UEFA Women's Euro 2005

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UEFA Women's Euro 2005
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Dates5–19 June
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Attendance118,403 (7,894 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Germany.svg Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Finland.svg Anne Mäkinen
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The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 2005 Women's Euros or just the 2005 Euros, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire and Cheshire, England. [1] 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. [2] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe. [3] [4]

Contents

Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament, and the record-extending sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams). Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced her retirement effective at the end of the tournament. In her nine years in charge of Germany, they won three European titles, two bronze medals in the Olympics, and the 2003 World Cup. [5]

Finland made its debut in the competition.

Teams and structure

Eight national teams participated – seven of which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion. [6]

Group A

Group B

Qualification

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004. [7] The teams which were entered played in a group stage, with the winners advancing to the final, and the runners-up being given the chance of qualification through a play-off. England, as the host nation, qualified automatically for the tournament. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final tournament.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage: [8]

Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:

More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Match officials

Results

First round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 312021+15Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 31114404 [a]
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 31114404 [a]
4Flag of England.svg  England (H)310245−13
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Finland 2–1 Denmark.
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Ljungberg Soccerball shade.svg21' Report Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg29'
Attendance: 3,231
England  Flag of England.svg3–2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Valkonen Soccerball shade.svg18' (o.g.)
Barr Soccerball shade.svg40'
Carney Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 (Report) Rantanen Soccerball shade.svg56'
Kalmari Soccerball shade.svg88'
Attendance: 29,092
England  Flag of England.svg1–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Williams Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.) (Report) M. Pedersen Soccerball shade.svg80'
Sørensen Soccerball shade.svg88'
Attendance: 14,695
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
(Report)
Attendance: 1,491
England  Flag of England.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
(Report) Sjöström Soccerball shade.svg3'
Attendance: 25,694
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Kalmari Soccerball shade.svg6'
Kackur Soccerball shade.svg16'		 (Report) Sørensen Soccerball shade.svg45'
Attendance: 2,500

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 330080+89Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 311165+14
3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 311145−14
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3003412−80
Source: [ citation needed ]
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Pohlers Soccerball shade.svg61' (Report)
Attendance: 1,600
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg3–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lattaf Soccerball shade.svg16'
Pichon Soccerball shade.svg20', 30'		 (Report) Di Filippo Soccerball shade.svg83'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–0Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Prinz Soccerball shade.svg11'
Pohlers Soccerball shade.svg18'
Jones Soccerball shade.svg55'
Mittag Soccerball shade.svg74'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,279
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Herlovsen Soccerball shade.svg66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé Soccerball shade.svg20'
Attendance: 3,263
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
(Report) Grings Soccerball shade.svg72'
Lingor Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)
Minnert Soccerball shade.svg83'
Attendance: 3,835
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg5–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Klaveness Soccerball shade.svg7', 57'
Christensen Soccerball shade.svg29'
Gulbrandsen Soccerball shade.svg35'
Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg44'		 (Report) Gabbiadini Soccerball shade.svg8', 53'
Camporese Soccerball shade.svg69'
Attendance: 1,154

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Preston
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
 
19 June – Blackburn
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
 
16 June – Warrington
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (a.e.t.)3
 

Semi-finals

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Grings Soccerball shade.svg3', 12'
Pohlers Soccerball shade.svg8'
Prinz Soccerball shade.svg62'		 (Report) Mustonen Soccerball shade.svg15'
Attendance: 2,785
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Ljungberg Soccerball shade.svg43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen Soccerball shade.svg41', 109'
Herlovsen Soccerball shade.svg65'
Attendance: 5,722

Final

Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Grings Soccerball shade.svg21'
Lingor Soccerball shade.svg24'
Prinz Soccerball shade.svg63'		 (Report) Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg41'
Attendance: 21,105
Flag of Germany.svg
GERMANY:
GK1 Silke Rottenberg
DF4 Steffi Jones
FW6 Inka Grings Sub off.svg 68'
FW9 Birgit Prinz (c)
MF10 Renate Lingor
FW11 Anja Mittag Sub off.svg 58'
DF13 Sandra Minnert
MF14 Britta Carlson Sub off.svg 81'
MF16 Conny Pohlers
DF17 Ariane Hingst
MF18 Kerstin Garefrekes
Substitutes:
FW20 Petra Wimbersky Sub on.svg 58'
FW8 Sandra Smisek Sub on.svg 68'
DF5 Sarah Günther Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Tina Theune
Flag of Norway.svg
NORWAY:
GK1 Bente Nordby
DF2 Ane Stangeland (c)
DF3 Gunhild Følstad
DF4 Ingvild Stensland
DF6 Marit Christensen
MF7 Trine Rønning Sub off.svg 83'
MF8 Solveig Gulbrandsen
FW14 Dagny Mellgren
DF17 Marianne Paulsen
FW19 Stine Frantzen Sub off.svg 59'
FW20 Lise Klaveness Sub off.svg 87'
Substitutes:
FW9 Isabell Herlovsen Sub on.svg 59'
MF18 Marie Knutsen Sub on.svg 83'
FW16 Kristin Blystad-Bjerke Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Bjarne Berntsen

MATCH OFFICIALS

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Legacy

The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association. [9] The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England. [10] [11] [2] [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "England to host Euro 2005". June 2, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-06-02.
  2. 1 2 "When England's 'second-class sport' started to change minds". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  3. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Backlash over Johansson's remarks". BBC News. 2005-06-17. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham - Sport - Women's football popularity on the rise". BBC. 2007-05-07. Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  5. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  6. ↑ "Women's Euro 2005 Fixtures". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 2 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO qualifying matches". UEFA. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO teams". UEFA. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  9. ↑ Harlow, Phil (2005-06-13). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | FA hails Euro 2005 as big success". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  10. ↑ Frostick, Nancy. "The legacy of Euro 2005: 'Suddenly kids could see these players live on the BBC'". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  11. ↑ "How Euro 2005 offered England a glimpse of women's football's future". the Guardian. June 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2005: Official approval for EURO success". UEFA . June 19, 2005. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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