| Tourney Name: | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 |
| Other Titles: | Europamesterskapet i fotball for kvinner 1997 Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1997 |
| Country: | Norway |
| Country2: | Sweden |
| Dates: | 29 June – 12 July |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 35 |
| Top Scorer: |  Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas(4 goals each) |
| Player: | Carolina Morace |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
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.
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.
See main article: UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualification.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
See main article: UEFA Women's Euro 1997 Final.
Isabel Parejo Antonella Carta Silvia Fiorini Patrizia Panico Heidi Støre
Malin Andersson Kristin Jonsson Hanna Ljungberg Anna Pohjanen Victoria Sandell Svensson
Irina Grigorieva Larisa Savina Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)