UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship

Founded	1984
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	52 (Qualifiers) 16 (Finals)
Current champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (8 titles)
Website	www.uefa.com/womenseuro/
UEFA Women's Euro 2017

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 FIFA Women's World Cup; starting in 1999, the group system used in men's qualifiers was also used for women's national teams.

Eight 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 is the 2017 Women's Euro hosted by the Netherlands in July and August 2017.

Backgrounds

Unofficial women's European tournaments for national teams were held in Italy in 1969 ^[1] and 1979^[2] (Won by Italy and Denmark respectively), but there was no formal international tournament until 1982 when the first UEFA 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification was launched. The 1984 Finals was won by Sweden. Norway won in the 1987 Finals. Since then, the UEFA Women's Championship has been dominated by Germany, which has won eight out of nine events, interrupted only by Norway in 1993. Germany's 2013 win was their sixth in a row.

Expansion

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.^[3]

Results

Unofficial women's European tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1969 Details	Italy		Italy	3–1	Denmark		England	2–0	France		4
1979 Details	Italy		Denmark	2–0	Italy		Sweden	0–0 4–3 (ps)	England		12

European Competition for Women's Football

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1984 Details	Final held over two legs		Sweden	1–0 0–1 4–3 (ps)	England		Denmark and  Italy				4
1987 Details	Norway		Norway	2–1	Sweden		Italy	2–1	England		4
1989 Details	West Germany		West Germany	4–1	Norway		Sweden	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy		4

UEFA European Women's Championship

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1991 Details	Denmark		Germany	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Norway		Denmark	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy		4
1993 Details	Italy		Norway	1–0	Italy		Denmark	3–1	Germany		4
Year	Host		Final				Losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up
1995 Details	Germany		Germany	3–2	Sweden		England and  Norway				4
1997 Details	Norway & Sweden		Germany	2–0	Italy		Spain and  Sweden				8
2001 Details	Germany		Germany	1–0 (gg)	Sweden		Denmark and  Norway				8
2005 Details	England		Germany	3–1	Norway		Finland and  Sweden				8
2009 Details	Finland		Germany	6–2	England		Netherlands and  Norway				12
2013 Details	Sweden		Germany	1–0	Norway		Denmark and  Sweden				12
2017 Details	Netherlands		Netherlands	4–2	Denmark		Austria and  England				16

• aet denotes after extra time
• gg denotes golden goal
• ps denotes after penalty shoot-out

Teams reaching the top four

Statistics does not include the unofficial 1969 and 1979 tournaments.

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Semi-finalists	Fourth place	Total
Germany	8 (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)	–	–	–	1 (1993)	9
Norway	2 (1987, 1993)	4 (1989, 1991, 2005, 2013)	–	3 (1995, 2001, 2009)	–	9
Sweden	1 (1984)	3 (1987, 1995, 2001)	1 (1989)	3 (1997, 2005, 2013)	–	8
Netherlands	1 (2017)	–	–	1 (2009)	–	2
Italy	–	2 (1993, 1997)	1 (1987)	1 (1984)	2 (1989, 1991)	6
England	–	2 (1984, 2009)	–	2 (1995, 2017)	1 (1987)	5
Denmark	–	1 (2017)	2 (1991, 1993)	3 (1984, 2001, 2013)	–	6
Spain	–	–	–	1 (1997)	–	1
Finland	–	–	–	1 (2005)	–	1
Austria	–	–	–	1 (2017)	–	1

Team summary

Participation details

Ceremony before the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 final (Germany vs. England) at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland

Players fighting for the ball during the match between Germany and Norway in UEFA Euro 2009 Women's European Championship in Tampere, Finland.

Reception of Germany women's national football team, after winning the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, on the balcony of Frankfurt's city hall "Römer"

• Participation by year of debut
  • 1984: Denmark, England, Italy, Sweden
  • 1987: Norway
  • 1989: Germany
  • 1997: France, Russia, Spain
  • 2005: Finland
  • 2009: Iceland, Netherlands, Ukraine
  • 2017: Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place (not determined after 1993)
• 4th – Fourth place (not determined after 1993)
• SF – Semifinals (since 1995)
• QF – Quarterfinals (since 2009)
• GS – Group stage
• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1984 (4)	1987 (4)	1989 (4)	1991 (4)	1993 (4)	1995 (4)	1997 (8)	2001 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (12)	2013 (12)	2017 (16)	Years
Austria	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	SF	1
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Denmark	SF	•	•	3rd	3rd	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	SF	2nd	9
England	2nd	4th	•	•	•	SF	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	SF	8
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	QF	GS	•	3
France	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	QF	6
Germany	•	•	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	QF	10
Iceland	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	GS	3
Italy	SF	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	•	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	11
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	1st	3
Norway	•	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	SF	GS	SF	2nd	SF	2nd	GS	11
Portugal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Russia	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	5
Scotland	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Spain	×	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	QF	QF	3
Sweden	1st	2nd	3rd	•	•	2nd	SF	2nd	SF	QF	SF	QF	10
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Ukraine	Part of  Soviet Union				×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1

Results of host nations Year Host nation Finish 1987  Norway Champions 1989  West Germany Champions 1991  Denmark Third Place 1993  Italy Runners-up 1995  Germany Champions 1997  Norway Group Stage  Sweden Semi Final 2001  Germany Champions 2005  England Group Stage 2009  Finland Quarter Final 2013  Sweden Semi Final 2017  Netherlands Champions

Results of defending champions Year Defending champions Finish 1987  Sweden Runners-up 1989  Norway Runners-up 1991  Germany Champions 1993  Germany Fourth Place 1995  Norway Semi Final 1997  Germany Champions 2001  Germany Champions 2005  Germany Champions 2009  Germany Champions 2013  Germany Champions 2017  Germany Quarter Final 2021  Netherlands Undetermined

General Statistics (1984 to 2017)

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Germany	10	43	34	6	3	109	26	+83	108
2	Sweden	10	38	20	5	13	68	46	+22	65
3	Norway	11	36	15	7	14	47	48	-1	52
4	Denmark	9	30	10	7	13	32	41	-9	37
5	England	8	28	11	3	14	40	51	-11	36
6	Italy	11	31	9	5	17	38	54	-13	32
7	France	6	21	8	6	7	29	29	0	30
8	Netherlands	3	14	8	2	4	21	10	+11	26
9	Finland	3	11	3	3	5	11	19	-8	12
10	Spain	3	12	3	2	7	10	14	-4	11
11	Austria	1	5	3	1	1	5	1	+4	10
12	Russia	5	15	1	3	11	10	31	-21	6
13	Switzerland	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
14	Iceland	3	10	1	1	8	6	19	-13	4
15	Belgium	1	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
16	Portugal	1	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
17	Ukraine	1	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
18	Scotland	1	3	1	0	2	2	8	-6	3

Tournament statistics

Highest attendances

• 41,301 – Germany v Norway, Friends Arena, Solna (2013 Final)
• 29,092 – England v Finland, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester (2005 Group Stage)
• 28,182 – Netherlands v Denmark, De Grolsch Veste, Enschede (2017 Final)
• 27,093 – Netherlands v England, De Grolsch Veste, Enschede (2017 Semifinal)
• 25,694 – England v Sweden, Ewood Park, Blackburn (2005 Group Stage)
• 22,000 – West Germany v Norway, Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück (1989 Final)
• 21,732 – Netherlands v Norway, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht (2017 Group Stage)
• 21,105 – Germany v Norway, Ewood Park, Blackburn (2005 Final)
• 18,000 – Germany v Sweden, Donaustadion, Ulm (2001 Group Stage)
• 16,608 – Sweden v Germany, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg (2013 Semifinal)

Top scorers of all time

Rank	Name	Euro												Total
		1984	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	2001	2005	2009	2013	2017
1	Inka Grings									4	6			10
	Birgit Prinz						2	2	1	3	2			10
3	Carolina Morace	2	1	0	0	1		4						8
	Heidi Mohr			1	4	1	2							8
	Lotta Schelin									0	1	5	2	8
5	Hanna Ljungberg							1	2	3				6
6	Melania Gabbiadini									2	1	2	0	5
	Solveig Gulbrandsen								0	3	0	2		5
	Maren Meinert					1	1	1	2					5
	Patrizia Panico							1	2	0	2	0		5
	Jodie Taylor												5	5
	Lena Videkull	0	1	1			3							5
	Bettina Wiegmann				0	0	2	1	2					5

Top scorers by tournament

Year	Player	Maximum matches	Goals
1984	Pia Sundhage	4	3
1987	Trude Stendal	2	3
1989	Sissel Grude Ursula Lohn	2	2
1991	Heidi Mohr	2	4
1993	Susan Mackensie	2	2
1995	Lena Videkull	3	3
1997	Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas	5	4
2001	Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek	5	3
2005	Inka Grings	5	4
2009	Inka Grings	6	6
2013	Lotta Schelin	6	5
2017	Jodie Taylor	6	5

Golden Player by tournament

Year	Player
1984	Pia Sundhage
1987	Heidi Støre
1989	Doris Fitschen
1991	Silvia Neid
1993	Hege Riise
1995	Birgit Prinz
1997	Carolina Morace
2001	Hanna Ljungberg
2005	Anne Mäkinen
2009	Inka Grings
2013	Nadine Angerer
2017	Lieke Martens

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to UEFA Women's Championship.

• UEFA Women's Champions League
• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

References

External links

• UEFA Women's Championship
• BBC Sport – "How Women's Euros have evolved"