UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final explained

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final
Event:	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Team1:	Netherlands
Team1score:	4
Team2:	Denmark
Team2score:	2
Stadium:	De Grolsch Veste
City:	Enschede
Woman Player1:	Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)^[1]
Referee:	Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Attendance:	28,182
Weather:	Partly cloudy 20°C 44% humidity^[2] ^[3]
Previous:	2013
Next:	2022

The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final was a football match to determine the winner of UEFA Women's Euro 2017. The match took place on 6 August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands,^[4] and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The Netherlands won the final 4–2 for their first UEFA Women's Championship title.^[5] ^[6]

Background

Both the Netherlands and Denmark reached the UEFA Women's Championship final for the first time in their histories. For the first time since 1993, a country other than Germany won the competition. Apart from Germany, only two other countries have won the championship: Norway and Sweden. Norway was defeated by both the Netherlands and Denmark in the preliminary round whereas Sweden was defeated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.^[7]

The finalists met each other in the group stage of the tournament, with the Netherlands winning 1–0 via a penalty from Sherida Spitse.

Route to the final

Netherlands		Round	Denmark
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
	1–0	Match 1		1–0
	1–0	Match 2		0–1
	2–1	Match 3		1–0
Group A winner		Final standings	Group A runner-up
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
	2–0	Quarter-finals		2–1
	3–0	Semi-finals

Match

Details

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GK	1	Sari van Veenendaal
RB	2
CB	6
CB	3
LB	5
CM	14
CM	10	Daniëlle van de Donk
CM	8	Sherida Spitse (c)
RF	7
CF	9	Vivianne Miedema
LF	11	Lieke Martens
Substitutions:
DF	20
FW	13
DF	4
Manager:
Sarina Wiegman

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GK	1	Stina Lykke Petersen
RB	8	Theresa Nielsen
CB	5
CB	12	Stine Larsen
LB	19	Cecilie Sandvej
RM	7	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
CM	4
CM	13
LM	11	Katrine Veje
CF	10	Pernille Harder (c)
CF	9
Substitutions:
DF	15
DF	2
MF	6
Manager:
Nils Nielsen

Player of the Match:
Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)

Assistant referees

^[8]
Belinda Brem (Switzerland)
Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia)
Fourth official

Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Fifth official

Katrin Rafalski (Germany)

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|Match rules^[9]

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

Statistic^[10]	Netherlands	Denmark
Goals scored	4	2
Total shots	10	11
Shots on target	7	4
Saves	1	2
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	0	4
Fouls committed	16	10
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	3	1
Red cards	0	0

Notes and References

Web site: Every player of the match at Women's EURO . UEFA.com . . 6 August 2017 . 6 August 2017.
Web site: UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Match info . UEFA.com . . 6 August 2017 . 6 August 2017.
Web site: Weather History for Twenthe, Netherlands . . . 6 August 2017 . 6 August 2017.
Web site: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Match Schedule . UEFA.com . . November 2016 . 15 June 2017.
Web site: Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO . UEFA.com . . 6 August 2017 . 6 August 2017.
Web site: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Full-time report . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . PDF . 6 August 2017 . 25 May 2018.
Web site: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Match press kits . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . PDF . 6 August 2017 . 25 May 2018.
Web site: Esther Staubli to referee UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final . UEFA.com . . 4 August 2017 . 4 August 2017.
Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Women’s Championship, 2015–17 . UEFA.com . . 2017 . 15 June 2017 . PDF.
Web site: UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Statistics. 6 August 2017. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017.