UEFA Women's Euro 2001

UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Donaustadion in Ulm, Germany, the venue of the final
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates23 June – 7 July
Teams8
Venues5 (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 playerSweden Hanna Ljungberg
← 1997
2005 →

The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 Women's Euros or just the 2001 Euros, 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 record-extending fifth time overall and third in a row with a 1–0 win in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal at the end of the final.[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

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
 FranceGroup 1 winner1 June 20001 (1997)
 NorwayGroup 2 winner7 May 20006 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 Germany (hosts)Group 3 winner6 April 20005 (1989,2 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 RussiaGroup 4 winner14 June 20001 (1997)
 SwedenPlay-off winner5 November 20005 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
 DenmarkPlay-off winner21 November 20004 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 ItalyPlay-off winner22 November 20006 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 EnglandPlay-off winner28 November 20003 (1984, 1987, 1995)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year

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 3300111+109
 Sweden 320163+36
 Russia 301217−61
 England 301218−71
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
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)
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
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)
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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 320165+16
 Norway 311142+24
 Italy 311134−14
 France 310257−23
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 red-colored football 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

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

Semi-finals

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

Germany 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.) Sweden
Müller gold-colored football 98' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  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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