UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final

De Grolsch Veste in Enschede hosted the final.
Event	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Netherlands Denmark 4 2
Date	6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)
Venue	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
Player of the Match	Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) [1]
Referee	Esther Staubli (Switzerland) [2]
Attendance	28,182 [3]
Weather	Partly cloudy 20 °C (68 °F) 44% humidity [4] [5]
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The final of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 took place on 6 August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands, ^[6] 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. ^{[7] [8]}

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 had won the championship up to this point: 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. ^[9]

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

Further information: UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Netherlands		Round	Denmark
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Norway	1–0	Match 1	Belgium	1–0
Denmark	1–0	Match 2	Netherlands	0–1
Belgium	2–1	Match 3	Norway	1–0
Group A winner Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Netherlands (H) 3 9 2   Denmark 3 6 3   Belgium 3 3 4   Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group A runner-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Netherlands (H) 3 9 2   Denmark 3 6 3   Belgium 3 3 4   Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Sweden	2–0	Quarter-finals	Germany	2–1
England	3–0	Semi-finals	Austria	0–0 ( a.e.t. )(3–0 p)

Match

Details

6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)

17:00 CEST

Netherlands	4–2	Denmark
Miedema 10', 89' Martens 28' Spitse 51'	Report	Nadim 6' (pen.) Harder 33'

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 28,182 ^[3]

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Netherlands [10]

Denmark [10]

GK 1 Sari van Veenendaal RB 2 Desiree van Lunteren  57' CB 6 Anouk Dekker  43' CB 3 Stefanie van der Gragt  72' LB 5 Kika van Es  90+4' CM 14 Jackie Groenen  21' CM 10 Daniëlle van de Donk CM 8 Sherida Spitse (c) RF 7 Shanice van de Sanden  90' CF 9 Vivianne Miedema LF 11 Lieke Martens Substitutions: DF 20 Dominique Janssen  57' FW 13 Renate Jansen  90' DF 4 Mandy van den Berg  90+4' Manager: Sarina Wiegman

GK 1 Stina Lykke Petersen RB 8 Theresa Nielsen CB 5 Simone Boye Sørensen  77' CB 12 Stine Larsen LB 19 Cecilie Sandvej RM 7 Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen CM 4 Maja Kildemoes  61' CM 13 Sofie Junge Pedersen  82' LM 11 Katrine Veje CF 10 Pernille Harder (c) CF 9 Nadia Nadim  45' Substitutions: DF 15 Frederikke Thøgersen  61' DF 2 Line Røddik Hansen  77' MF 6 Nanna Christiansen  82' Manager: Nils Nielsen

Player of the Match: Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) [1] Assistant referees: [2] Belinda Brem (Switzerland) Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia) Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Fifth official: Katrin Rafalski (Germany)

Match rules [11] 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 [12]	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

References

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2. "Esther Staubli to referee UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
3. "Netherlands vs. Denmark - 6 August 2017". Soccerway. Perform Group. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. "UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Match info". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
5. "Weather History for Twenthe, Netherlands". Weather Underground . The Weather Company. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
6. "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
7. "Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
8. "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Full-time report" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
9. "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Match press kits" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
10. "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Line-ups" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
11. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
12. "UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Statistics". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links

• Official website