UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final

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UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final
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De Grolsch Veste in Enschede hosted the final.
Event UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Netherlands Denmark
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Date6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)
Venue De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
Player of the Match Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) [1]
Referee Esther Staubli (Switzerland) [2]
Attendance28,182 [3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
20 °C (68 °F)
44% humidity [4] [5]
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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, [6] and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Contents

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 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. [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

NetherlandsRoundDenmark
OpponentsResult Group stage OpponentsResult
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–0 Match 1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–0
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–0 Match 2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0–1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2–1 Match 3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–0
Group A winner
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)39
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 36
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30
Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Final standings Group A runner-up
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)39
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 36
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30
Source: UEFA
(H) Host
OpponentsResult Knockout stage OpponentsResult
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–0 Quarter-finalsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–1
Flag of England.svg  England 3–0 Semi-finalsFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 0–0 ( a.e.t. )(3–0 p )

Match

Details

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg4–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  • Miedema Soccerball shade.svg10', 89'
  • Martens Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Spitse Soccerball shade.svg51'
 Report
De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
Attendance: 28,182 [3]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

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Netherlands [10]
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Denmark [10]
GK1 Sari van Veenendaal
RB2 Desiree van Lunteren Sub off.svg 57'
CB6 Anouk Dekker Yellow card.svg 43'
CB3 Stefanie van der Gragt Yellow card.svg 72'
LB5 Kika van Es Sub off.svg 90+4'
CM14 Jackie Groenen Yellow card.svg 21'
CM10 Daniëlle van de Donk
CM8 Sherida Spitse (c)
RF7 Shanice van de Sanden Sub off.svg 90'
CF9 Vivianne Miedema
LF11 Lieke Martens
Substitutions:
DF20 Dominique Janssen Sub on.svg 57'
FW13 Renate Jansen Sub on.svg 90'
DF4 Mandy van den Berg Sub on.svg 90+4'
Manager:
Sarina Wiegman
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GK1 Stina Lykke Petersen
RB8 Theresa Nielsen
CB5 Simone Boye Sørensen Sub off.svg 77'
CB12 Stine Larsen
LB19 Cecilie Sandvej
RM7 Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
CM4 Maja Kildemoes Sub off.svg 61'
CM13 Sofie Junge Pedersen Sub off.svg 82'
LM11 Katrine Veje
CF10 Pernille Harder (c)
CF9 Nadia Nadim Yellow card.svg 45'
Substitutions:
DF15 Frederikke Thøgersen Sub on.svg 61'
DF2 Line Røddik Hansen Sub on.svg 77'
MF6 Nanna Christiansen Sub on.svg 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] NetherlandsDenmark
Goals scored42
Total shots1011
Shots on target74
Saves12
Ball possession50%50%
Corner kicks04
Fouls committed1610
Offsides02
Yellow cards31
Red cards00

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