1987 European Competition for Women's Football

1987 European Competition for Women's Football

Europamesterskapet i fotball for kvinner 1987
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	11–14 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	13 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	14,428 (3,607 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Trude Stendal (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Heidi Støre
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The 1987 European Competition for Women's Football took place in Norway. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Sweden. Once again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time a host nation was selected for the semi-final stage onwards after the four semi-finalists were identified. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Qualification

Main article: 1987 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 European Competition for Women's Football squads

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 June – Oslo
	Norway	2
					14 June – Oslo
	Italy	0
					Norway	2
	11 June – Moss
					Sweden	1
	Sweden (a.e.t.)	3
	England	2
					Third place play-off
					13 June – Drammen
					Italy	2
					England	1

Semifinals

11 June 1987

Norway	2–0	Italy
Stendal 40' Støre 73'	Report FIGC Report (in Italian) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 5,154

Referee: Eysteinn Guðmundsson (Iceland)

11 June 1987

Sweden	3–2 (a.e.t.)	England
Börjesson 32' Axén 50', 100'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Sherrard 35' Davis 43'

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 300

Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

Third place playoff

13 June 1987

Italy	2–1	England
Morace 36' Vignotto 50'	Report FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Davis 4' (pen.)

Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen

Attendance: 504

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Final

Main article: 1987 European Competition for Women's Football final

14 June 1987

Norway	2–1	Sweden
Stendal 28', 72'	NFF Report (in Norwegian) SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Videkull 73'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 8,408

Referee: Eero Aho (Finland)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Trude Stendal

2 goals

• Gunilla Axén
• Kerry Davis

1 goal

• Jackie Sherrard
• Carolina Morace
• Elisabetta Vignotto
• Heidi Støre
• Anette Börjesson
• Lena Videkull

References

1. "1987: Norway victorious in Oslo –". UEFA. Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
2. "How Women's Euros have evolved". June 1, 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
3. Woldsdal, Trond (Jun 11, 2022). "(+) Nostalgi: Da kvinnelandslaget banket Sverige i EM-finalen i fotball". Budstikka . Retrieved Feb 20, 2025.

External links

• Results at UEFA.com