European Women's Football Championship 2005
| European Women's Football Championship 2005 | |
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| UEFA Women's Championship | |
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| Number of nations | 8 (of 35 applicants) |
| European champion |
 Germany (6th title)
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| venue |
 England
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| Opening game | June 5, 2005 |
| Endgame | June 19, 2005 |
| Games | 15th |
| Gates | 50 (⌀: 3.33 per game) |
| spectator | 117,384 (⌀: 7,826 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Inka Grings (4 goals)
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 yellow cards
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31 (⌀: 2.07 per game) |
 Yellow-red cards
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0 |
 Red cards
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0 |
The European Football Championship Women 2005 ( Engl. : UEFA Women's Championship ) was the ninth playout of the European continental championship in women's football and took place from 5 to 19 June for the first time in England instead. As usual, the eight participants initially competed in a group phase in two groups with four teams each and then in a knockout system . The second in each group played in the semi-finals against the first in the other group.
Defending champions Germany won the final against Norway 3-1 and became European champions for the sixth time after 1989 , 1991 , 1995 , 1997 and 2001 and for the fourth time in a row.
qualification
Seven women's national teams had qualified for the 2005 tournament. England as host automatically participated.
When the groups were drawn on January 20, 2005, the following group constellations resulted:
| Group A | Group B |
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England
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Germany
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 Sweden
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 France
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 Finland
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 Norway
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 Denmark
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 Italy
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Venues
The European Championship finals were played in five stadiums in five different cities in North West England .
| Blackpool |
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Blackburn | ||
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| Bloomfield Road | Ewood Park | |||
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 31,400 | |||
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| Warrington | Preston | Manchester | ||
| Halliwell Jones Stadium | Deepdale | City of Manchester Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 14,200 | Capacity: 22,300 | Capacity: 48,000 | ||
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- Blackpool : The stadium Bloomfield Road of the soccer club FC Blackpool with a stadium capacity of 9,000 seats also hosted European championships. Blackpool is an English coastal city on the Irish Sea with 139,453 inhabitants (2001).
- Preston : The stadium Deepdale by Preston North End has 22,250 seats. Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire on the River Ribble with about 130,000 inhabitants (2001).
- Blackburn : At Ewood Park , home of the Blackburn Rovers , 31,367 spectators attended the games. Blackburn is a city of 105,085 inhabitants (2001).
- Warrington : Halliwell Jones Stadium , home of the Warrington Wolves rugby club , seats 14,200. Warrington is located on the River Mersey and has a population of 80,661 (2001).
- Manchester : In the City of Manchester Stadium of the Manchester City football club , European Championship games were held in front of a maximum of 48,000 spectators. Manchester, next to Liverpool capital of the region of North West England , has a population of 422,300 (2002) and competes with Birmingham for the rank of the second most important city in England after London .
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Sweden
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2: 1 | +1 | 5 |
| 2. |
Finland
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 4 | ± 0 | 4th |
| 3. |
Denmark
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 4 | ± 0 | 4th |
| 4th |
England
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 5th June 2005 in Manchester | |||
| England | - | Finland | 3: 2 (2: 0) |
| Blackpool June 5, 2005 | |||
| Sweden | - | Denmark | 1: 1 (1: 1) |
| Blackburn June 8, 2005 | |||
| England | - | Denmark | 1: 2 (0: 0) |
| Blackpool June 8, 2005 | |||
| Sweden | - | Finland | 0-0 |
| Blackburn June 11, 2005 | |||
| England | - | Sweden | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
| Blackpool June 11, 2005 | |||
| Finland | - | Denmark | 2: 1 (2: 1) |
The English team was the center of attention at their home game: around 40 photographers gathered to take a team photo of the English women, while only two wanted to do so with the Finns. Problems with hooligans , as is common in Manchester, did not materialize. The game was characterized by great tension and an average level of play. In the last quarter of an hour, the hosts got off to a successful start with Karen Carney's winning goal . Denmark, which led the group until the final 3rd match day and started the tournament with great ambitions, was eliminated after the preliminary round after a defeat against the surprise team Finland. The last match day was particularly characterized by its great tension, as all teams were able to qualify for the semi-finals with one goal by the end of the game.
Group B
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. |
Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2. |
Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: 5 | +1 | 4th |
| 3. |
France
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 5 | −1 | 4th |
| 4th |
Italy
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4:12 | −8 | 0 |
| Preston June 6, 2005 | |||
| France | - | Italy | 3: 1 (3: 0) |
| June 6, 2005 in Warrington | |||
| Germany | - | Norway | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
| June 9, 2005 in Warrington | |||
| France | - | Norway | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
| June 9, 2005 in Preston | |||
| Italy | - | Germany | 0: 4 (0: 2) |
| June 12, 2005 in Warrington | |||
| France | - | Germany | 0: 3 (0: 0) |
| Preston June 12, 2005 | |||
| Norway | - | Italy | 5: 3 (4: 1) |
The first game of the German women's national soccer team ended 1-0 against Norway in front of 1,500 spectators. The team of the German national coach Tina Theune-Meyer won with a goal by Conny Pohlers in the 61st minute. In the second game, the German women knew how to convince and beat Italy with the goals of the recovered Birgit Prinz (11th) as well as Conny Pohlers (18th), Steffi Jones (55th) and Anja Mittag (74th, margin of a hand penalty) 4-0. With a 3-0 win against France in the last group match, the DFB selection made it into the semi-finals as the best team in the preliminary round with nine points and 8-0 goals. The German team scored the goals late through Inka Grings (72nd minute), Renate Lingor (77th, penalty kick ) and Sandra Minnert (83rd). Due to the defeat of France and the victory of Norway, the Scandinavians passed the French.
Final round
Semifinals
The first two teams of each of the two preliminary round groups qualified for the semifinals. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparisons (points / goal difference / goals scored) of the teams with the same points, then the goal difference / goals scored from all group matches decided on the placements. If no decision could be made even according to these criteria, a decision was made after the UEFA fair play evaluation and finally by lot.
| June 15, 2005 in Preston | |||
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Germany
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Finland |
4: 1 (3: 1) |
| June 16, 2005 in Warrington | |||
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Norway
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Sweden |
3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1) |
The German team quickly bought the surprise team from Finland with three early goals by Inka Grings (2) and Conny Pohlers and qualified for the final in Blackburn.
In the second semi-final between Norway and the slightly favored Swedes, there was an open exchange of blows that lasted until extra time, which the Norwegians won with Solveig Gulbrandsen's winning goal in the 109th minute.
final
| Blackburn June 19, 2005 | |||
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Germany
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Norway |
3: 1 (2: 1) |
With a well-deserved, but for a long time hard-fought 3-1 win against Norway, the German national soccer team secured the sixth European championship title and thus gave the successful coach Tina Theune-Meyer a perfect end to her retirement. After a double strike by Inka Grings and Renate Lingor , the Norwegians were able to reduce the score to 1: 2 shortly before the break by Dagny Mellgren, before FIFA world footballer Birgit Prinz made the decision to make it 3-1.
Best goalscorers
| rank | Player | Gates |
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| 1 |
Inca grings
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4th |
| 2 |
Solveig Gulbrandsen
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3 |
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Hanna Ljungberg
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3 | |
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Conny Pohlers
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3 | |
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Birgit Prinz
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3 |
Media coverage
Especially in the host's country, there was extensive coverage of the women's championship. British television, the BBC , broadcast all the matches live, most of them at prime time. After the game, experts were listened to and the games analyzed on a digital BBC channel. The event could also be seen in the print media. The tabloids presented every single player from the English national association before the start of the tournament. For the first time, women's football was covered in greater detail in the UK television and newspaper media.
In the country of the reigning world champions Germany, the media attention was focused more on the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 for men, which started in two weeks , the friendly matches of the national team under coach Jürgen Klinsmann and on the transfers of the Bundesliga soccer team during the summer break. The broadcasting rights from England were too expensive for the public television broadcasters ARD and ZDF . The two broadcasters wanted to prepare for the Confederations Cup, which was widely reported. However, the matches of the 2005 European Women's Football Championship could be viewed live on Eurosport . The sports broadcaster was the tournament's official television partner and produced the moving images with eleven cameras per game. The tournament brought the broadcaster unusually high ratings. During the final, Eurosport had a market share of 15% in Germany and had the second highest number of viewers in the station's history. The event hardly played a role in the print media; other sports and football topics were preferred.
literature
- Sven Simon: Football European Championship England 2005 . Copress Sport, 2005, ISBN 3-7679-0669-4 .
