European Women's Football Championship

This article describes the European Football Championships for women ; for the men 's European championship see European football championship ; For further European football championships, see European football championship (explanation of terms) .

European Women's Football Championship
Full name	UEFA European Women's Football Championships
abbreviation	Women's EM, EURO
Association	UEFA
First edition	1984
Teams	16
Game mode	Round tournament  (4 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from quarterfinals)
Title holder	Netherlands (1st title)
Record winner	Germany (8 titles)
Record player	Solveig Gulbrandsen Birgit Prinz (20 games each)
Record scorer	Inka Grings Heidi Mohr Birgit Prinz (10 goals each)
Website	www.uefa.com

The UEFA European Football Championship women (even briefly Women's EURO ; English UEFA Women's EURO ) is the first conducted in 1984, competition for national football teams of the women's national football associations, the European football association UEFA belong. Since the second European Championship in 1987 - with the exception of 1995 - there has been a final tournament that was held every two years until 1997, and since then only every four years, one year after the men's tournament . In 1995 the European Championship was played without a final round.

The reigning European champions are the Netherlands . The last European Championship took place in 2017 in the Netherlands . There the home team prevailed 4-2 in the final against Denmark .

history

The DFB selection after winning the European Championship in 2009

As early as 1969 and 1979, unofficial European championships were played in Italy. The first time the hosts prevailed, the second time Denmark's selection . In 1980, UEFA decided to introduce the European Women's Football Championship. The first competition was played over two years between 1982 and 1984. The first European champions were the Swedes , who beat England in the final . 1987 saw the first four-team finals. Norway used their home advantage and defeated the defending champions 2-1. Two years later, the German team qualified for the finals for the first time. In Osnabrück , the hosts beat Norway 4-1.

The next European Championship was played under the official title of the UEFA European Women’s Championship today. In 1991 the Germans were the first team to defend their title. This time, however, it took extra time to beat Norway 3-1. The following European Championship in 1993 in Italy was the last in which Germany did not become European champions. Norway beat Italy 1-0 to win their second title. Two years later, due to the World Cup taking place in the summer of the same year, there was no final round. Germany defeated Sweden 3-2 in the final in Kaiserslautern .

For the 1997 European Championship, which was held in Norway and Sweden, the field of participants in the final round was expanded from four to eight teams. At the same time, the EM was no longer the European qualification for the World Cup . The German dominance continued. In the final they won against Italy 2-0. The setting was disappointing. Only 2,221 spectators saw the final - a record to date.

In 2001 the EM took place in Germany for the second time. The golden goal rule was used for the first time. With such a golden goal by Claudia Müller , the German team won 1-0 in the final in Ulm against Sweden. In 2005 the EM took place in England. The German team beat Norway 3-1 in the final and won the fourth consecutive European championship and the sixth overall.

The tenth European Championship took place in Finland in 2009 . The field of participants in the final round was expanded from eight to twelve teams. Germany beat England 6-2 in the finals with the highest number of goals in tournament history. At the 2013 European Championship in Sweden, the eleventh edition of the tournament, Germany was able to defend the title with a 1-0 win against Norway, although Germany lost 1-0 to Norway in the group stage (the first EM defeat of a DFB women's team). Teams for 20 years).

Sixteen teams (including five debutants) took part in the finals of the twelfth European Championship in 2017 in the Netherlands for the first time. Four groups of four were formed during the draw. The first and second in each group advanced to the knockout phase of the tournament. Defending champions Germany were eliminated in the quarter-finals against finalists Denmark. Host Netherlands reached the final of a European women's championship for the first time and won the title with a 4-2 win against Denmark.

mode

qualification

In order to be able to take part in the European Women's Football Championship, the national teams must pass a qualification. The mode was changed several times. For the 2013 European Championship, qualification was carried out in three stages. First, the eight weakest teams played a pre-qualification in two mini-tournaments. The group winners then formed three groups of six and four groups of five teams each with the remaining teams. Within the groups, each team played once at home and once on the opponent's court against every other team in the group. The group winners and the best runner-up in the group qualified directly for the European Championship. The six remaining runners-up determined the remaining three participants in the first and second leg. The games were drawn. Since qualifying for the 2017 European Championship, only the two worst runners-up in the group are still in the second qualifying round. The eight group winners and the six best runners-up in the second qualifying round qualify directly for the final round. The host country has only automatically qualified for the finals since 2005. Previously, the host was only chosen after the finalists had been determined.

Finals

In 2009 and 2013, 12 teams each competed in a tournament for the title of European champion. There have been 16 teams since 2017. In the first tournament phase (group phase) until 2013, the teams were randomly divided into three groups of four teams each, with some teams selected according to certain criteria (hosts, European champions, FIFA rankings) and the other teams drawn from draw pots based on skill level become. As of 2017, the game will be played in four groups with four teams each.

Each team plays once in the preliminary round against each other team in its own group. A win is rewarded with three points, a draw with one point. The group first and second safely reach the quarter-finals. In addition, in 2009 and 2013 came the two group third with the best points. If two or more teams are tied, there are several criteria that lead to a decision. First of all, the better goal difference counts. If this is also the same, the number of goals scored counts.

From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system continues. This means that only the winner moves on to the next round, while the loser has to be eliminated. If there is a tie after the regular 90 minutes, the game goes into overtime . At the EM 2001 , extra time was played according to the golden goal rule, i. H. the team that scores the first goal in extra time wins the game. Such a golden goal from Claudia Müller made the German team European champions in 2001. However, this rule was abolished, so that since 2005 a full overtime has been played again. If there is still no winner after extra time, the game will be decided on penalties .

Until 2013, two teams from the same preliminary round group could meet again in the semi-finals at the earliest, at the 2017 European Championship this was possible again in the finals at the earliest. A game for third place has not been played since 1995. The winners of the semi-finals play for the European title in the final. The European champion receives a trophy and is allowed to wear the title until the next European championship.

First-time participants

→ Main article : Women's European Football Championship / Participant

There were a total of thirteen different participants in the eleven European Football Championship finals that have been held to date. Two final rounds, 1984 and 1995, were played in a pure knockout system with a return leg. The following overview shows which country took part in which final round for the first time.

• Teams in brackets participated for the first time under a different name.

year	First time participant
1984	Denmark	England	Italy	Sweden
1987	Norway
1989	BR Germany
1991	( Germany )
1993	no first-time participants
1995	Iceland	Russia
1997	France	Spain
2001	no first-time participants
2005	Finland
2009	Netherlands	Ukraine
2013	no first-time participants
2017	Switzerland	Scotland	Austria	Belgium	Portugal

The tournaments at a glance

year	host		final				Semi-finalists / game for third place 1
			winner	Result	2nd place		3rd place	Result	4th Place
1984 details	not a host		Sweden	1: 0/0: 1 (4: 3 on perk )	England		Italy Denmark
1987 details	Norway		Norway	2: 1	Sweden		Italy	2: 1	England
1989 details	Germany		BR Germany	4: 1	Norway		Sweden	2: 1 a.d.	Italy
1991 details	Denmark		Germany	3: 1 a.d.	Norway		Denmark	2: 1 a.d.	Italy
1993 details	Italy		Norway	1-0	Italy		Denmark	3: 1	Germany
1995 details	not a host		Germany	3: 2	Sweden		England Norway
1997 details	Norway / Sweden		Germany	2-0	Italy		Sweden Spain
2001 details	Germany		Germany	1: 0 according to GG.	Sweden		Norway Denmark
2005 details	England		Germany	3: 1	Norway		Finland Sweden
2009 details	Finland		Germany	6: 2	England		Norway Netherlands
2013 details	Sweden		Germany	1-0	Norway		Sweden Denmark
2017 details	Netherlands		Netherlands	4: 2	Denmark		England Austria
2022 details	England

¹As in 1984, there has not been a third-place match since 1995. Of the semi-finalists listed, the first named was defeated by the eventual European champion, the second named to the other finalist.

Ranking list

Best performance of the national teams (as of 2017)

Overview map of the most frequent participations (as of 2017)

rank	country	title	Year (s)	2nd place		final	Semifinals
1	Germany	8th	1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013	0		8th	9
2	Norway	2	1987, 1993	4th		6th	9
3	Sweden	1	1984	3		4th	8th
4th	Netherlands	1	2017	0		1	2
5	Italy			2		2	6th
6th	England			2		2	5
7th	Denmark			1		1	6th
8th	Finland						1
	Austria						1
	Spain						1
Respective record

Eternal finals table

This list summarizes the results of all European championships in which a final round has taken place. The European Championships in 1984 and 1995 are therefore not included here. Games that are decided on penalties will be counted as a tie with the result after extra time has ended .

rank	country	Participate	Games	Victories	Unents.	Niedl.	Gates	Points	Ø pt.
1	Germany	9	37	28	6th	3	80:20	90	2.43
2	Sweden	8th	30th	15th	5	10	48:29	50	1.67
3	Norway	10	34	14th	7th	13	42:41	49	1.44
4th	Denmark	8th	28	9	8th	11	31:38	35	1.25
5	France	6th	21st	8th	7th	6th	29:29	31	1.48
6th	Italy	10	30th	8th	6th	16	33:51	30th	1.00
7th	England	6th	22nd	8th	3	11	34:43	27	1.23
8th	Netherlands	3	14th	8th	2	4th	19:10	26th	1.86
9	Spain	3	12	3	3	6th	10:14	12	1.00
10	Finland	3	11	3	3	5	11:19	12	1.09
11	Austria	1	5	2	3	0	5: 1	9	1.80
12	Russia	5	15th	1	3	11	10:31	6th	0.40
13	Switzerland	1	3	1	1	1	3: 3	4th	1.33
14th	Iceland	3	10	1	1	8th	4:19	4th	0.40
15th	Belgium	1	3	1	0	2	3: 3	3	1.00
16	Portugal	1	3	1	0	2	3: 5	3	1.00
17th	Ukraine	1	3	1	0	2	2: 4	3	1.00
18th	Scotland	1	3	1	0	2	2: 8	3	1.00
respective record mark

As of August 6, 2017

Top scorer queens

The following table lists all top scorer of the European Championship finals.

year	Player	Gates
1987	Trude Strendal	3
1989	Sissel Grude Ursula Lohn	2
1991	Heidi Mohr	4th
1993	Susan Mackensie	2
1997	Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas	4th
2001	Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek	3
2005	Inca grings	4th
2009	Inca grings	6th
2013	Lotta Schelin	5
2017	Jodie Taylor	5
Record mark

Record players

Players who are still active are printed in bold.

European Championship finals participation

rank	Player	Participate	Tournaments
1	Federica D'Astolfo	5	1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001
	Doris Fitschen	5	1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001
	Patrizia Panico	5	1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
	Katrine Pedersen	5	1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
	Sandrine Soubeyrand	5	1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
	Nadine Angerer	5	1997 , 2001 , 2005 , 2009, 2013

Note: Year in italics = no insert

Solveig Gulbrandsen (left) and Birgit Prinz (right), players with the most finals

European Championship finals games

rank	Player	Games	Tournaments (games)
1	Solveig Gulbrandsen	20th	2001 (4), 2005 (5), 2009 (5), 2013 (6)
	Birgit Prinz		1997 (5), 2001 (5), 2005 (4), 2009 (6)
3	Patrizia Panico	18th	1997 (4), 2001 (3), 2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (4)
	Katrine Pedersen		1997 (3), 2001 (4), 2005 (3), 2009 (3), 2013 (5)
5	Ariane Hingst	17th	1997 (3), 2001 (5), 2005 (5), 2009 (4)
	Anja noon		2005 (5), 2009 (2), 2013 (6), 2017 (4)
	Victoria Sandell Svensson		1997 (4), 2001 (5), 2005 (4), 2009 (4)
	Sandrine Soubeyrand		1997 (3), 2001 (3), 2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (4)
9	Doris Fitschen	16	1989 (2), 1991 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (5), 2001 (5)
	Steffi Jones		1993 (1), 1997 (5), 2001 (5), 2005 (5)
	Silke Rottenberg		1993 (1), 1997 (5), 2001 (5), 2005 (5)
	Lotta Schelin		2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
	Caroline Seger		2005 (3), 2009 (4), 2013 (5), 2017 (4)
	Ingvild Stensland		2005 (5), 2009 (5), 2013 (6)
15th	Karen Carney	15th	2005 (3), 2009 (6), 2013 (3), 2017 (3)
16	Camille Abily	14th	2005 (2), 2009 (4), 2013 (4), 2017 (4)
	Ingrid Hjelmseth		2005 (0), 2009 (5), 2013 (6), 2017 (3)
	Maren Mjelde		2009 (5), 2013 (6), 2017 (3)
	Nadia Nadim		2009 (3), 2013 (5), 2017 (6)
	Trine Rønning		2001 (0), 2005 (5), 2009 (4), 2013 (5)
	Therese Sjögran		2001 (4), 2005 (4), 2009 (4), 2013 (2)
	Kelly Smith		2001 (3), 2005 (3), 2009 (6), 2013 (2)
	Bettina Wiegmann		1991 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (5), 2001 (5)
	Fara Williams		2005 (3), 2009 (6), 2013 (3), 2017 (2)

Varia

competition	places	Stages	Messages 1	Teams	Games		⌀	spectator	viewers ⌀		⌀		⌀		⌀
1984			16	No finals in one country, but played in home and away games.
1987	3	3	16	4th	4th	13	3.25	?		?				?
1989	3	3	17th	4th	4th	13	3.25	?		?				?
1991	3	3	18th	4th	4th	10	2.50	16,950	4,238	2	0.50	1	0.25	0
1993	4th	4th	23	4th	4th	8th	2.00	11,500	2,875	8th	2	0		1	0.25
1995			29	No finals in one country, but instead of the final in two legs.
1997	5	5	34	8th	15th	35	2.33	30,000	2,000	?		?		?
2001	5	5	33	8th	15th	39	2.60	92,703	6,180	26th	1.73	0		2	0.13
2005	5	5	35	8th	15th	50	3.33	117,384	7,826	31	2.07	0		0
2009	4th	5	46	12	25th	75	3.00	129.905	5,196	34	1.36	0		1	0.04
2013	7th	7th	45	12	25th	56	2.24	216,888	8,676	47	1.88	0		0
2017	7th	7th	47	16	31	68	2.19	243,401	7,852	89	2.87	1	0.03	2	0.06
2022	9	9	48	16	31
Respective record

¹The reports submitted on time are counted regardless of whether they were withdrawn or not started before the start of the qualification; including defending champions and hosts.

Web links

Commons : European Women's Football Championship  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee from Venice. In: uefa.com. UEFA , December 8, 2011, accessed July 26, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Women's European Championship 1984 - final. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
3. ↑ uefa.com: Facts and Figures ( Memento from June 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )