1997_UEFA_Women's_Championship
UEFA Women's Euro 1997
International football competition
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]
| 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 |
← 1995 2001 → | |
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.
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
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads
Group A
Sweden  | 2–1 |  Russia |
|---|---|---|
Ljungberg  10'Pohjanen 82' |
SvFF Report (in Swedish) RFS Report (in Russian) Report |
Savina 80' |
| 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 |
Group B
| 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' |
| 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' |
Final
| Italy | 0–2 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| DFB Report (in German) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report |
Minnert 23' Prinz 50' |
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)
- "UEFA Women's EURO – 1997 and now". 6 July 2022.
- "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- "Sweden v Spain 1997 European Championship". svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 December 2019.