UEFA Women's Euro 2005

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The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also called WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries that are part of UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition tries to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament. It was the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams) that they won. Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced that she would retire 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.

Teams and structure[change | change source]

Eight national teams participated–seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group moving into 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.

Group A[change | change source]

Group B[change | change source]

Qualification[change | change source]

See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004 [1]. 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.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage [2]:

  • 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

More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com

Squads[change | change source]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Match officials[change | change source]

Results[change | change source]

First Round[change | change source]

Top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals

Group A[change | change source]

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 2 1 5
 Finland 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
 England 3 1 0 2 4 5 3
Sweden 1 – 1 Denmark
Ljungberg 21' (Report) Rasmussen 29'
Attendance: 3,231
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

England 3 – 2 Finland
Valkonen 18' (OG)
Barr 40'
Carney 90+1'
(Report) Rantanen 56'
Kalmari 88'

England 1 – 2 Denmark
Williams 52' (pen) (Report) M. Pedersen 80'
Sørensen 88'
Attendance: 14,695

Sweden 0 – 0 Finland
  (Report)  

England 0 – 1 Sweden
  (Report) Sjöström 3'
Attendance: 25,694

Finland 2 – 1 Denmark
Kalmari 6'
Kackur 16'
(Report) Sørensen 45'

Note:

  • Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semifinals due to their head-to-head win.

Group B[change | change source]

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
Germany 1 – 0 Norway
Pohlers Goal 61' (Report)  

France 3 – 1 Italy
Lattaf Goal 16'
Pichon Goal 20' Goal 30'
(Report) Di Filippo Goal 83'
Attendance: 957
Referee: Toms (England)

Germany 4 – 0 Italy
Prinz Goal 11'
Pohlers Goal 18'
Jones Goal 55'
Mittag Goal 74'
(Report)  
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Seitz (USA)

Norway 1 – 1 France
Herlovsen Goal 66' (Report) Mugneret-Béghé Goal 20'
Attendance: 3,263
Referee: Gaál (Hungary)

France 0 – 3 Germany
  (Report) Grings Goal 72'
Lingor Goal 77' (pen)
Minnert Goal 83'

Norway 5 – 3 Italy
Klaveness Goal 7' Goal 57'
Christensen Goal 29'
Gulbrandsen Goal 35'
Mellgren Goal 44'
(Report) Gabbiadini Goal 8' Goal 53'
Camporese Goal 69'
Attendance: 1,154

Knockout stage[change | change source]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June – Preston (Deepdale)
 
 
 Germany4
 
19 June – Blackburn (Ewood Park)
 
 Finland1
 
 Germany3
 
16 June – Warrington (Halliwell Jones S.)
 
 Norway1
 
 Sweden2
 
 
 Norway3
 

Semifinals[change | change source]

Germany 4 – 1 Finland
Grings 3', 12'
Pohlers 8'
Prinz 62'
(Report) Mustonen 15'
Attendance: 2,785

Sweden 2 – 3 (aet) Norway
Ljungberg 43', 89' (Report) Gulbrandsen 41', 109'
Herlovsen 65'
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

Final[change | change source]

Germany 3 – 1 Norway
Grings 21'
Lingor 24'
Prinz 63'
(Report) Mellgren 41'
Attendance: 21,105

Legend[change | change source]

Awards[change | change source]

 Women's Euro 2005 Champions 

Germany
Sixth title

Goalscorers[change | change source]

Top scored teams[change | change source]

Related pages[change | change source]

Other websites[change | change source]