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UEFA Women's Euro 1997

Europamesterskapet i fotball for kvinner 1997 Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1997
Tournament details
Host countries	Norway Sweden
Dates	29 June – 12 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	5 (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)
Attendance	35,727 (2,382 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Carolina Morace
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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).

France, Spain and Russia made their debuts for the first time.

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

•  Sweden
•  Russia
•  France
•  Spain

Group B

•  Norway
•  Denmark
•  Germany
•  Italy

Qualification

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads

Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
France	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Russia	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

France	1–1	Spain
Roujas 50'	Report (in French) Report	I. Parejo 14'

Sweden	2–1	Russia
Ljungberg 10' Pohjanen 82'	SvFF Report (in Swedish) RFS Report (in Russian) Report	Savina 80'

Spain	0–1	Sweden
	SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Svensson 7'

Russia	1–3	France
Grigorieva 52'	Report (in French) RFS Report (in Russian) Report	Roujas 27', 56', 74'

Sweden	3–0	France
M. Andersson 18' (pen.) Locatelli 22' (o.g.) Jonsson 45'	Report (in French) SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report

Russia	0–1	Spain
	RFS Report (in Russian) Report	Á. Parejo 67'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Germany	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Norway	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Denmark	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Germany	1–1	Italy
Meinert 49'	DFB Report (in German) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Carta 71'

Denmark	0–5	Norway
	DBU Report (in Danish) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report	Pettersen 16', 18', 49', 81' Støre 55'

Italy	2–2	Denmark
Morace 49' Panico 80'	FIGC Report (in Italian) DBU Report (in Danish) Report	Terp 23' M. Pedersen 62'

Norway	0–0	Germany
	NFF Report (in Norwegian) DFB Report (in German) Report

Denmark	0–2	Germany
	DBU Report (in Danish) DFB Report (in German) Report	Meyer 82' Prinz 90'

Norway	0–2	Italy
	NFF Report (in Norwegian) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Morace 4', 90+2'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 July – Lillestrøm
	Italy	2
					12 July – Oslo
	Spain	1
					Italy	0
	9 July – Karlstad
					Germany	2
	Sweden	0
	Germany	1

Semifinals

Sweden	0–1	Germany
	DFB Report (in German) SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Wiegmann 84'

Italy	2–1	Spain
Fiorini 11' Morace 29'	FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Á. Parejo 89'

Final

Italy	0–2	Germany
	DFB Report (in German) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Minnert 23' Prinz 50'

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Carolina Morace
• Marianne Pettersen
• Angélique Roujas

3 goals

• Ángeles Parejo

2 goals

• Birgit Prinz

1 goal

• Lene Terp
• Merete Pedersen
• Isabel Parejo
• Maren Meinert
• Monika Meyer
• Sandra Minnert
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Antonella Carta
• Silvia Fiorini
• Patrizia Panico
• Heidi Støre
• Malin Andersson
• Kristin Jonsson
• Hanna Ljungberg
• Anna Pohjanen
• Victoria Sandell Svensson
• Irina Grigorieva
• Larisa Savina

Own goal

• Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)

See also

• UEFA Women's Championship
• UEFA
• Women's association football

References

1. "UEFA Women's EURO – 1997 and now". 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
2. "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
3. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
4. "Sweden v Spain 1997 European Championship". svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

1. SVFF credits this goal to Svensson, while other sources mark it an own goal.

External links

• Women's Euro 1997 Results – UEFA Official Page
• Results at RSSSF
• Italy Women International Results at RSSSF
• SVT's open archive (in Swedish)

• UEFA Women's Euro 1997
• 1996–97 in European football
• UEFA Women's Championship tournaments
• International women's association football competitions hosted by Sweden
• International women's association football competitions hosted by Norway
• 1997 in women's association football
• 1997 in Swedish women's football
• 1997 in Norwegian women's football
• 1996–97 in German women's football
• 1996–97 in Italian women's football
• 1996–97 in French women's football
• 1997 in Russian football
• 1996–97 in Spanish women's football
• 1996–97 in Danish women's football
• June 1997 sports events in Europe
• July 1997 sports events in Europe
• Sports competitions in Karlstad
• Sports competitions in Karlskoga
• Sport in Lillestrøm
• Sport in Moss, Norway
• International sports competitions in Oslo
• 1990s in Oslo