# UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final

The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final was a football match to determine the winner of UEFA Women's Euro 2017. The match took place on 6 August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the Netherlands and Denmark.
The Netherlands won the final 4–2 for their first UEFA Women's Championship title.

## Background

Both the Netherlands and Denmark reached the UEFA Women's Championship final for the first time in their histories. For the first time since 1993, a country other than Germany won the competition. Apart from Germany, only two other countries have won the championship: Norway and Sweden. Norway was defeated by both the Netherlands and Denmark in the preliminary round whereas Sweden was defeated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
The finalists met each other in the group stage of the tournament, with the Netherlands winning 1–0 via a penalty from Sherida Spitse.

## Route to the final

| Netherlands | Netherlands | Round | Denmark | Denmark |
| Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result |
| Norway | 1–0 | Match 1 | Belgium | 1–0 |
| Denmark | 1–0 | Match 2 | Netherlands | 0–1 |
| Belgium | 2–1 | Match 3 | Norway | 1–0 |
| Group A winner Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Netherlands (H) 3 9 2  Denmark 3 6 3  Belgium 3 3 4  Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts | Group A winner Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Netherlands (H) 3 9 2  Denmark 3 6 3  Belgium 3 3 4  Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts | Final standings | Group A runner-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Netherlands (H) 3 9 2  Denmark 3 6 3  Belgium 3 3 4  Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts | Group A runner-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Netherlands (H) 3 9 2  Denmark 3 6 3  Belgium 3 3 4  Norway 3 0 Source: UEFA (H) Hosts |
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result |
| Sweden | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Germany | 2–1 |
| England | 3–0 | Semi-finals | Austria | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) |

## Match
### Details

| Netherlands | Denmark |
| GK | 1 | Sari van Veenendaal |
| RB | 2 | Desiree van Lunteren | | 57' |
| CB | 6 | Anouk Dekker | 43' |
| CB | 3 | Stefanie van der Gragt | 72' |
| LB | 5 | Kika van Es | | 90+4' |
| CM | 14 | Jackie Groenen | 21' |
| CM | 10 | Daniëlle van de Donk |
| CM | 8 | Sherida Spitse (c) |
| RF | 7 | Shanice van de Sanden | | 90' |
| CF | 9 | Vivianne Miedema |
| LF | 11 | Lieke Martens |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 20 | Dominique Janssen | | 57' |
| FW | 13 | Renate Jansen | | 90' |
| DF | 4 | Mandy van den Berg | | 90+4' |
| Manager: ||
| Sarina Wiegman ||
| GK | 1 | Stina Lykke Petersen |
| RB | 8 | Theresa Nielsen |
| CB | 5 | Simone Boye Sørensen | | 77' |
| CB | 12 | Stine Larsen |
| LB | 19 | Cecilie Sandvej |
| RM | 7 | Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen |
| CM | 4 | Maja Kildemoes | | 61' |
| CM | 13 | Sofie Junge Pedersen | | 82' |
| LM | 11 | Katrine Veje |
| CF | 10 | Pernille Harder (c) |
| CF | 9 | Nadia Nadim | 45' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Frederikke Thøgersen | | 61' |
| DF | 2 | Line Røddik Hansen | | 77' |
| MF | 6 | Nanna Christiansen | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Nils Nielsen ||
| Player of the Match: Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Belinda Brem (Switzerland) Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia) Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Fifth official: Katrin Rafalski (Germany) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time. |

### Statistics

| Statistic | Netherlands | Denmark |
| Goals scored | 4 | 2 |
| Total shots | 10 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 4 |
| Saves | 1 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 50% | 50% |
| Corner kicks | 0 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 16 | 10 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |