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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 for the fifth time overall and third in a row with a 1–0 win in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal.[1]

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)
Attendance95,683 (6,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Claudia Müller
Germany Sandra Smisek
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Sweden Hanna Ljungberg
← 1997
2005 →

Qualification

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Main article: 2001 UEFA Women's Championship 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

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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

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

Results

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Group stage

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Group A

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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
Sweden  4–0  England
Törnqvist   3'
Bengtsson   26'
Ljungberg   75'
Eriksson   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
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

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 July – Ulm
 
 
  Germany1
 
7 July – Ulm
 
  Norway0
 
  Germany (g.g.)1
 
4 July – Ulm
 
  Sweden0
 
  Denmark0
 
 
  Sweden1
 

Semi-finals

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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

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2001 Final
Germany  1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)  Sweden
Müller   98' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Goalscorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Germany retain Euro crown". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2001. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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