| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England |
| Dates | 5–19 June |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Germany (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Norway |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 118,403 (7,894 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Inka Grings (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Anne Mäkinen |
The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England.[1] 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.[2] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[3][4]
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.[5]
Finland made its debut for the first time.
Teams and structure
Eight national teams participated – seven of which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: 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.[6]
Group A
Group B
Qualification
A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004.[7] 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. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final tournament.
The following teams were eliminated at this stage:[8]
- 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
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads
Match officials
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Results
First round
Top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Finland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Denmark |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Note:
- Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semi-finals due to their head-to-head win.
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
 France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
 Italy |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
| Norway | 1–1 | France |
|---|---|---|
Herlovsen  66' |
(Report) | Mugneret-Béghé 20' |
| Norway | 5–3 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Klaveness 7', 57' Christensen 29'Gulbrandsen 35'Mellgren 44' |
(Report) | Gabbiadini 8', 53' Camporese 69' |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 June – Preston | ||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||
| 19 June – Blackburn | ||||||
| Finland | 1 | |||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
| 16 June – Warrington | ||||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||
| Norway (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
Final
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)
Legacy
The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association.[9] The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.[10][11][2][12]
See also
References
- ↑ "England to host Euro 2005". June 2, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-06-02.
- 1 2 "When England's 'second-class sport' started to change minds". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Backlash over Johansson's remarks". BBC News. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ "Birmingham - Sport - Women's football popularity on the rise". BBC. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ "Women's Euro 2005 Fixtures". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 2 June 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO qualifying matches". Uefa.com. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO teams". Uefa.com. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ Harlow, Phil (2005-06-13). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | FA hails Euro 2005 as big success". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ Frostick, Nancy. "The legacy of Euro 2005: 'Suddenly kids could see these players live on the BBC'". The Athletic.
- ↑ "How Euro 2005 offered England a glimpse of women's football's future". the Guardian. June 19, 2022.
- ↑ "2005: Official approval for EURO success". UEFA.com. June 19, 2005.