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UEFA Women's Euro 2001

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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	95,683 (6,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	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 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]

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 (g.g.)	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./g.g.)	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. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. 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

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