| Founded | 1984 |
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| Region | Europe (UEFA) |
| Number of teams | 52 (Qualifiers) 12 (Finals) |
| Current champions | Germany (7th title) |
| Most successful team | Germany (7 titles) |
| UEFA Women's Euro 2013 | |
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro and unofficially the "European Cup", held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European 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 2009 Women's Euro, hosted by Finland between August 23 and September 10, 2009.
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The tournament was initially played as a four team event. The 1997 edition was the first that was played with eight teams. The third expansion happened in 2009 when 12 teams participated. From 2017 onwards 16 teams will compete for the championship.[1]
The following results are from the finals of the respective Championships (see [1]). aet denotes after extra time and gg denotes golden goal.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| 1984 Details |
Final held over two legs | Sweden |
1–0 0–1 Penalties: 4–3 |
England |
Denmark |
n/a(1) | Italy |
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| 1987 Details |
Norway | Norway |
2–1 | Sweden |
Italy |
2–1 | England |
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| 1989 Details |
West Germany | West Germany |
4–1 | Norway |
Sweden |
2–1 a.e.t. |
Italy |
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| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | |||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||
| 1991 Details |
Denmark | Germany |
3–1 (a.e.t.) |
Norway |
Denmark |
2–1 | Italy |
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| 1993 Details |
Italy | Norway |
1–0 | Italy |
Denmark |
3–1 | Germany |
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| 1995 Details |
Germany | Germany |
3–2 | Sweden |
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| 1997 Details |
Norway & Sweden |
Germany |
2–0 | Italy |
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| 2001 Details |
Germany | Germany |
1–0 (gg) |
Sweden |
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| 2005 Details |
England | Germany |
3–1 | Norway |
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| 2009 Details |
Finland | Germany |
6–2 | England |
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| 2013 Details |
Sweden | |||||||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Semi-finalists | Fourth-place |
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| Germany | 7 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009) | - | - | - | 1 (1993) |
| Norway | 2 (1987, 1993) | 3 (1989, 1991, 2005) | - | 3 (1995, 2001, 2009) | - |
| Sweden | 1 (1984) | 3 (1987, 1995, 2001) | 1 (1989) | 2 (1997, 2005) | - |
| Italy | - | 2 (1993, 1997) | 1 (1987) | 1 (1984) | 2 (1989, 1991) |
| England | - | 2 (1984, 2009) | - | 1 (1995) | 1 (1987) |
| Denmark | - | - | 2 (1991, 1993) | 2 (1984, 2001) | - |
| Spain | - | - | - | 1 (1997) | - |
| Finland | - | - | - | 1 (2005) | - |
| Netherlands | - | - | - | 1 (2009) | - |
| Team | Appearances | Latest |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 10 | 2009 |
| Norway | 9 | 2009 |
| Sweden | 9 | 2009 |
| Denmark | 8 | 2009 |
| Germany | 8 | 2009 |
| England | 7 | 2009 |
| Russia | 5 | 2009 |
| France | 4 | 2009 |
| Finland | 2 | 2009 |
| Iceland | 2 | 2009 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2009 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 2009 |
| Spain | 1 | 1997 |
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Heidi Mohr | 4 |
| 1993 | Susan Mackensie | 2 |
| 1995 | Lena Videkull | 3 |
| 1997 | Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Rouhas |
4 |
| 2001 | Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek |
3 |
| 2005 | Inka Grings | 4 |
| 2009 | Inka Grings | 6 |
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