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]
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 |
| 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 |
| Russia | 0–1 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| RFS Report (in Russian) Report |
Á. Parejo 67' |
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 |
| 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' |
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
| 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' |
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)
See also
References
- ^ "UEFA Women's EURO – 1997 and now". 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Sweden v Spain 1997 European Championship". svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
