The **2005 UEFA Women's Championship**, also called **WOMEN'S EURO 2005** (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries that are part of UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition tries to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament. It was the sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the *European Competition for Representative Women's Teams*) that they won. Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced that she would retire 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
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Eight national teams participated–seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group moving into 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

* England
* Sweden
* Finland
* Denmark

### Group B

* Germany
* France
* Norway
* Italy

Qualification
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*See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship 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.

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
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Match officials
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|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Croatia Croatia* Blazenka Logarusic

Czech Republic Czech Republic* Dagmar Danková
* Hana Spackova

England England* Alexandra Ihringova
* Amy Rainer
* Wendy Toms

Hungary Hungary* Gyöngyi Gaal

Northern Ireland North Ireland* Andi Regan

Poland Poland* Katarzyna Nadolska

  | Romania Romania* Floarea Cristina Ionescu
* Irina Mirt

Slovakia Slovakia* Miroslava Migalova

Spain Spain* Yolanda Parga Rodriguez

Switzerland Switzerland* Elke Lüthi
* Nicole Petignat

United States United States of America* Kari Seitz
 |

Results
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### First Round

Top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals

#### Group A

| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | **5** |
|  Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | **4** |
|  Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | **4** |
|  England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | **3** |

5 June 2005

| Sweden  | 1 – 1 |  Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ljungberg 21' | (Report) | Rasmussen 29' |

Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 3,231Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

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5 June 2005

| England  | 3 – 2 |  Finland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Valkonen 18' (OG)Barr 40'Carney 90+1' | (Report) | Rantanen 56'Kalmari 88' |

City of Manchester Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 29,092Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

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8 June 2005

| England  | 1 – 2 |  Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Williams 52' (pen) | (Report) | M. Pedersen 80'Sørensen 88' |

Ewood Park, BlackburnAttendance: 14,695Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)

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8 June 2005

| Sweden  | 0 – 0 |  Finland |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   | (Report) |   |

Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 1,491Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

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11 June 2005

| England  | 0 – 1 |  Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   | (Report) | Sjöström 3' |

Ewood Park, BlackburnAttendance: 25,694Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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11 June 2005

| Finland  | 2 – 1 |  Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kalmari 6'Kackur 16' | (Report) | Sørensen 45' |

Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 2,500Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
**Note**:

* Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semifinals due to their head-to-head win.

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | **9** |
|  Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | **4** |
|  France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | **4** |
|  Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | **0** |

6 June 2005

| Germany  | 1 – 0 |  Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pohlers Goal 61' | (Report) |   |

Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 1,600Referee: Petignat (Switzerland)

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6 June 2005

| France  | 3 – 1 |  Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lattaf Goal 16'  Pichon Goal 20' Goal 30' | (Report) | Di Filippo Goal 83' |

Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 957Referee: Toms (England)

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9 June 2005

| Germany  | 4 – 0 |  Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prinz Goal 11'  Pohlers Goal 18'  Jones Goal 55'  Mittag Goal 74' | (Report) |   |

Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 1,279Referee: Seitz (USA)

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9 June 2005

| Norway  | 1 – 1 |  France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Herlovsen Goal 66' | (Report) | Mugneret-Béghé Goal 20' |

Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 3,263Referee: Gaál (Hungary)

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12 June 2005

| France  | 0 – 3 |  Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
|   | (Report) | Grings Goal 72'  Lingor Goal 77' (pen)  Minnert Goal 83' |

Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 3,835Referee: Ionescu (Romania)

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11 June 2005

| Norway  | 5 – 3 |  Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klaveness Goal 7' Goal 57'  Christensen Goal 29'  Gulbrandsen Goal 35'  Mellgren Goal 44' | (Report) | Gabbiadini Goal 8' Goal 53'  Camporese Goal 69' |

Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 1,154Referee: Damková (Czech Republic)

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### Knockout stage

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Semi-finals |  | Final |
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   | 15 June – Preston (Deepdale) |  |  |
|   |
|   | **Germany** | **4** |
|   | 19 June – Blackburn (Ewood Park) |
|   |  Finland | 1
 |  |
|   | **Germany** | **3** |
|   | 16 June – Warrington (Halliwell Jones S.) |
|   |  |  Norway | 1 |
|   |  Sweden | 2 |
|   |  |
|   | **Norway** | **3** |  |
|   |

#### Semifinals

15 June 2005

| Germany  | 4 – 1 |  Finland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grings 3', 12'Pohlers 8'Prinz 62' | (Report) | Mustonen 15' |

Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 2,785Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

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16 June 2005

| Sweden  | 2 – 3 (aet) |  Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ljungberg 43', 89' | (Report) | Gulbrandsen 41', 109'Herlovsen 65' |

Halliwell Jones Stadium, WarringtonAttendance: 5,722Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)

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#### Final

19 June 2005

| Germany  | 3 – 1 |  Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grings 21'Lingor 24'Prinz 63' | (Report) | Mellgren 41' |

Blackburn, Ewood ParkAttendance: 21,105Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
### Legend

* *OG* - own goal
* *aet* - after extra time
* *pen* - penalty

Awards
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|  Women's Euro 2005 Champions  |
| --- |
| **GermanySixth title** |

Goalscorers
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4 goals
* Germany Inka Grings

3 goals
* Germany Conny Pohlers
* Germany Birgit Prinz
* Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen
* Sweden Hanna Ljungberg

2 goals
* Denmark Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
* Finland Laura Österberg Kalmari
* France Marinette Pichon
* Germany Renate Lingor
* Italy Melania Gabbiadini
* Norway Isabell Herlovsen
* Norway Lise Klaveness
* Norway Dagny Mellgren

1 goal
* Denmark Merete Pedersen
* Denmark Johanna Rasmussen
* England Amanda Barr
* England Karen Carney
* England Fara Williams
* Finland Heidi Kackur
* Finland Minna Mustonen
* Finland Anna-Kaisa Rantanen
* France Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
* France Hoda Lattaf
* Germany Stephanie Jones
* Germany Sandra Minnert
* Germany Anja Mittag
* Italy Elisa Camporese
* Italy Sara Di Filippo
* Norway Heidi Christensen
* Sweden Anna Sjöström

own goal
* Finland Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)

Top scored teams
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* 15 goals
	+ Germany
* 10 goals
	+ Norway
* 5 goals
	+ Finland
* 4 goals
	+ Sweden
	+ Denmark
	+ England
	+ France
	+ Italy

Related pages
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* UEFA
* UEFA Women's Championship

Other websites
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* UEFA Women's Championship official webpages
* BBC Sport coverage of Women's football
* BBC Sport: "How Women's Euros have evolved"