UEFA Women's Euro 2005

UEFA Women's Euro 2005
The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. 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. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.
Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament, and the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams). Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced her retirement effective 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
Eight national teams participated – seven of which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to 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
Group B
Qualification
A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004. 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. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final tournament.
The following teams were eliminated at this stage:
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
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads
Match officials
Croatia
Blazenka Logarusic
Czech Republic
Dagmar Damková
Hana Spackova
England
Amy Rayner
Wendy Toms
Hungary
Gyöngyi Gaál
Northern Ireland
Andi Regan
Poland
Katarzyna Nadolska
Romania
Floarea Cristina Ionescu
Irina Mirt
Slovakia
Alexandra Ihringova
Miroslava Migalova
Spain
Yolanda Parga Rodriguez
Switzerland
Elke Lüthi
Nicole Petignat
United States of America
Kari Seitz
Results
First round
Top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals
Group A
Note:
Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semi-finals due to their head-to-head win.
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Legacy
The tournament was viewed as a successful one by the Football Association. The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.
Goalscorers
4 goals
Inka Grings
3 goals
Conny Pohlers
Birgit Prinz
Solveig Gulbrandsen
Hanna Ljungberg
2 goals
Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
Laura Österberg Kalmari
Marinette Pichon
Renate Lingor
Melania Gabbiadini
Isabell Herlovsen
Lise Klaveness
Dagny Mellgren
1 goal
Merete Pedersen
Johanna Rasmussen
Amanda Barr
Karen Carney
Fara Williams
Heidi Kackur
Minna Mustonen
Anna-Kaisa Rantanen
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
Hoda Lattaf
Steffi Jones
Sandra Minnert
Anja Mittag
Elisa Camporese
Sara Di Filippo
Marit Christensen
Anna Sjöström
Own goal
Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)
See also
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA
Women's football (soccer)
References
External links
Official site
Women
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2005 in women's association football
2004–05 in English women's football
2004–05 in German women's football
2005 in Swedish women's football
2005 in Norwegian women's football
2004–05 in French women's football
2005 in Finnish football
2004–05 in Italian women's football
2004–05 in Danish women's football
June 2005 sports events in the United Kingdom