UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final

The final of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 happened on 6th August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands. The teams playing were the Netherlands and Denmark because they won their semi-final matches. The Netherlands won the final 4–2, and it was their first time winning the UEFA Women's Championship.

 Background 
This was also the first time that both the Netherlands and Denmark reached the final. It was a big deal because, for the first time since 1993, a country other than Germany won the competition. Before this, only two other countries, Norway and Sweden, had won this championship. Norway lost to both the Netherlands and Denmark in the early games, and Sweden lost to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

These two teams had already played against each other in the group stage, and the Netherlands won 1–0 with a penalty from Sherida Spitse.

 How the teams got here 

NetherlandsRoundDenmarkOpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult1–0Match 11–01–0Match 20–12–1Match 31–0Group A winnerFinal standingsGroup A runner-upOpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult2–0Quarter-finals2–13–0Semi-finals0–0  

 Match 

 Details 

GK1Sari van VeenendaalRB2Desiree van LunterenCB6Anouk DekkerCB3Stefanie van der GragtLB5Kika van EsCM14Jackie GroenenCM10Daniëlle van de DonkCM8Sherida Spitse (c)RF7Shanice van de SandenCF9Vivianne MiedemaLF11Lieke MartensSubstitutions:DF20Dominique JanssenFW13Renate JansenDF4Mandy van den BergManager:Sarina Wiegman415x415pxGK1Stina Lykke PetersenRB8Theresa NielsenCB5Simone Boye SørensenCB12Stine LarsenLB19Cecilie SandvejRM7Sanne Troelsgaard NielsenCM4Maja KildemoesCM13Sofie Junge PedersenLM11Katrine VejeCF10Pernille Harder (c)CF9Nadia NadimSubstitutions:DF15Frederikke ThøgersenDF2Line Røddik HansenMF6Nanna ChristiansenManager: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.

 References 

Category:UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Category:August 2017 events