UEFA Women's Euro 1997

UEFA Women's Euro 1997
Europamesterskapet i fotball for kvinner 1997
Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1997
Tournament details
Host countries Norway
Sweden
Dates 29 June – 12 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (4th title)
Runners-up  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 35 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Italy Carolina Morace
Norway Marianne Pettersen
France Angélique Roujas
(4 goals each)
Best player Italy Carolina Morace

The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[1]

Germany won the competition for the second time in a row and 4th overall (counting with West Germany's victory in the former European Competition for Representative Women's Teams).

Format

1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced. Eight teams participated, qualifying from a total of 33 entrants. Those eight teams were divided in two groups of four. The winner and 2nd placed of the group would advance to the semi-finals and the winners would play the final.

Group A

Group B

Qualification

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads

Results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 330061+59
 Spain 31112204
 France 311145−14
 Russia 300326−40
France 1–1 Spain
Roujas  50' Report (in French) I. Parejo  14'
Nobelstadion, Karlskoga
Attendance: 920
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)
Sweden 2–1 Russia
Ljungberg  10'
Pohjanen  82'
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Savina  80'
Attendance: 3,829
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)
Spain 0–1 Sweden
SvFF Report (in Swedish) Svensson  7'
Nobelstadion, Karlskoga
Attendance: 3,403
Russia 1–3 France
Grigorieva  52' Report (in French)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Roujas  27', 56', 74'
Attendance: 626
Referee: Cristina Gozzi (Italy)
Sweden 3–0 France
M. Andersson  18' (pen.)
Locatelli  22' (o.g.)
Jonsson  45'
Report (in French)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Russia 0–1 Spain
RFS Report (in Russian) Á. Parejo  67'
Nobelstadion, Karlskoga
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 312053+25
 Germany 312031+25
 Norway 311152+34
 Denmark 301229−71
Germany 1–1 Italy
Meinert  49' DFB Report (in German)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Carta  71'
Attendance: 713
Denmark 0–5 Norway
DBU Report (in Danish)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Pettersen  16', 18', 49', 81'
Støre  55'
Attendance: 4,221
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)
Italy 2–2 Denmark
Morace  49'
Panico  80'
FIGC Report (in Italian)
DBU Report (in Danish)
Terp  23'
M. Pedersen  62'
Attendance: 538
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Norway 0–0 Germany
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Denmark 0–2 Germany
DBU Report (in Danish)
DFB Report (in German)
Meyer  82'
Prinz  90'
Attendance: 520
Norway 0–2 Italy
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Morace  4', 90+2'
Attendance: 4,067
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Semifinals Final
      
B  Italy 2
A  Spain 1
B  Italy 0
B  Germany 2
A  Sweden 0
B  Germany 1

Semifinals

Sweden 0–1 Germany
DFB Report (in German)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Wiegmann  84'
Attendance: 4,246
Italy 2–1 Spain
Fiorini  11'
Morace  29'
FIGC Report (in Italian) Á. Parejo  89'
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Final

Italy 0–2 Germany
DFB Report (in German)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Minnert  23'
Prinz  50'
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Gitte Lyngo-Nielsen (Denmark)

Awards

 Women's Euro 1997 Champions 

Germany
Fourth title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References

  1. "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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