UEFA Women's Euro 2001
Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates23 June – 7 July
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (5th title)
Runners-up Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance95,683 (6,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Claudia Müller
Germany Sandra Smisek
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Sweden Hanna Ljungberg

The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany with 1–0 in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal.[1]

Qualification

16 competing teams formed 4 groups; the winners of each group qualified for the Championship, while the teams finishing second and third had to play a playoff in order to qualify.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
 FranceGroup 1 winner1 June 20001 (1997)
 NorwayGroup 2 winner7 May 20006 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 Germany (hosts)Group 3 winner6 April 20005 (1989,2 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
 RussiaGroup 4 winner14 June 20001 (1997)
 SwedenPlay-off winner5 November 20005 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
 DenmarkPlay-off winner21 November 20004 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 ItalyPlay-off winner22 November 20006 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
 EnglandPlay-off winner28 November 20003 (1984, 1987, 1995)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 2001 squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3300111+109
 Sweden 320163+36
 Russia 301217−61
 England 301218−71
Germany 3–1 Sweden
Müller 42', 65'
Meinert 78'		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report		 Ljungberg 14'
Attendance: 10,252
Russia 1–1 England
Svetlitskaya 62' Report
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report		 Banks 45'
Attendance: 1,253
Referee: Rita Ruiz Tacoronte (Spain)
Germany 5–0 Russia
Wiegmann 43'
Prinz 50'
Meinert 69'
Smisek 73', 89'		 Report
DFB Report (in German)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)
Sweden 4–0 England
Törnqvist 3'
Bengtsson 26'
Ljungberg 75'
Eriksson 80'		 Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)
England 0–3 Germany
Report
DFB Report (in German)
Report		 Wimbersky 57'
Wiegmann 65'
Lingor 67'
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)
Sweden 1–0 Russia
Fagerström 76' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
RFS Report (in Russian)
Report
Attendance: 820
Referee: Rita Ruiz Tacoronte (Spain)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 320165+16
 Norway 311142+24
 Italy 311134−14
 France 310257−23
Italy 2–1 Denmark
Panico 12', 72' Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
Report		 Bukh 75'
Attendance: 3,193
Norway 3–0 France
Knudsen 14'
Sykora 18' (o.g.)
Mellgren 40'		 Report
Report (in French)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
France 3–4 Denmark
Pichon 21'
Mugneret-Béghé 27'
Blouin 83'		 Report
Report (in French)
DBU Report (in Danish)
Report		 Krogh 15' (pen.), 90'
Bonde 19'
Andersson 71'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Norway 1–1 Italy
Mellgren 16' Report
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report		 Guarino 14'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)
Denmark 1–0 Norway
M. Pedersen 85' Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
Report
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Claudine Brohet (Belgium)
France 2–0 Italy
Pichon 37'
Jézéquel 74' (pen.)		 Report
Report (in French)
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Elke Fielenbach (Germany)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 July – Ulm
 
 
 Germany1
 
7 July – Ulm
 
 Norway0
 
 Germany (g.g.)1
 
4 July – Ulm
 
 Sweden0
 
 Denmark0
 
 
 Sweden1
 

Semi-finals

Germany 1–0 Norway
Smisek 57' Report
NFF Report (in Norwegian)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 13,524
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
Denmark 0–1 Sweden
Report
DBU Report (in Danish)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report		 Nordlund 9'
Attendance: 7,200

Final

Germany 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Müller gold-colored soccer ball 98' Report
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
DFB Report (in German)
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Germany retain Euro crown". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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