UEFA Women's Euro 1997

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.[1] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[2]

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

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.[3] 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

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

29 June 1997

14:00

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

Nobelstadion, Karlskoga

Attendance: 920

Referee: Gitte Lyngo Nielsen (Denmark)

29 June 1997

19:00

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

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 3,829

Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

2 July 1997

19:00

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

Nobelstadion, Karlskoga

Attendance: 3,403

Referee: Vibeke Karlsen-Gabrielsen (Norway)

2 July 1997

19:00

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

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 626

Referee: Cristina Gozzi (Italy)

5 July 1997

16:00

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

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 2,757

Referee: Vibeke Karlsen-Gabrielsen (Norway)

5 July 1997

16:00

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

Nobelstadion, Karlskoga

Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

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

30 June 1997

14:00

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

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 713

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

30 June 1997

20:00

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

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 4,221

Referee: Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands)

3 July 1997

17:30

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

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 538

Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

3 July 1997

20:00

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

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 7,666

Referee: Nicole Mouidi-Petignat (Switzerland)

6 July 1997

14:00

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

Melløs Stadion, Moss

Attendance: 520

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

6 July 1997

14:00

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

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 4,067

Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)

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

9 July 1997

17:30

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

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 4,246

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

9 July 1997

20:30

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

Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Christine Frai (Germany)

Final

12 July 1997

20:30

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

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 2,221

Referee: Gitte Lyngo-Nielsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers

4 goals

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

References

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

SVFF credits this goal to Svensson, while other sources mark it an own goal.[4]

External links

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