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UEFA Women's Euro 2001

Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	23 June – 7 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (5th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	95,683 (6,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hanna Ljungberg
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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 for the fifth time overall and third in a row with a 1–0 win in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal.

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

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
France	Group 1 winner	1 June 2000	1 (1997)
Norway	Group 2 winner	7 May 2000	6 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
Germany (hosts)	Group 3 winner	6 April 2000	5 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
Russia	Group 4 winner	14 June 2000	1 (1997)
Sweden	Play-off winner	5 November 2000	5 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
Denmark	Play-off winner	21 November 2000	4 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
Italy	Play-off winner	22 November 2000	6 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
England	Play-off winner	28 November 2000	3 (1984, 1987, 1995)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year

As West Germany

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	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Russia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
England	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Germany	3–1	Sweden
Müller 42', 65' Meinert 78'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) DFB Report (in German) Report	Ljungberg 14'

Russia	1–1	England
Svetlitskaya 62'	Report RFS Report (in Russian) Report	Banks 45'

Germany	5–0	Russia
Wiegmann 43' Prinz 50' Meinert 69' Smisek 73', 89'	Report DFB Report (in German) RFS Report (in Russian) Report

Sweden	4–0	England
Törnqvist 3' Bengtsson 26' Ljungberg 75' Eriksson 80'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report

England	0–3	Germany
	Report DFB Report (in German) Report	Wimbersky 57' Wiegmann 65' Lingor 67'

Sweden	1–0	Russia
Fagerström 76'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) RFS Report (in Russian) Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Norway	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
France	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3

Italy	2–1	Denmark
Panico 12', 72'	Report DBU Report (in Danish) Report	Bukh 75'

Norway	3–0	France
Knudsen 14' Sykora 18' (o.g.) Mellgren 40'	Report Report (in French) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report

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'

Norway	1–1	Italy
Mellgren 16'	Report NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report	Guarino 14'

Denmark	1–0	Norway
M. Pedersen 85'	Report DBU Report (in Danish) NFF Report (in Norwegian) Report

France	2–0	Italy
Pichon 37' Jézéquel 74' (pen.)	Report Report (in French) Report

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 July – Ulm
	Germany	1
					7 July – Ulm
	Norway	0
					Germany (g.g.)	1
	4 July – Ulm
					Sweden	0
	Denmark	0
	Sweden	1

Semi-finals

Germany	1–0	Norway
Smisek 57'	Report NFF Report (in Norwegian) DFB Report (in German) Report

Denmark	0–1	Sweden
	Report DBU Report (in Danish) SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report	Nordlund 9'

Final

Germany	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Sweden
Müller 98'	Report SvFF Report (in Swedish) DFB Report (in German) Report

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Claudia Müller
• Sandra Smisek

2 goals

• Gitte Krogh
• Marinette Pichon
• Maren Meinert
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Patrizia Panico
• Dagny Mellgren
• Hanna Ljungberg

1 goal

• Julie Hauge Andersson
• Christina Bonde
• Julie Rydahl Bukh
• Merete Pedersen
• Angela Banks
• Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
• Gaëlle Blouin
• Françoise Jézéquel
• Renate Lingor
• Birgit Prinz
• Petra Wimbersky
• Rita Guarino
• Monica Knudsen
• Alexandra Svetlitskaya
• Kristin Bengtsson
• Sofia Eriksson
• Linda Fagerström
• Tina Nordlund
• Jane Törnqvist

Own goal

• Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)

References

1. "Germany retain Euro crown". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2001. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links

• UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at UEFA.com
• UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

• UEFA Women's Euro 2001
• 2000–01 in European football
• UEFA Women's Championship tournaments
• International women's association football competitions hosted by Germany
• 2001 in women's association football
• 2000–01 in German women's football
• 2001 in Swedish women's football
• 2000–01 in English women's football
• 2001 in Russian football
• 2000–01 in Danish women's football
• 2001 in Norwegian women's football
• 2000–01 in French women's football
• 2000–01 in Italian women's football
• June 2001 sports events in Germany
• July 2001 sports events in Germany