The Netherlands again applied to host the Euro 2013, but this time lost to Sweden. Again, the qualifiers were started by the weaker teams but this time only by the eight weakest teams. The Netherlands entered again in the second round and faced England as well as for the first time, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia , The Dutch could not win against England (0-0 and 0-1) and took second place behind England, but qualified as the best runner-up. Top scorer for the Dutch was again Manon Melis, this time with eight goals, four of which she scored in the 6-0 against Serbia in the first game.