

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

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References

  1. "Coppa Europa per Nazioni (Women) 1969". Rsssf.com. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  2. "Inofficial European Women Championship 1979". Rsssf.com. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  3. "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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