UEFA Women's Euro 2001

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UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates23 June – 7 July
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (5th title)
Runners-up Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance92,703 (6,180 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Claudia Müller
Germany Sandra Smisek
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
1997
2005

The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany with 1–0 in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal.[1]

Qualification[]

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

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 France Group 1 winner 1 June 2000 1 (1997)
 Norway Group 2 winner 7 May 2000 6 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 Germany (hosts) Group 3 winner 6 April 2000 5 (1989,2 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 Russia Group 4 winner 14 June 2000 1 (1997)
 Sweden Play-off winner 5 November 2000 5 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
 Denmark Play-off winner 21 November 2000 4 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 Italy Play-off winner 22 November 2000 6 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 England Play-off winner 28 November 2000 3 (1984, 1987, 1995)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year

Squads[]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 2001 squads

Results[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Russia 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
 England 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Germany 3–1 Sweden
Müller 42', 65'
Meinert 78'
Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Ljungberg 14'
Attendance: 10,252

Russia 1–1 England
Svetlitskaya 62' Report
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report
Banks 45'
Attendance: 1,253
Referee: Rita Ruiz Tacoronte (Spain)

Germany 5–0 Russia
Wiegmann 43'
Prinz 50'
Meinert 69'
Smisek 73', 89'
Report
DFB Report (in German)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: (Norway)

Sweden 4–0 England
Törnqvist 3'
Bengtsson 26'
Ljungberg 75'
80'
Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

England 0–3 Germany
Report
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Wimbersky 57'
Wiegmann 65'
Lingor 67'
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: (Norway)

Sweden 1–0 Russia
Fagerström 76' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report
Attendance: 820
Referee: Rita Ruiz Tacoronte (Spain)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Norway 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
 Italy 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 France 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Italy 2–1 Denmark
Panico 12', 72' Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
Report
Bukh 75'
Attendance: 3,193

Norway 3–0 France
Knudsen 14'
Sykora 18' (o.g.)
Mellgren 40'
Report
Report (in French)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)

France 3–4 Denmark
Pichon 21'
Mugneret-Béghé 27'
Blouin 83'
Report
Report (in French)
DBU Report (in Danish)
Report
Krogh 15' (pen.), 90'
Bonde 19'
Andersson 71'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

Norway 1–1 Italy
Mellgren 16' Report
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report
Guarino 14'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)

Denmark 1–0 Norway
M. Pedersen 85' Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

France 2–0 Italy
Pichon 37'
Jézéquel 74' (pen.)
Report
Report (in French)
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)

Knockout stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 July – Ulm
 
 
 Germany1
 
7 July – Ulm
 
 Norway0
 
 Germany1
 
4 July – Ulm
 
 Sweden0
 
 Denmark0
 
 
 Sweden1
 

Semi-finals[]

Germany 1–0 Norway
Smisek 57' Report
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 13,524
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)

Denmark 0–1 Sweden
Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report
Nordlund 9'
Attendance: 7,200

Final[]

Germany 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Müller gold-colored soccer ball 98' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Goalscorers[]

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References[]

  1. ^ "Germany retain Euro crown". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links[]

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