UEFA Women's Euro 1997

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. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[1]

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)
Top scorer(s) Carolina Morace
Marianne Pettersen
Angélique Roujas
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Carolina Morace

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).

Format

1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced. 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 330061+59
 Spain 31112204
 France 311145−14
 Russia 300326−40
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 312053+25
 Germany 312031+25
 Norway 311152+34
 Denmark 301229−71
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
Semifinals Final
      
B  Italy 2
A  Spain 1
B  Italy 0
B  Germany 2
A  Sweden 0
B  Germany 1

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'
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

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)

Awards
 Women's Euro 1997 Champions 

Germany
Fourth title

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)

See also

References
  1. "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. "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.[2]
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