European Women's Football Championship 1989
| 1989 UEFA European Women's Championship | |
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| UEFA Women's Championship | |
| Number of nations | 4 (of 17 applicants) |
| European champion |
 BR Germany (1st title)
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| venue |
BR Germany
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| Opening game | June 28, 1989 |
| Endgame | July 2nd 1989 |
| Games | 4th |
| Gates | 13 (⌀: 3.25 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Ursula Lohn , Sissel Grude (2 each)
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The European Football Championship Women 1989 ( Engl. : UEFA Women's Championship ) was the third playout of the European continental championship in women's football and was held from June 28 to July 2 in pure Knockout system K.- in West Germany instead. All 17 registered national teams had to go through the qualification, because the host of the final tournament was only determined at short notice from among the four qualified teams after completion.
Hosts BR Germany made use of their home advantage and became European champions with a final win over defending champions Norway .
qualification
Finally, the following four teams qualified for the tournament:
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BR Germany
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 Italy
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Norway
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 Sweden
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Venues
The final round games were played in three stadiums in three cities in the Federal Republic of Germany.
| Ludenscheid |
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| Nattenberg Stadium | |||
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Capacity: 20,000 1 semifinals |
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| Wins | |||
| Leimbach Stadium | |||
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Capacity: 25,000 1 semifinals |
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| Osnabrück | |||
| Bremen bridge | |||
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Capacity: 22,000 final and third place match |
All teams had their quarters in the Kaiserau sports school in Kamen .
Final round
Semifinals
| June 28, 1989 in Siegen | |||
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BR Germany
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Italy |
1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 3 i. E. |
| June 28, 1989 in Lüdenscheid | |||
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Sweden |
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Norway
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1: 2 (0: 1) |
Silvia Neid put the German team in the lead after 57 minutes. The equalizer fell in the 72nd minute through Elisabetta Vignotto . Since no more goals were scored in normal time or in extra time, the decision had to be made on penalties. Here goalkeeper Marion Isbert became the heroine of the day, as she first parried three penalties and then scored the decisive goal herself. 8,000 spectators saw the game in the Siegener Leimbachstadion. It was the first women's soccer game to be broadcast live on television in Germany . In the second semi-final, defending champions Norway beat Sweden 2-1. The game in Lüdenscheid was followed by 2,500 spectators.
3rd place match
| June 30, 1989 in Osnabrück | |||
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Italy |
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Sweden
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1: 2 a.d. |
In the small final, Sweden secured third place with a 2-1 win after extra time against Italy.
final
| July 2, 1989 in Osnabrück | |||
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BR Germany
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Norway |
4: 1 (2: 0) |
The triumph of the German team meant the breakthrough for women's football in Germany. The bonus that the women received from the DFB for their first title win seems more than modest in view of the further development of women's football: it was a coffee service.
