UEFA Women's Euro 2001

UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Tournament details
Host country  Germany
Dates 23 June – 7 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (5th title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 40 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Claudia Müller
Sandra Smisek
(3 goals)
Best player Hanna Ljungberg
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2001 UEFA Women's Championship took place in Germany between June 23 and July 7 2001. It was won by Germany in the final against Sweden thanks to a golden goal.

Contents

Qualification

See main article: 2001 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

16 competing teams formed 4 groups; the winners of each group qualified for the Championship, while the teams finishing second and third hade to play a playoff in order to qualify.

Qualified teams

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Germany 9 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10
 Sweden 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
 Russia 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6
 England 1 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7
2001-06-23
 Germany  3 – 1  Sweden Steigerwaldstadion - Erfurt
Attendance: 10,252
Referee: Elovirta (Finland)
Müller 42', 65'
Meinert 78'		 Ljungberg 14'
2001-06-24
 Russia  1 – 1  England Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld - Jena
Attendance: 1,253
Referee: Tacoronte (Spain)
Svetlitskaya 62' Banks 45'
2001-06-27
 Germany  5 – 0  Russia Steigerwaldstadion - Erfurt
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Skogvang (Norway)
Wiegmann 43'
Prinz 50'
Meinert 69'
Smisek 73', 90'
2001-06-27
 Sweden  4 – 0  England Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld - Jena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Brohet (Belgium)
Törnqvist 2'
Bengtsson 26'
Ljungberg 75'
Eriksson 80'
2001-06-30
 England  0 – 3  Germany Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld - Jena
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: Skogvang (Norway)
Wimbersky 57'
Wiegmann 65'
Lingor 68'
2001-06-30
 Sweden  1 – 0  Russia Steigerwaldstadion - Erfurt
Attendance: 820
Referee: Tacoronte (Spain)
Fagerström 76'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Denmark 6 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1
 Norway 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2
 Italy 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
 France 3 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2
2001-06-25
 Italy  2 – 1  Denmark Waldstadion - Aalen
Attendance: 3,193
Referee: Petignat (Switzerland)
Panico 12', 72' Bukh 75'
2001-06-25
 Norway  3 – 0  France Donaustadion - Ulm
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Toms (England)
Knudsen 14'
Sykora (o.g.) 18'
Mellgren 40'
2001-06-28
 France  3 – 4  Denmark Stadion an der Kreuzeiche - Reutlingen
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Ödlund (Sweden)
Pichon 21'
Beghé 27'
Blouet 83'		 Krogh 15' (pen.), 90'
Bonde 19'
Andersson 71'
2001-06-28
 Norway  1 – 1  Italy Stadion an der Kreuzeiche - Reutlingen
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fielenbach (Germany)
Mellgren 16' Guarino 14'
2001-07-01
 Denmark  1 – 0  Norway Waldstadion - Aalen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Brohet (Belgium)
Pedersen 85'
2001-07-01
 France  2 – 0  Italy Donaustadion - Ulm
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Fielenbach (Germany)
Pichon 37'
Jézéquel (pen.) 74'

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
4 July – Ulm
  Germany 1  
  Norway 0  
 
7 July – Ulm
      Germany 1
    Sweden 0
4 July – Ulm
  Denmark 0
  Sweden 1  

Semifinals

July 4, 2001
 Denmark  0 – 1  Sweden Donaustadion - Ulm
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Elovirta (Finland)
Nordlund 9'
July 4, 2001
 Germany  1 – 0  Norway Donaustadion - Ulm
Attendance: 13,524
Referee: Toms (England)
Smisek 57'

Final

July 7, 2001
 Germany  1 – 0 (asdet)  Sweden Donaustadion - Ulm
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Petignat (Switzerland)
Müller 98'

Awards

 Women's Euro 2001 Champions 

Germany
Fifth title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
own goal
  • Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)

External links

UEFA Women's Euro 2001 finalists
Champions
Runners-up
Eliminated in semi-finals
Eliminated in group stage
Tournaments
Qualification
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