The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 Women's Euros or just the 2001 Euros, was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany for the record-extending fifth time overall and third in a row with a 1–0 win in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal at the end of the final.
Qualification
16 competing teams formed 4 groups; the winners of each group qualified for the Championship, while the teams finishing second and third had to play a playoff in order to qualify.
Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 Group 1 winner 1 (1997) Group 2 winner 6 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997) (hosts) Group 3 winner 5 (1989,2 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997) Group 4 winner 1 (1997) Play-off winner 5 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997) Play-off winner 4 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997) Play-off winner 6 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997) Play-off winner 3 (1984, 1987, 1995)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year 2 As West Germany
Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 2001 squads
Results Group stage Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 3300111+109 320163+36 301217−61 301218−71
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 320165+16 311142+24 311134−14 310257−23
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers 3 goals Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek
2 goals
Gitte Krogh Marinette Pichon Maren Meinert Bettina Wiegmann Patrizia Panico Dagny Mellgren Hanna Ljungberg
1 goal
Julie Hauge Andersson Christina Bonde Julie Rydahl Bukh Merete Pedersen Angela Banks Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé Gaëlle Blouin Françoise Jézéquel Renate Lingor Birgit Prinz Petra Wimbersky Rita Guarino Monica Knudsen Alexandra Svetlitskaya Kristin Bengtsson Sofia Eriksson Linda Fagerström Tina Nordlund Jane Törnqvist
Own goal Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)
References
External links at UEFA.com UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation