UEFA Women's Euro 2001 explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Other Titles:Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Country:Germany
Dates:23 June – 7 July
Num Teams:8
Venues:5
Cities:5
Count:5
Matches:15
Goals:40
Top Scorer: Claudia Müller
Sandra Smisek
(3 goals each)
Player: Hanna Ljungberg
Prevseason:1997
Nextseason: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 with 1–0 in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal.[1]

Qualification

See 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

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
Group 1 winner 1 (1997)
Group 2 winner 6 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
(hosts) Group 3 winner 5 (1989,2 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
Group 4 winner 1 (1997)
Play-off winner 5 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
Play-off winner 4 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
Play-off winner 6 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
Play-off winner 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

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3300111+109
320163+36
301217-61
301218-71

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Group B

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320165+16
311142+24
311134-14
310257-23

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2001 Final.

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Germany retain Euro crown . BBC Sport . British Broadcasting Corporation . 7 July 2001 . 27 October 2014.