UEFA Women's Euro 2001

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]

UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	23 June – 7 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (5th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	92,703 (6,180 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hanna Ljungberg

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

² As West Germany

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

23 June 2001

14:15

Germany	3–1	Sweden
Müller 42', 65' Meinert 78'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) DFB Report (in German) Report	Ljungberg 14'

Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt

Attendance: 10,252

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

24 June 2001

17:30

Russia	1–1	England
Svetlitskaya 62'	Report RFS Report (in Russian) Report	Banks 45'

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 1,253

Referee: Rita Ruiz Tacoronte (Spain)

27 June 2001

15:00

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

Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt

Attendance: 6,249

Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

27 June 2001

17:00

Sweden	4–0	England
Törnqvist 3' Bengtsson 26' Ljungberg 75' Eriksson 80'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

30 June 2001

14:10

England	0–3	Germany
	Report DFB Report (in German) Report	Wimbersky 57' Wiegmann 65' Lingor 67'

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 11,312

Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

30 June 2001

14:10

Sweden	1–0	Russia
Fagerström 76'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) RFS Report (in Russian) Report

Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt

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

25 June 2001

17:30

Italy	2–1	Denmark
Panico 12', 72'	Report DBU Report (in Danish) Report	Bukh 75'

Waldstadion, Aalen

Attendance: 3,193

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

25 June 2001

19:45

Norway	3–0	France
Knudsen 14' Sykora 18' (o.g.) Mellgren 40'	Report Report (in French) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report

Donaustadion, Ulm

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Wendy Toms (England)

28 June 2001

17:30

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'

Stadion an der Kreuzeiche, Reutlingen

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

28 June 2001

19:45

Norway	1–1	Italy
Mellgren 16'	Report NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report	Guarino 14'

Stadion an der Kreuzeiche, Reutlingen

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)

1 July 2001

16:30

Denmark	1–0	Norway
M. Pedersen 85'	Report DBU Report (in Danish) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report

Waldstadion, Aalen

Attendance: 3,480

Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)

1 July 2001

16:30

France	2–0	Italy
Pichon 37' Jézéquel 74' (pen.)	Report Report (in French) Report

Donaustadion, Ulm

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	4 July – Ulm

	Germany	1
					7 July – Ulm
	Norway	0
					Germany	1
	4 July – Ulm
					Sweden	0
	Denmark	0

	Sweden	1

Semi-finals

4 July 2001

15:05

Germany	1–0	Norway
Smisek 57'	Report NFF Report (in Norwegian) DFB Report (in German) Report

Donaustadion, Ulm

Attendance: 13,524

Referee: Wendy Toms (England)

4 July 2001

17:30

Denmark	0–1	Sweden
	Report DBU Report (in Danish) SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Nordlund 9'

Donaustadion, Ulm

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

Final

7 July 2001

15:00

Germany	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
Müller 98'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) DFB Report (in German) Report

Donaustadion, Ulm

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)

References

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

External links

UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at UEFA.com
UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

UEFA Women's Championship
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