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 countriesNorway
Sweden
Dates29 June – 12 July
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance35,727 (2,382 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Carolina Morace
Norway Marianne Pettersen
France Angélique Roujas
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Italy Carolina Morace
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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.[1] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[2]

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).

France, Spain and Russia made their debuts for the first time.

Format

1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced.[3] 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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 1997 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 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 France 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Russia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
France 1–1 Spain
Roujas 50' Report (in French)
Report		 I. Parejo 14'
Attendance: 920
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)
Sweden 2–1 Russia
Ljungberg 10'
Pohjanen 82'		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report		 Savina 80'
Attendance: 3,829
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)
Spain 0–1 Sweden
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report		 Svensson 7' [note 1]
Attendance: 3,403
Russia 1–3 France
Grigorieva 52' Report (in French)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report		 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)
Report
Attendance: 2,757
Russia 0–1 Spain
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report		 Á. Parejo 67'
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 Germany 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
 Norway 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
 Denmark 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Germany 1–1 Italy
Meinert 49' DFB Report (in German)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report		 Carta 71'
Attendance: 713
Denmark 0–5 Norway
DBU Report (in Danish)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report		 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)
Report		 Terp 23'
M. Pedersen 62'
Attendance: 538
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Norway 0–0 Germany
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 7,666
Denmark 0–2 Germany
DBU Report (in Danish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report		 Meyer 82'
Prinz 90'
Attendance: 520
Norway 0–2 Italy
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report		 Morace 4', 90+2'
Attendance: 4,067
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 July – Lillestrøm
 
 
 Italy2
 
12 July – Oslo
 
 Spain1
 
 Italy0
 
9 July – Karlstad
 
 Germany2
 
 Sweden0
 
 
 Germany1
 

Semifinals

Sweden 0–1 Germany
DFB Report (in German)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report		 Wiegmann 84'
Attendance: 4,246
Italy 2–1 Spain
Fiorini 11'
Morace 29'		 FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report		 Á. Parejo 89'
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Final

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 1997 Final
Italy 0–2 Germany
DFB Report (in German)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report		 Minnert 23'
Prinz 50'
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Gitte Lyngo-Nielsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO – 1997 and now". 6 July 2022.
  2. ^ "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
  4. ^ "Sweden v Spain 1997 European Championship". svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  1. ^ SVFF credits this goal to Svensson, while other sources mark it an own goal.[4]