UEFA Women 's Championship - wikipedia UEFA Women 's Championship UEFA Women 's Championship Founded 1984 Region Europe ( UEFA ) Number of teams 52 ( Qualifiers ) 16 ( Finals ) Current champions Netherlands ( 1st title ) Most successful team ( s ) Germany ( 8 titles ) Website www.uefa.com/womenseuro/ UEFA Women 's Euro 2017 The UEFA European Women 's Championship, also called the UEFA Women 's Euro and unofficially the `` European Cup '', held every fourth year, is the main competition in women 's association football between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women 's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship. The predecessor tournament to the UEFA Women 's Championship began in the early 1980s, under the name UEFA European Competition for Representative Women 's Teams. With increasing popularity of women 's football, the competition was given European Championship status by UEFA around 1990. Only the 1991 and 1995 editions have been used as European qualifiers for a FIFA Women 's World Cup ; starting in 1999, the group system used in men 's qualifiers was also used for women 's national teams. Eight UEFA Women 's Championships have taken place, preceded by 3 editions of the earlier European Competition for Representative Women 's Teams. The most recent holding of the competition is the 2017 Women 's Euro hosted by the Netherlands in July and August 2017. Contents 1 Backgrounds 2 Expansion 3 Results 3.1 Unofficial women 's European tournaments 3.2 European Competition for Women 's Football 3.3 UEFA European Women 's Championship 3.4 Teams reaching the top four 4 Team summary 4.1 Participation details 4.2 Results of host nations 4.3 Results of defending champions 4.4 General Statistics ( 1984 to 2017 ) 5 Tournament statistics 5.1 Highest attendances 5.2 Top scorers of all time 5.3 Top scorers by tournament 5.4 Golden Player by tournament 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Backgrounds Unofficial women 's European tournaments for national teams were held in Italy in 1969 and 1979 ( Won by Italy and Denmark respectively ), but there was no formal international tournament until 1982 when the first UEFA 1984 European Competition for Women 's Football qualification was launched. The 1984 Finals was won by Sweden. Norway won in the 1987 Finals. Since then, the UEFA Women 's Championship has been dominated by Germany, which has won eight out of nine events, interrupted only by Norway in 1993. Germany 's 2013 win was their sixth in a row. Expansion The tournament was initially played as a four team event. The 1997 edition was the first that was played with eight teams. The third expansion happened in 2009 when 12 teams participated. From 2017 onwards 16 teams will compete for the championship. Results Unofficial women 's European tournaments Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams Winner Score Runner - up Third place Score Fourth place 1969 Details Italy Italy 3 -- 1 Denmark England 2 -- 0 France 1979 Details Italy Denmark 2 -- 0 Italy Sweden 0 -- 0 4 -- 3 ( ps ) England 12 European Competition for Women 's Football Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams Winner Score Runner - up Third place Score Fourth place 1984 Details Final held over two legs Sweden 1 -- 0 0 -- 1 4 -- 3 ( ps ) England Denmark and Italy Details Norway Norway 2 -- 1 Sweden Italy 2 -- 1 England 1989 Details West Germany West Germany 4 -- 1 Norway Sweden 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Italy UEFA European Women 's Championship Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams Winner Score Runner - up Third place Score Fourth place 1991 Details Denmark Germany 3 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Norway Denmark 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Italy 1993 Details Italy Norway 1 -- 0 Italy Denmark 3 -- 1 Germany Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams Winner Score Runner - up 1995 Details Germany Germany 3 -- 2 Sweden England and Norway 1997 Details Norway & Sweden Germany 2 -- 0 Italy Spain and Sweden 8 2001 Details Germany Germany 1 -- 0 ( gg ) Sweden Denmark and Norway 8 2005 Details England Germany 3 -- 1 Norway Finland and Sweden 8 2009 Details Finland Germany 6 -- 2 England Netherlands and Norway 12 2013 Details Sweden Germany 1 -- 0 Norway Denmark and Sweden 12 2017 Details Netherlands Netherlands 4 -- 2 Denmark Austria and England 16 aet denotes after extra time gg denotes golden goal ps denotes after penalty shoot - out Teams reaching the top four Statistics does not include the unofficial 1969 and 1979 tournaments. Team Titles Runners - up Third place Semi-finalists Fourth place Total Germany 8 ( 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 ) -- -- -- 1 ( 1993 ) 9 Norway 2 ( 1987, 1993 ) 4 ( 1989, 1991, 2005, 2013 ) -- 3 ( 1995, 2001, 2009 ) -- 9 Sweden 1 ( 1984 ) 3 ( 1987, 1995, 2001 ) 1 ( 1989 ) 3 ( 1997, 2005, 2013 ) -- 8 Netherlands 1 ( 2017 ) -- -- 1 ( 2009 ) -- Italy -- 2 ( 1993, 1997 ) 1 ( 1987 ) 1 ( 1984 ) 2 ( 1989, 1991 ) 6 England -- 2 ( 1984, 2009 ) -- 2 ( 1995, 2017 ) 1 ( 1987 ) 5 Denmark -- 1 ( 2017 ) 2 ( 1991, 1993 ) 3 ( 1984, 2001, 2013 ) -- 6 Spain -- -- -- 1 ( 1997 ) -- Finland -- -- -- 1 ( 2005 ) -- Austria -- -- -- 1 ( 2017 ) -- Team summary Participation details Ceremony before the UEFA Women 's Euro 2009 final ( Germany vs. England ) at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland Players fighting for the ball during the match between Germany and Norway in UEFA Euro 2009 Women 's European Championship in Tampere, Finland. Reception of Germany women 's national football team, after winning the 2009 UEFA Women 's Championship, on the balcony of Frankfurt 's city hall `` Römer '' Participation by year of debut 1984 : Denmark, England, Italy, Sweden 1987 : Norway 1989 : Germany 1997 : France, Russia, Spain 2005 : Finland 2009 : Iceland, Netherlands, Ukraine 2017 : Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland Legend 1st -- Champions 2nd -- Runners - up 3rd -- Third place ( not determined after 1993 ) 4th -- Fourth place ( not determined after 1993 ) SF -- Semifinals ( since 1995 ) QF -- Quarterfinals ( since 2009 ) GS -- Group stage Q -- Qualified for upcoming tournament -- Did not qualify × -- Did not enter -- Hosts For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament ( in brackets ) are shown. Team 1984 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1989 ( 4 ) 1991 ( 4 ) 1993 ( 4 ) 1995 ( 4 ) 1997 ( 8 ) 2001 ( 8 ) 2005 ( 8 ) 2009 ( 12 ) 2013 ( 12 ) 2017 ( 16 ) Years Austria × × × × × × SF Belgium GS Denmark SF 3rd 3rd GS SF GS GS SF 2nd 9 England 2nd 4th SF GS GS 2nd GS SF 8 Finland SF QF GS France GS GS GS QF QF QF 6 Germany 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st QF 10 Iceland × × × GS QF GS Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 11 Netherlands SF GS 1st Norway 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd GS 11 Portugal GS Russia × × × × GS GS GS GS GS 5 Scotland × GS Spain × SF QF QF Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF QF 10 Switzerland GS Ukraine Part of Soviet Union × GS Results of host nations Year Host nation Finish Norway Champions 1989 West Germany Champions 1991 Denmark Third Place 1993 Italy Runners - up 1995 Germany Champions 1997 Norway Group Stage Sweden Semi Final 2001 Germany Champions 2005 England Group Stage 2009 Finland Quarter Final 2013 Sweden Semi Final 2017 Netherlands Champions Results of defending champions Year Defending champions Finish Sweden Runners - up 1989 Norway Runners - up 1991 Germany Champions 1993 Germany Fourth Place 1995 Norway Semi Final 1997 Germany Champions 2001 Germany Champions 2005 Germany Champions 2009 Germany Champions 2013 Germany Champions 2017 Germany Quarter Final 2021 Netherlands Undetermined General Statistics ( 1984 to 2017 ) Pos Team Part Pld GF GA Dif Pts Germany 10 43 34 6 109 26 + 83 108 Sweden 10 38 20 5 13 68 46 + 22 65 Norway 11 36 15 7 14 47 48 - 1 52 Denmark 9 30 10 7 13 32 41 - 9 37 5 England 8 28 11 14 40 51 - 11 36 6 Italy 11 31 9 5 17 38 54 - 13 32 7 France 6 21 8 6 7 29 29 0 30 8 Netherlands 14 8 21 10 + 11 26 9 Finland 11 5 11 19 - 8 12 10 Spain 12 7 10 14 - 4 11 11 Austria 5 5 + 4 10 12 Russia 5 15 11 10 31 - 21 6 13 Switzerland 0 14 Iceland 10 8 6 19 - 13 15 Belgium 0 0 16 Portugal 0 5 - 2 17 Ukraine 0 - 2 18 Scotland 0 8 - 6 Tournament statistics Main article : UEFA Women 's Championship records Highest attendances 41,301 -- Germany v Norway, Friends Arena, Solna ( 2013 Final ) 29,092 -- England v Finland, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester ( 2005 Group Stage ) 28,182 -- Netherlands v Denmark, De Grolsch Veste, Enschede ( 2017 Final ) 27,093 -- Netherlands v England, De Grolsch Veste, Enschede ( 2017 Semifinal ) 25,694 -- England v Sweden, Ewood Park, Blackburn ( 2005 Group Stage ) 22,000 -- West Germany v Norway, Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück ( 1989 Final ) 21,732 -- Netherlands v Norway, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht ( 2017 Group Stage ) 21,105 -- Germany v Norway, Ewood Park, Blackburn ( 2005 Final ) 18,000 -- Germany v Sweden, Donaustadion, Ulm ( 2001 Group Stage ) 16,608 -- Sweden v Germany, Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg ( 2013 Semifinal ) Top scorers of all time Rank Name Euro Total 1984 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Inka Grings 6 10 Birgit Prinz 10 Carolina Morace 0 0 8 Heidi Mohr 8 Lotta Schelin 0 5 8 5 Hanna Ljungberg 6 6 Melania Gabbiadini 0 5 Solveig Gulbrandsen 0 0 5 Maren Meinert 5 Patrizia Panico 0 0 5 Jodie Taylor 5 5 Lena Videkull 0 5 Bettina Wiegmann 0 0 5 Top scorers by tournament Year Player Maximum matches Goals 1984 Pia Sundhage Trude Stendal 1989 Sissel Grude Ursula Lohn 1991 Heidi Mohr 1993 Susan Mackensie 1995 Lena Videkull 1997 Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas 5 2001 Claudia Müller Sandra Smisek 5 2005 Inka Grings 5 2009 Inka Grings 6 6 2013 Lotta Schelin 6 5 2017 Jodie Taylor 6 5 Golden Player by tournament Year Player 1984 Pia Sundhage Heidi Støre 1989 Doris Fitschen 1991 Silvia Neid 1993 Hege Riise 1995 Birgit Prinz 1997 Carolina Morace 2001 Hanna Ljungberg 2005 Anne Mäkinen 2009 Inka Grings 2013 Nadine Angerer 2017 Lieke Martens See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to UEFA Women 's Championship. UEFA Women 's Champions League UEFA Women 's Under - 19 Championship UEFA Women 's Under - 17 Championship FIFA Women 's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women 's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women 's World Cup References Jump up ^ `` Coppa Europa per Nazioni ( Women ) 1969 ''. Rsssf.com. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Inofficial European Women Championship 1979 ''. Rsssf.com. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Women 's EURO and U17s expanded ''. UEFA. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011. External links UEFA Women 's Championship BBC Sport -- `` How Women 's Euros have evolved '' UEFA Women 's Championship Tournaments Italy 1969 ( unofficial ) Italy 1979 ( unofficial ) Various 1984 Norway 1987 West Germany 1989 Denmark 1991 Italy 1993 Various 1995 Norway / Sweden 1997 Germany 2001 England 2005 Finland 2009 Sweden 2013 Netherlands 2017 2021 Qualification 1984 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Finals 1984 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Squads 1984 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Player appearances Records UEFA Women 's Championship winners 1984 : Sweden 1987 : Norway 1989 : West Germany 1991 : Germany 1993 : Norway 1995 : Germany 1997 : Germany 2001 : Germany 2005 : Germany 2009 : Germany 2013 : Germany 2017 : Netherlands UEFA competitions National teams European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League Women 's Championship U-19 U-17 Futsal Championship U-21 ( defunct ) U-19 ( proposed ) Women 's Futsal Championship ( proposed ) Meridian Cup ( defunct ) Clubs Champions League Europa League Super Cup Youth League Cup Winners ' Cup ( defunct ) Intertoto Cup ( defunct ) Intercontinental Cup ( defunct ) Intercontinental Champions ' Supercup ( defunct ) Women 's Champions League Futsal Cup Amateurs Regions ' Cup Amateur Cup ( defunct ) Club competitions Records and statistics Winning teams Winning managers UEFA coefficient International women 's association football FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women 's Player Asia AFC Women 's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional ( ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF ) Africa CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional ( CECAFA, COSAFA ) North America, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF Women 's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Oceania OFC Women 's Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA Women 's Championship U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF - Board Women 's Viva World Cup Games African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade Worldwide World Cup U-17 U-20 Albena Cup Algarve Cup Brazil Cup China Cup Cyprus Women 's Cup Istria Cup Peace Queen Cup SheBelieves Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade Geography Codes Player of the Century Men 's football European championships Olympic sports Team sports Association football Men Women Men 's club Women 's club Baseball Men Men 's club Basketball Men Women Men 's club Women 's club 3x3 Beach volleyball Curling Field hockey Men Women Men 's club Women 's club Handball Men Women Men 's club Women 's club Ice hockey Men Women Women 's club Rugby sevens Men Women Softball Women Volleyball Men Women Men 's club Women 's club Water polo Men Women Men 's club Women 's club Individual sports Archery Athletics Badminton Biathlon Bobsleigh & skeleton Boxing Canoeing Slalom Sprint Cycling BMX MTB Road Track Diving Equestrian Dressage Eventing Show jumping Fencing Figure skating Golf Men Women Gymnastics Men 's artistic Women 's artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Judo Karate Luge Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Speed skating Short track Sport climbing Surfing Swimming Open water swimming Synchronised swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting Wrestling Non-Olympic sports Team sports American football Australian rules football Beach handball Beach soccer Cup League WC qual. 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