UEFA Women's Euro 1997

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UEFA Women's Euro 1997

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UEFA Women's Euro 1997
Tournament details
Host countries  Norway
 Sweden
Dates 29 June – 12 July
Teams 8
Venue(s) (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (4th title)
Runners-up  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 35 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Italy Carolina Morace
(5 goals)
Best player Italy Carolina Morace
1995
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The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. 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. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

Germany won the competition for the second time in a row and 4th overall (counting with West Germany's victory in the former European Competition for Representative Women's Teams).

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Format

1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced. Eight teams participated, qualifying from a total of 33 entrants. Those eight teams were divided in two groups of four. The winner and 2nd placed of the group would advance to the semi-finals and the winners would play the final.

Group A

Group B

Qualification

See main article: 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

First round

Results

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 6 1 9
 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 4
 France 3 1 1 1 4 5 4
 Russia 3 0 0 3 2 6 0
1997-06-29
France  1 – 1  Spain Nobel Stadium, Karlskoga
Attendance: 920
Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)
Roujas Goal 50' Parejo Goal 14'

1997-06-29
Sweden  2 – 1  Russia Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 3,829
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)
Ljungberg Goal ?'
Pohjanen Goal ?'
Savina Goal ?'

1997-07-02
Spain  0 – 1  Sweden Nobel Stadium, Karlskoga
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Vibeke Karlsen-Gabrielsen (Norway)
Svensson Goal ?'

1997-07-02
Russia  1 – 3  France Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 626
Referee: Cristina Gozzi (Italy)
Grigorieva Goal 52' Roujas Goal 27' Goal 56' Goal 74'

1997-07-05
Sweden  3 – 0  France Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Vibeke Karlsen-Gabrielsen (Norway)
Andersson Goal 18' (pen.)
Diacre Goal 22' (o.g.)
Jonsson Goal 45'

1997-07-05
Russia  0 – 1  Spain Nobel Stadium, Karlskoga
Parejo Goal 70'

Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Italy 3 1 2 0 5 3 5
 Germany 3 1 2 0 3 1 5
 Norway 3 1 1 1 5 2 4
 Denmark 3 0 1 2 2 9 1
1997-06-30
Germany  1 – 1  Italy Melløs Stadion, Moss
Attendance: 713
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)
Meinert Goal 49' Carta Goal 71'

1997-06-30
Denmark  0 – 5  Norway Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Attendance: 4,221
Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)
Pettersen Goal 16' Goal 18' Goal 49' Goal 81'
Støre Goal 55'

1997-07-03
Italy  2 – 2  Denmark Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Attendance: 538
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Morace Goal 45' Goal 73' Terp Goal 22'
Pedersen Goal 55'

1997-07-03
Norway  0 – 0  Germany Melløs Stadion, Moss
Attendance: 7,666
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

1997-07-06
Denmark  0 – 2  Germany Melløs Stadion, Moss
Attendance: 4,037
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
Meyer Goal 82'
Prinz Goal 90'

1997-07-06
Norway  0 – 2  Italy Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Attendance: 520
Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)
Morace Goal 4' Goal 29'

Knockout stage

  Semifinals Final
                 
B   Italy 2  
A   Spain 1  
    B   Italy 0
  B   Germany 2
A   Sweden 0
B   Germany 1  

Semifinals

July 9, 1997
Sweden  0 – 1  Germany Tingvalla IP, Karlstad
Attendance: 4,246
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Wiegmann Goal 84'

July 9, 1997
Italy  2 – 1  Spain Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)
Fiorini Goal 11'
Morace Goal 29'
Parejo Goal 89'

Final

July 12, 1997
Italy  0 – 2  Germany Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Gitte Lyngo-Nielsen (Denmark)
Minnert Goal 23'
Prinz Goal 49'

Awards

 Women's Euro 1997 Champions 

Germany
Fourth title

See also

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