2017 European Women's Football Championship

2017 European Women's Football Championship
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Number of nations	16  (of 48 applicants)
European champion	Netherlands (1st title)
venue	Netherlands
Opening game	July 16, 2017
Endgame	August 6, 2017
Games	31
Gates	68  (⌀: 2.19 per game)
spectator	243,401  (⌀: 7,852 per game)
Top scorer	Jodie Taylor (5 goals)
Best player	Lieke Martens
yellow cards	89  (⌀: 2.87 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The European Football Championship Women 2017 ( English UEFA Women's Euro 2017 ) was the twelfth playout of the European continental championship in women's football . The tournament took place from July 16 to August 6, 2017 in the Netherlands and was played for the first time with 16 teams. The defending champion was Germany , which had become European champions for the sixth time in a row in 2013. Host Netherlands won the tournament and thus became European champions.

Award

Seven countries had announced their interest in hosting the 2017 European Championship. The applications came from Austria , France , Israel , the Netherlands , Poland , Scotland and Switzerland . None of these countries had ever hosted a European women's football championship. The Netherlands had applied unsuccessfully for the 2009 and 2013 tournaments, while Switzerland and Poland fought for the 2013 European Championship finals. Only France and the Netherlands had so far participated in a European Championship finals. Applications had to be submitted to UEFA by October 10, 2014. On December 4, 2014, the Netherlands was awarded the contract.

Venues

Breda	Deventer		Doetinchem
Rat-Verlegh-Stadion Capacity: 19,000	Stadion De Adelaarshorst Capacity: 8,011		Stadion De Vijverberg Capacity: 12,600
Enschede	Breda Deventer Doetinchem Enschede Rotterdam Tilburg Utrecht		Rotterdam
De Grolsch Veste Capacity: 30,205			Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Capacity: 11,026
Tilburg			Utrecht
König-Wilhelm-II.-Stadion Capacity: 14,750			Galgenwaard Stadium Capacity: 24,426

qualification

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47 nations, including Andorra for the first time , took part in the qualification. This ran over three laps. In the first, the eight weaker teams competed in two groups. The draw took place on January 19, 2015 in Nyon . The games took place between April 4th and 9th, 2015. On April 20, 2015, the second round was drawn in Nyon. The games took place from September 14, 2015 to September 20, 2016. The draw for the play-off round took place on September 23, 2016 in Nyon. The play-offs took place on October 21st and 25th, 2016.

The draw for the final round took place on November 8, 2016 at the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam . The Netherlands as hosts were set as the group head of group A. The remaining teams were divided into four pots based on the UEFA coefficient . A team from each pot was then drawn to each group.

• Pot 1 : Germany, France, England
• Pot 2 : Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland
• Pot 3 : Italy, Iceland, Scotland, Denmark
• Pot 4 : Austria, Belgium, Russia, Portugal

The draw resulted in the following groups:

The teams at EURO 2017

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Netherlands	Germany	France	England
Norway	Sweden	Iceland	Scotland
Denmark	Italy	Austria	Spain
Belgium	Russia	Switzerland	Portugal

mode

UEFA continued to test new rules at this tournament. On the one hand, the teams were allowed to make a fourth substitution in the event that a game went into overtime. In addition, team officials were allowed to object to yellow and red cards in the technical zone.

If, in the final round, two or more teams in a group showed the same number of points after the group matches, the placement was determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same rank, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games;

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. Position in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking used for the final tournament draw.

If two teams met in the final group match with the same number of points, goal difference and the same number of goals, and the match in question ended in a draw, their final placement will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group has played the same after the group matches Number of points. If more than two teams had the same number of points, the above criteria were applied. This rule was only applied when the ranking of the teams was decisive in determining the quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on September 23, 2015; the preliminary round groups were drawn on November 8, 2016 in Rotterdam. The opening game took place on July 16, 2017 in Utrecht, the final took place on August 6, 2017 in Enschede. Only the first and second in each group reached the final round.

Group A

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Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
3.	Belgium	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00

Shanice van de Sanden (NED) and Elise Thorsnes (NOR) during the opening game

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Utrecht
Netherlands	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Doetinchem
Denmark	-	Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6 p.m. in Breda
Norway	-	Belgium	0: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Rotterdam
Netherlands	-	Denmark	1: 0 (1: 0)
Monday, July 24, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Belgium	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 1)
Monday, July 24, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Deventer
Norway	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

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Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Italy	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
Note: The direct comparison is decisive for places 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Isabel Kerschowski (GER) and Melania Gabbiadini (ITA) in the group game Germany vs Italy

Monday, July 17, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Italy	-	Russia	1: 2 (0: 2)
Monday, July 17, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Breda
Germany	-	Sweden	0-0 (0: 0)
Friday, July 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Deventer
Sweden	-	Russia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Friday, July 21, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Germany	-	Italy	2: 1 (1: 1)
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
Russia	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Doetinchem
Sweden	-	Italy	2: 3 (1: 2)

Group C

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Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Austria	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	France	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

Caroline Abbe (SUI) and Nina Burger (AUT) during the group game Austria vs Switzerland

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Deventer
< Austria	-	Switzerland	1: 0 (1: 0)
Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
France	-	Iceland	1: 0 (0: 0)
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 6 p.m. in Doetinchem
Iceland	-	Switzerland	1: 2 (1: 1)
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
France	-	Austria	1: 1 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 26th 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Breda
Switzerland	-	France	1: 1 (1: 0)
Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Rotterdam
Iceland	-	Austria	0: 3 (0: 2)

Group D

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Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Spain	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	002: 800	−6	03
4th	Portugal	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
Note: For places 2, 3 and 4 the direct comparison is decisive (see mode ).

Chloe Arthur (SCO) and Toni Duggan (ENG) during the group match England vs Scotland

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Doetinchem
Spain	-	Portugal	2: 0 (2: 0)
Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
England	-	Scotland	6: 0 (3: 0)
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Scotland	-	Portugal	1: 2 (1: 1)
Sunday, July 23, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Breda
England	-	Spain	2: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Portugal	-	England	1: 2 (1: 1)
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Deventer
Scotland	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)

Final round

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European champion final Semifinals Quarter finals Preliminary round

Overview

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Netherlands

2

Sweden

0

Netherlands

3

England

0

England

1

France

0

Netherlands

4th

Denmark

2

Germany

1

Denmark

2

Denmark

0 (3 i.)

Austria

0 (0 E.)

Austria

0 (5 i.)

Spain

0 (3 E.)

Quarter finals

Saturday, July 29, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Doetinchem
Netherlands	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, July 30, 2017, 12:00 p.m. in Rotterdam 1
Germany	-	Denmark	1: 2 (1: 0)
Sunday, July 30, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Tilburg
Austria	-	Spain	0: 0 n.v., 5: 3 i. E.
Sunday, July 30, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Deventer
England	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)

¹ The originally scheduled date on July 29, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. was postponed due to heavy rain and then canceled due to the fact that the course was unplayable.

Semifinals

Simone Boye Sorensen (DEN) and Nina Burger (AUT) at the semi-finals

Thursday, August 3, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Breda
Denmark	-	Austria	0: 0 a.d., 3: 0 i. E.
Thursday, August 3, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Enschede
Netherlands	-	England	3: 0 (1: 0)

final

Sunday, August 6, 2017, 5 p.m. in Enschede
Netherlands	-	Denmark	4: 2 (2: 2)

Best goalscorers

Jodie Taylor in the group game against Scotland

Listed below are the top goalscorers in the finals. The sorting takes place according to the number of goals scored, if the number of hits is the same, the templates and then the game minutes are decisive. Goals on penalties after extra time do not count.

rank	Player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
1	Jodie Taylor	5	0	328
2	Vivianne Miedema	4th	0	536
3	Lieke Martens	3	2	525
4th	Sherida Spitse	3	1	540
5	Daniela Sabatino	2	0	083
6th	Ilaria Mauro	2	0	135
7th	Toni Duggan	2	0	146
8th	Carolina Mendes	2	0	165
9	Stina Blackstenius	2	0	287
10	Babett Peter	2	0	360
	Lotta Schelin	2	0	360
12	Nina Burger	2	0	495
	...	...	...	...
15th	Sarah Zadrazil	1	2	392
19th	Ramona Bachmann	1	1	270
23	Stefanie Enzinger	1	0	04th
26th	Josephine Henning	1	0	135
28	Isabel Kerschowski	1	0	180
29	Lisa Makas	1	0	206
35	Ana Maria Crnogorčević	1	0	270
	Lara Dickenmann	1	0	270
40	Dzsenifer Marozsán	1	0	360

Banned players

The following players were banned due to disciplinary penalties during the tournament:

•  Maja Kildemoes for the group game against Norway after the second yellow card in the game against the Netherlands
•  Elisa Bartoli for the group game against Sweden after the yellow-red card in the game against Germany
•  Rahel Kiwic for the group game against Iceland after the red card in the game against Austria
•  Wendie Renard for the quarter-finals against England after the second yellow card in the game against Switzerland
•  Eve Périsset for the quarter-finals against England after the red card in the game against Switzerland
•  Jill Scott for the semifinals against the Netherlands after the second yellow card in the quarterfinals against France

Without effect:

•  Lara Dickenmann after the second yellow card in the game against France

Referees

On June 22, 2017, UEFA nominated eleven women referees to oversee the final tournament. The eleven referees were supported by 21 assistants, and, as in previous years, there were alternating teams of main referees and assistants. The field was completed by two referees, who were the fourth officials. From the German-speaking countries, Riem Hussein and Bibiana Steinhaus from Germany and Esther Staubli from Switzerland were nominated for the main referees. With Christina Biehl and Katrin Rafalski, two German referees have also been nominated for the assistants, as has Belinda Brem from Switzerland. For Bibiana Steinhaus and Kateryna Monsul, the 2017 European Championship was the third final round after the finals in 2009 and 2013. The referees Kulcsár and Staubli also whistled at the EM 2013 games. Carina Vitulano and Monika Mularczyk were the fourth officials in 2013.

Referees  Jana Adámková  Stéphanie Frappart  Riem Hussein  Katalin Kulcsár  Pernilla Larsson  Kateryna Monsul  Monika Mularczyk  Anastassija Pustowoitowa  Esther Staubli  Bibiana stone house  Carina Vitulano

Assistants  Lucia Abruzzese  Oleksandra Ardeschewa  Nicolet Bakker  Christina Biehl  Svetlana Bilić  Belinda Brem  Anna Dąbrowska  Petruța Iugulescu  Chrysoula Kourombylia  Judit Kulcsár  Ekaterina Kurochkina

Assistants  Angela Kyriakou  Sian Massey  Manuela Nicolosi  Michelle O'Neill  Katrin Rafalski  Lucie Ratajová  Sanja Rođak-Karšić  Maryna Strilezka  Mária Súkeníková  Mihaela Țepuşă

Fourth official  Lorraine Clark  Lina Lehtovaara

Prize money

UEFA paid each participating team an entry fee of 300,000 euros, and reaching the quarter-finals was rewarded with 500,000 euros. The semi-finalists received 700,000 euros, the vice European champion received one million euros and the new title holder 1.2 million euros. The total of 8 million euros was well above the 2.2 million euros that were distributed in 2013.

Television broadcast

In Germany, the games of the German team and other selected matches were broadcast on the public television channels Das Erste and ZDF, as well as all games on Eurosport . ARD broadcast seven of the 31 matches at the 2017 Women's European Championship on its main channel. Another nine games could be received on the ARD specialty channel One . ZDF broadcast the opening game and the final, as well as four other games. The other nine games were shown in the live stream of ARD and ZDF. Eurosport showed all games live on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2.

In Austria, the Austrian team's games were broadcast on ORF one , all others on ORF SPORT + . In order to enable broadcasting of the group game on July 26th, the qualifying game of FC Salzburg for the men's UEFA Champions League, originally scheduled at 8:45 p.m., was brought forward to 6:45 p.m. on July 20 .

In Switzerland, SRF showed two of every three group games and any other games of the Swiss national team as well as - regardless of the performance of the Swiss women - a quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final. The games were moderated by Paddy Kälin . Mario Gehrer and Kathrin Lehmann as an expert commented on the Swiss group games and a quarter-finals . From the semi-finals on, Dani Kern and Manuel Köng alternated as commentators, each supported by Kathrin Lehmann.

mascot

Kicky at the semi-finals in Breda

The official mascot of the European Football Championship for women was the female lion Kicky . She is a supporter of all 16 participating teams, in contrast to her friend, the male lion Dutchy , who is a fan of the " Oranje Leeuwinnen ". Both are based on the lions in the coat of arms of the Netherlands .

Impact on the FIFA World Ranking

By winning the title, the Dutch women improved by five places to 7th place in the FIFA world rankings published on September 1, 2017, making them the top 10 for the first time. The semi-finalists England (by two places in 3rd place and thus the best position for the English women), the final opponent Denmark (by three places in 12th place), and semi-finalist Austria (by four places in 20th place and thus in the top 20 for the first time) also improved ), Portugal (by four places to 34th), Switzerland (by one place to 16th). Belgium, France and Iceland (each −1), Scotland and Sweden (each −2), Norway (−3) and Spain (−4) lost points and positions. The dethroned defending champions Germany, Italy and Russia held their places, but with 2077 points Germany has fewer points than ever before.

Web links

Commons : European Women's Football Championship 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website
• Further information (journalistic portal)
• Quarters of the participating teams

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ The Netherlands is hosting UEFA Women's EURO 2017. In: uefa.com. UEFA, December 4, 2014, accessed December 4, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Preliminary round of the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA, January 19, 2015, accessed January 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Draw for the final round. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed November 8, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Paul Saffer: 10 Things You Should Know About UEFA Women's EURO 2017. In: uefa.com. UEFA , July 14, 2017, accessed July 17, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Regulations for the 2015-17 UEFA European Women's Championship. In: uefa.com. UEFA , July 14, 2017, accessed July 17, 2017 .  (PDF)
7. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/19/85/07/2198507_DOWNLOAD.pdf
8. ↑ Announcement of the date of July 28, 2016 at footofeminin.fr
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11. ↑ Women's EURO referees - the tournament's 17th team. In: uefa.com. UEFA, June 22, 2017, accessed June 28, 2017 . 
12. ↑ ZDF Teletext December 10, 2016
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14. ↑ The women's football championship live on TV and in the live stream on Eurosport . In: Eurosport . 17th July 2017
15. ↑ Michael Unverdorben: Date collision: Red Bull Salzburg lets ÖFB women go first . In: Salzburger Nachrichten . 20th July 2017
16. ↑ Women's European Football Championship 2017 live on SRF . In: Swiss television . 17th July 2017
17. ↑ Kicky onze EK mascotte. In: EK Vrouwen 2017. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017 ; accessed on July 30, 2017 (Dutch): "Kicky is fan van alle 16 deelnemende teams." 
18. ↑ EK Vrouwen 2017: UEFA Women's EURO 2017 lanceert mascotte Kicky. In: KNVB. Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond, March 27, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2017 (Dutch): "Samen met Dutchy, haar vriendje en mascotte van Oranje, ..." 
19. ↑ fifa.com: EURO provides new highs