UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship

Founded	1984
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	52 (Qualifiers) 12 (Finals)
Current champions	Germany (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	Germany (8 titles)
Website	//womenseuro.com.uefawww
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

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.

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 was the 2013 Women's Euro hosted by Sweden in July 2013.

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.^[1]

Results

European Competition for Women's Football

UEFA European Women's Championship

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

Teams reaching the top four

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

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.

General Statistics

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)
• 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)
• 21,105 – 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)
• 16,414 – Finland v Sweden, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg (2013 Group Stage)
• 16,334 – Finland v Denmark, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (2009 Group Stage)
• 16,148 – Netherlands v Finland, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (2009 Group Stage)

Top scorers of all time

Top scorers by tournament

Golden Player by tournament

See also

• UEFA Women's Champions League
• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

References

External links

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

International women's association football FIFA World Cup Olympics Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup World Rankings Player of the Year Player of the Century FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Competitions Federations Codes Asia AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) Africa CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 North America, Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Oceania OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade See also