European Women's Football Championship 2013

European Women's Football Championship 2013
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
Number of nations	12  (of 45 applicants)
European champion	Germany (8th title)
venue	Sweden
Opening game	July 10, 2013
Endgame	July 28, 2013
Games	25th
Gates	56  (⌀: 2.24 per game)
spectator	216,888  (⌀: 8,676 per game)
Top scorer	Lotta Schelin (5 goals)
Best player	Nadine Angerer
yellow cards	49  (⌀: 1.96 per game)

The European Football Championship Women 2013 ( English UEFA Women's Euro 2013 ) was the eleventh playout of the European continental championship in women's football and took place from 10 to 28 July for the second time since 1997 in Sweden instead. Sweden co-hosted with Norway in 1997.

Defending champions Germany won the final against Norway 1-0 and became European champions for the eighth time. Sweden's Lotta Schelin was the top scorer with five goals.

Award

A total of five countries had announced their interest in hosting the 2013 European Championship in advance. In September 2009, during the European Championship 2009, the Dutch association declared its interest in the organization. Even Sweden had a short time later known to apply for the tournament. Bulgaria , Poland and Switzerland were also interested .

By the application deadline on June 15, 2010, only the Netherlands and Sweden had submitted their applications. The Netherlands had already applied for the 2009 European Championship, but lost the vote against Finland . Sweden, in turn, hosted the World Cup in 1995 and, in 1997, together with Norway, hosted the European Championship .

The decision on the venue was made at the meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee on October 4, 2010 in the Belarusian capital Minsk . Sweden was awarded the contract.

qualification

→ Main article : 2013 European Women's Football Championship / Qualification

The draw for the three preliminary groups took place on November 9, 2012 in the Svenska Mässan Exhibition and Congress Center in Gothenburg . Host Sweden was placed as the group head of group A, Germany in group B and France in group C. As a result, hosts Sweden and defending champions Germany could only meet in the final in the event of group wins. The remaining teams were split into two pots based on the UEFA coefficient . One team from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2 were then drawn to each group.

• Pot 1 : England, Norway, Italy
• Pot 2 : Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Russia, Netherlands, Spain

The two ambassadors of the tournament Steffi Jones (pot 1) and Patrik Andersson (pot 2) acted as “los fairies” . They draw the following groups:

European champion final Semifinals Quarter finals Preliminary round

The teams at EURO 2013

Group A	Group B	Group C
Sweden	Germany	France
Italy	Norway	England
Denmark	Netherlands	Russia
Finland	Iceland	Spain

Venues

The tournament was played in seven stadiums in seven cities in southern Sweden. The Friends Arena in Solna was the venue for the final (with a planned capacity of 30,000 seats, which, however, was increased to 40,000 due to the high demand). All other stadiums saw three preliminary round and one final round game. Group A games took place in Gothenburg and Halmstad , with the Swedish national team's games generally being played in Gothenburg. Group B played in Kalmar and Växjö , while Group C matches were played in Linköping and Norrköping . The stadiums in Halmstad and Norrköping have already hosted the 1958 Men's World Cup , while Gothenburg and Halmstad hosted the 2009 Men's U-21 Championship .

Gothenburg	Halmstad	Squid	Gothenburg Halmstad Linkoping Squid Norrkoping Solna Vaxjo 2013 venues in Sweden
Gamla Ullevi Capacity: 15,000	Örjans vall Capacity: 7,500	Kalmar Arena Capacity: 11,800
3 preliminary round games 1 semi-finals	3 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals	3 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals
Linkoping	Norrkoping	Solna	Vaxjo
Linköping Arena Capacity: 7,300	Nya Parking Capacity: 11,750	Friends Arena Capacity: 50,000	Myresjöhus Arena Capacity: 11,086
3 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals	3 preliminary round games 1 semi-finals	final	3 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals

mode

In the final round, the twelve participants formed three preliminary round groups with four teams each, of which the first two and the two best thirds qualified for the quarter-finals. In the group stage, each team played against every other team in their group according to the championship mode .

If several teams have equal points in the group matches, the results from the direct encounters will decide the placement. First the total points, then the goal difference and then the number of goals scored were compared. If this did not result in a placement, the goal difference and the number of goals scored from all group matches were used. If there was still no decision after that, the decision was made on the placement of the UEFA coefficient for women's national teams at the time of the draw. If only two teams had the same number of points, goals and number of goals conceded before the last group game and had drawn against each other in this, a penalty shoot-out would have decided the placement immediately after the end of the game - if this was necessary for qualifying for the quarter-finals.

The first and second group as well as the two best third group qualified for the quarter-finals. Only the points obtained were used to determine the best third party in the group. If several third-placed teams had the same number of points, the lot decided which qualified for the quarter-finals.

From the quarter-finals, the tournament continued through semi-finals and finals in the knockout system , with the winner of a game qualifying for the next round. If the game ended in a draw after the end of normal playing time, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice. If no decision was made after extra time, the winner was determined on penalties . In contrast to the world championships , there has been no match for third place at the European championships since 1993.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	1	0	009: 200	+7	07th
2.	Italy	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Denmark	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Finland	3	0	2	1	001: 600	−5	02

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6 p.m. in Halmstad
Italy	-	Finland	0-0
Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 1 (1: 1)
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 6 p.m. in Halmstad
Italy	-	Denmark	2: 1 (0: 0)
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Finland	-	Sweden	0: 5 (0: 3)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Denmark	-	Finland	1: 1 (1: 0)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Halmstad
Sweden	-	Italy	3: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	003: 100	+2	04th
3.	Iceland	3	1	1	1	002: 400	−2	04th
4th	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Kalmar
Norway	-	Iceland	1: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, July 11, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Växjö
Germany	-	Netherlands	0-0
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Kalmar
Norway	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Växjö
Iceland	-	Germany	0: 3 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6 p.m. in Växjö
Netherlands	-	Iceland	0: 1 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Kalmar
Germany	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Russia	3	0	2	1	003: 500	−2	02
4th	England	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

Friday, July 12, 2013, 6 p.m. in Norrköping
France	-	Russia	3: 1 (2: 0)
Friday, July 12, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Linköping
England	-	Spain	2: 3 (1: 1)
Monday, July 15, 2013, 6 p.m. in Linköping
England	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 1)
Monday, July 15, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Norrköping
Spain	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Norrköping
Russia	-	Spain	1: 1 (1: 1)
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Linköping
France	-	England	3: 0 (1: 0)

Ranking of third party groups

Iceland was able to qualify for the quarterfinals with four points as the best third party in the group. Since Denmark and Russia each had two points, the decision had to be made by lot (see section mode ). Denmark was awarded the contract, Russia was eliminated.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iceland	3	1	1	1	002: 400	−2	04th
2.	Denmark	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
3.	Russia	3	0	2	1	003: 500	−2	02

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Sweden	4th
	Iceland	0
					Sweden	0
					Germany	1
	Italy	0
	Germany	1
									Germany	1
									Norway	0
	Norway	3
	Spain	1
					Norway	1 ( 4  i.)
					Denmark	1 (2 E.)
	France	1 (2 i.)
	Denmark	1 ( 4 E. )

Quarter finals

Sunday, July 21, 2013, 3 p.m. in Halmstad
Sweden	-	Iceland	4: 0 (3: 0)
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Växjö
Italy	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Monday, July 22, 2013, 6 p.m. in Kalmar
Norway	-	Spain	3: 1 (2: 0)
Monday, July 22, 2013, 8:45 p.m. in Linköping
France	-	Denmark	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 2: 4 i. E.

Semifinals

Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Sweden	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Norrköping
Norway	-	Denmark	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

final

Sunday, July 28, 2013, 4 p.m. in Solna
Germany	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)

Special incidents: Nadine Angerer , goalkeeper for the German team, saves two penalties.

Best goalscorers

→ Main article : 2013 European Women's Football Championship / list of goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Lotta Schelin	5
2	Nilla Fischer	3
3	Verónica Boquete	2
	Mia Brogaard	2
	Marie-Laure Delie	2
	Melania Gabbiadini	2
	Solveig Gulbrandsen	2
	Jennifer Hermoso	2
	Mariann Knudsen	2
	Eugénie Le Sommer	2
	Louisa Nécib	2
	Celia Okoyino da Mbabi	2
	Josefine Öqvist	2
	Wendie Renard	2

There were also 22 players, each with one goal and two own goals .

The top scorer of the overall competition was the German Célia Okoyino da Mbabi with a total of 19 goals, which is a new record.

Honors

Golden Shoe

The Golden Shoe went to Lotta Schelin from Sweden , who scored five goals. The second top scorer was Nilla Fischer from Sweden with three goals. She received the Silver Shoe. The bronze shoe for the third most successful goalscorer went to the French Louisa Nécib . Nécib scored two goals and provided two assists and had played 30 minutes less than her teammate Eugénie Le Sommer with the same number of goals and assists . The top scorer of the overall competition including qualification was the German Célia Okoyino da Mbabi with a total of 19 goals, which means a new record.

The Italian Raffaella Manieri and the Spaniard Irene Paredes had own goals . Six penalty kicks were awarded during the tournament, but only two were converted. The German Nadine Angerer and the Danish Stina Lykke Petersen each saved two penalties. Both did this in one game. On the other hand, Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir from Iceland and France's Louisa Nécib converted their penalties.

Best player

Nadine Angerer was also named player of the tournament.

All-Star Team

On July 30, 2013, the UEFA technical team named the tournament's all-star team, which includes at least one player from all quarter-finalists except Iceland. The UEFA technical team consisted of the Welsh national coach Jarmo Matikainen , the former Belgian national coach Anne Noë , the Scottish national trainer Anna Signeul and the former Swiss national trainer Béatrice von Siebenthal .

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Nadine Angerer Ingrid Hjelmseth Stina Lykke Petersen	Saskia Bartusiak Laure Boulleau Marit Fiane Christensen Nilla Fischer Annike Krahn Maren Mjelde Wendie Renard	Lena Goeßling Solveig Gulbrandsen Dzsenifer Marozsán Louisa Nécib Josefine Öqvist Katrine Pedersen Caroline Seger	Verónica Boquete Melania Gabbiadini Eugénie Le Sommer Célia Okoyino da Mbabi Lotta Schelin Gaëtane Thiney

Honors of the placed

Nadine Angerer was voted Europe's Player of the Year 2013 and World Player of the Year 2013 . Silvia Neid to FIFA coach of the year in women's football . In the election for Team of the Year in Germany, the German team took second place behind triple winner FC Bayern Munich .

Referees

On June 19, 2013, UEFA announced the referees who would take part in the final tournament.

Referees	Assistants	Fourth official
Silvia Spinelli	Romina Santuari	Carina Vitulano
Bibiana stone house	Marina Wozniak	Esther Azzopardi
Katalin Kulcsár	Judit Kulcsár	Monika Mularczyk
Kirsi Heikkinen	Tonja Paavola
Teodora Albon	Petruța Iugulescu
Cristina Dorcioman	Lucie Ratajová
Jenny Palmqvist	Helen Karo
Esther Staubli	Maria Súkeníková
Kateryna Monsul	Natalija Ratschynska
	Sian Massey
	Maria Luisa Villa Gutierrez
	Maintain Steinlund

tickets

Tickets for the tournament were offered in three categories. The prices were the same for all games. A card in the first category cost 200 Swedish kronor (around 23 euros ), in the second category 150 crowns (around 17.30 euros) and in the third category 100 crowns (around 11.50 euros). Young people up to the age of 16 paid 50 kroner (around 5.75 euros) for all games. In addition, there were so-called Follow Your Team tickets, which included all three preliminary round matches of a specific team. Depending on the category, these tickets cost 450 kroner (about 52 euros), 335 kroner (about 39 euros) or 225 kroner (about 26 euros). Advance sales started on February 14, 2013.

Television coverage

In Germany, the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF  only broadcast the games of the German women and the finals - unlike the World Cup two years earlier . Other EM encounters on free TV were broadcast on Eurosport ; this broadcaster showed all matches live or one of the two games scheduled at the same time on the third day of the preliminary round in the main program. In the pay-TV were at Euro Sport 2 these games to see live. In England, the English team's group matches were broadcast live on the BBC , with over 1 million viewers watching the broadcasts each time. The final in Germany saw 8.91 million viewers of ARD (market share 45.6%), while the Supercup game between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund saw only 6.9 million viewers the day before.

Statistical peculiarities

• In the opening game, Sweden and Denmark met for the 50th time.
• Iceland scored the first point in a final in a 1-1 draw against Norway. In the final group game, the 1-0 win against the Netherlands was their first victory.
• In a 1-0 draw against Norway, Germany lost a European Championship final game for the first time since July 3, 1993.
• Denmark reached the semi-finals without a single win.
• At 39 years and 340 days, the French Sandrine Soubeyrand was the oldest player ever to have played in a European Championship finals.
• With 41,301 spectators at the final, a new attendance record was set for a European Championship game for women and the total number of viewers is a new record.

Impact on the FIFA World Ranking

Despite winning the title, Germany remained in second place in the FIFA world rankings published on August 2, 2013, behind the USA , which continues to lead , and even lost points due to the defeat in the group game against Norway and the draw against the Netherlands. Since the goal difference is also taken into account for the women in the calculation, only a few points were received due to the narrow victories in the knockout round, so that a total of 10 points were lost. Sweden, France, Iceland, Italy and the Netherlands also failed to improve. While Norway, Denmark, Spain and Russia could each improve by one place, Finland lost one and England four places - also due to the simultaneous victory of North Korea in the East Asian Cup .

Web links

Commons : European Women's Football Championship 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of UEFA

Individual evidence

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