2005 UEFA Women's Championship

The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from June 5 to June 19 2005 in Lancashire, England. 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 fourth consecutive tournament, and the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the "European Competition for Representative Women's Teams"). Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced her retirement effective at the end of the tournament. In her nine years in charge of Germany, they won three European titles, two bronze medals in the Olympics, and the 2003 World Cup.

Teams and structure

Eight national teams participated—seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.

Group A

*fbw|ENG
*fbw|SWE
*fbw|FIN
*fbw|DEN

Group B

*fbw|GER
*fbw|FRA
*fbw|NOR
*fbw|ITA

Qualification

:"See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification"A qualifying round ran from March 22 to October 3 2004 ^{[http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/woco/FixturesResults/index.html]} . The teams which were entered played in a group stage, with the winners advancing to the final, and the runners-up being given the chance of qualification through a play-off. England, as the host nation, qualified automatically for the tournament.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage ^{[http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/woco/Teams/index.html]} :

*Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:

*Czech Republic, Iceland, Russia

[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/Format/index.html More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com]

quads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Results

Group A

footballbox
date = June 5, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80073/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|DEN
goals1 = Ljungberg 21'
goals2 = Rasmussen 29'
stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
attendance = 3,231
referee = Kari Seitz (USA)----footballbox
date = June 5, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|ENG
score = 3 – 2
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80072/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|FIN
goals1 = Valkonen 18' (OG)
Barr 40'
Carney 90+1'
goals2 = Rantanen 56'
Kalmari 88'
stadium = City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
attendance = 29,092
referee = Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)----footballbox
date = June 8, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|ENG
score = 1 – 2
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80074/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|DEN
goals1 = Williams 52' (pen)
goals2 = Pedersen 80'
Sørensen 88'
stadium = Ewood Park, Blackburn
attendance = 14,695
referee = Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)----footballbox
date = June 8, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80075/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|FIN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
attendance = 1,491
referee = Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)----footballbox
date = June 11, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|ENG
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80076/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|SWE
goals1 =
goals2 = Sjöström 3'
stadium = Ewood Park, Blackburn
attendance = 25,694

referee = Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)----footballbox
date = June 11, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|FIN
score = 2 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80077/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|DEN
goals1 = Kalmari 6'
Kackur 16'
goals2 = Sørensen 45'
stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
attendance = 2,500
referee = Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

Note:
*Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semifinals due to their head-to-head win.

Group B

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date = June 6, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80078/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 = Pohlers goal|61
goals2 =
stadium = Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
attendance = 1,600
referee = Petignat (Switzerland)----footballbox
date = June 6, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|FRA
score = 3 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80079/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|ITA
goals1 = Lattaf goal|16
Pichon goal|20 goal|30
goals2 = Di Filippo goal|83
stadium = Deepdale, Preston
attendance = 957
referee = Toms (England)----footballbox
date = June 9, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 4 – 0
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80080/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|ITA
goals1 = Prinz goal|11
Pohlers goal|18
Jones goal|55
Mittag goal|74
goals2 =
stadium = Deepdale, Preston
attendance = 1,279
referee = Seitz (USA)----footballbox
date = June 9, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80081/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|FRA
goals1 = Herlovsen goal|66
goals2 = Mugneret-Béghé goal|20
stadium = Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
attendance = 3,263
referee = Gaál (Hungary)----footballbox
date = June 12, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|FRA
score = 0 – 3
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80082/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|GER
goals1 =
goals2 = Grings goal|72
Lingor goal|77|pen
Minnert goal|83
stadium = Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
attendance = 3,835

referee = Ionescu (Romania)----footballbox
date = June 11, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|NOR
score = 5 – 3
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=1929/Match=80083/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|ITA
goals1 = Klaveness goal|7 goal|57
Christensen goal|29
Guldransen goal|35
Mellgren goal|44
goals2 = Gabbiadini goal|8 goal|53
Camporese goal|69
stadium = Deepdale, Preston
attendance = 1,154
referee = Damková (Czech Republic)

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emifinals

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date = June 15, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 4 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=2196/match=81140/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|FIN
goals1 = Grings 3', 12'
Pohlers 8'
Prinz 62'
goals2 = Mustonen 15'
stadium = Deepdale, Preston
attendance = 2,785
referee = Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)----footballbox
date = June 16, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|SWE
score = 2 – 3 (aet)
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=2196/match=81139/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 = Ljungberg 43', 89'
goals2 = Gulbrandsen 41', 109'
Herlovsen 65'
stadium = Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
attendance = 5,722
referee = Kari Seitz (USA)

Final

footballbox
date = June 19, 2005

team1 = fbw-rt|GER
score = 3 – 1
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/FixturesResults/Round=2196/match=81146/Report=LU.html (Report)]
team2 = fbw|NOR
goals1 = Grings 21'
Lingor 24'
Prinz 63'
goals2 = Mellgren 41'
stadium = Blackburn, Ewood Park
attendance = 21,105
referee = Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

Legend

*"OG" - own goal
*"aet" - after extra time
*"pen" - penalty

Awards

Leading scorers

;4 goals
*flagicon|GER Inka Grings;3 goals
*flagicon|NOR Solveig Gulbrandsen
*flagicon|SWE Hanna Ljungberg
*flagicon|GER Conny Pohlers
*flagicon|GER Birgit Prinz

Top scored teams

*15 goals
**fbw|GER
*10 goals
**fbw|NOR
*5 goals
**fbw|FIN
*4 goals
**fbw|SWE
**fbw|DEN
**fbw|ENG
**fbw|FRA
**fbw|ITA

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/woco/index.html UEFA Women's Championship official webpages]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/default.stm BBC Sport coverage of Women's football]
** [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4559941.stm BBC Sport: " How Women's Euros have evolved"]