UEFA Women's Championship

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The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship, and is sometimes called the Women's Euro or European Women's Football Championship.

The predecessor tournament to the UEFA Women's Championship began in the early 1980s, under the name UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. With increasing popularity of women's football, the competition was given European Championship status by UEFA around 1990. Only the 1991 and 1995 editions have been used as European qualifiers for a World Cup; starting in 1999, the group system used in men's qualifiers was also used for women's national teams.

Six UEFA Women's Championships have taken place, preceded by 3 editions of the earlier European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. The most recent holding of the competition was the 2005 Women's Euro, which took place in England from June 5 to June 19, 2005.

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[edit] Results

The following results are from the finals of the respective Championships (see [1]). aet denotes after extra time and gg denotes golden goal.

[edit] Winners of the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams (old event name)

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up
1984
Details
Final held over two legs Sweden 1-0
0-1
Penalties: 4-3
England
1987
Details
Norway Norway 2-1 Sweden
1989
Details
West Germany West Germany 4-1 Norway

[edit] Winners of the UEFA Women's Championship

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up
1991
Details
Denmark Germany 3-1
(aet)
Norway
1993
Details
Italy Norway 1-0 Italy
1995
Details
Germany Germany 3-2 Sweden
1997
Details
Norway & Sweden Germany 2-0 Italy
2001
Details
Germany Germany 1-0
(gg)
Sweden
2005
Details
England Germany 3-1 Norway
2009
Details
Finland

[edit] Last Four Classifications

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Semi-finalists Fourth-place
Germany 6 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005) - - - 1 (1993)
Norway 2 (1987, 1993) 3 (1989, 1991, 2005) - 2 (1995, 2001) -
Sweden 1 (1984) 3 (1987, 1995, 2001) 1 (1989) 2 (1997, 2005) -
Italy - 2 (1993, 1997) 1 (1987) 1 (1984) 2 (1989, 1991)
England - 1 (1984) - 1 (1995) 1 (1987)
Denmark - - 2 (1991, 1993) 2 (1984, 2001) -
Spain - - - 1 (1997) -
Finland - - - 1 (2005) -

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

International women's football
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FIFA | World Cup | Olympics | Algarve Cup | Pan American Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | Teams

     Asia: AFCWomen's Championship
     Africa: CAFWomen's Championship
     North America: CONCACAFWomen's Gold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOLSudamericano Femenino
     Oceania: OFCWomen's Championship
     Europe: UEFAWomen's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship
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England/Sweden 1984 | Norway 1987 | West Germany 1989 | Denmark 1991 | Italy 1993 | Germany 1995 | Norway/Sweden 1997 | Germany 2001 | England 2005 | Finland 2009

UEFA Women's Championship qualification
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England/Sweden 1984 | Norway 1987 | West Germany 1989 | Denmark 1991 | Italy 1993 | Germany 1995 | Norway/Sweden 1997 | Germany 2001 | England 2005 | Finland 2009