1997 UEFA Women's Championship

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).

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

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Group B

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Qualification

:"See main article: 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification"

Results

Group A

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date = 1997-06-29
team1 = fbw-rt|FRA
score = 1–1
team2 = fbw|ESP
goals1 = Angélique Roujas 50'
goals2 = Isabel Parejo Jimenez 14'
stadium = Karlskoga----footballbox
date = 1997-06-29
team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 2–1
team2 = fbw|RUS
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Tingvalla IP, Karlstad ----footballbox
date = 1997-07-02
team1 = fbw-rt|ESP
score = 0–1
team2 = fbw|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Karlskoga----footballbox
date = 1997-07-02
team1 = fbw-rt|RUS
score = 1–3
team2 = fbw|FRA
goals1 = Irina Grigorieva 52'
goals2 = Angélique Roujas 27', 56', 74'
stadium = Tingvalla IP, Karlstad----footballbox
date = 1997-07-05
team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 3–0
team2 = fbw|FRA
goals1 = Malin Andersson 18' (penalty kick)
Kristin Jonsson 45'
goals2 = Corinne Diacre 22' (own goal)
stadium = Tingvalla IP, Karlstad----footballbox
date = 1997-07-05
team1 = fbw-rt|RUS
score = 0–1
team2 = fbw|ESP
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Karlskoga

Group B

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date = 1997-06-30
team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fbw|ITA
goals1 = Meinert goal|49
goals2 = Carta goal|71
stadium = Melløs Stadion, Moss----footballbox
date = 1997-06-30
team1 = fbw-rt|DEN
score = 0 – 5
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 =
goals2 = Pettersen goal|16 goal|18 goal|49 goal|81
Støre goal|55
stadium = Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm----footballbox
date = 1997-07-03
team1 = fbw-rt|ITA
score = 2 – 2
team2 = fbw|DEN
goals1 = Morace goal|45 goal|73
goals2 = Terp goal|22
Pedersen goal|55
stadium = Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm----footballbox
date = 1997-07-03
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 0 – 0
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Melløs Stadion, Moss----footballbox
date = 1997-07-06
team1 = fbw-rt|DEN
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 = Meyer goal|82
Prinz goal|90
stadium = Melløs Stadion, Moss----footballbox
date = 1997-07-06
team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fbw|ITA
goals1 =
goals2 = Morace goal|4 goal|29
stadium = Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Knockout Stage

4TeamBracket | RD1=Semifinals | RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=| RD1-seed2=| RD1-seed3=| RD1-seed4=

RD1-seed1=B
RD1-team1=fbw|ITA
RD1-seed2=A
RD1-team2=fbw|ESP
RD1-score1=2
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=A
RD1-team3=fbw|SWE
RD1-seed4=B
RD1-team4=fbw|GER
RD1-score3=0
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=B
RD2-team1=fbw|ITA
RD2-seed2=B
RD2-team2=fbw|GER
RD2-score1=0
RD2-score2=2

emifinals

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date = July 9 1997
team1 = fbw-rt|ITA
score = 2–1
team2 = fbw|ESP
goals1 = Fiorini 11' Morace 29'
goals2 = Parajo 86'
stadium = Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm----footballbox
date = July 9 1997
team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 0–1
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 = Wiegmann 84'
stadium = Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Final

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date = July 12 1997
team1 = fbw-rt|ITA
score = 0–2
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 = Minnert 23' Prinz 49'
stadium = Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Awards

ee also

*UEFA Women's Championship
*UEFA
*Women's football (soccer)

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/history/Season=1997/intro.html Women's Euro 1997 Results - UEFA Official Page]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eur-women97.html Results at RSSSF]