UEFA Women's Euro 2005

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

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

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	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 3,231 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Ljungberg 21'	(Report)	Rasmussen 29'

5 June 2005	England	3 – 2	Finland	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 29,092 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
	Valkonen 18' (OG) Barr 40' Carney 90+1'	(Report)	Rantanen 56' Kalmari 88'

8 June 2005	England	1 – 2	Denmark	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 14,695 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Williams 52' (pen)	(Report)	M. Pedersen 80' Sørensen 88'

8 June 2005	Sweden	0 – 0	Finland	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 1,491 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
		(Report)

11 June 2005	England	0 – 1	Sweden	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 25,694 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Sjöström 3'

11 June 2005	Finland	2 – 1	Denmark	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Kalmari 6' Kackur 16'	(Report)	Sørensen 45'

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	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Petignat (Switzerland)
	Pohlers 61'	(Report)

6 June 2005	France	3 – 1	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 957 Referee: Toms (England)
	Lattaf 16' Pichon 20' 30'	(Report)	Di Filippo 83'	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 957 Referee: Toms (England)

9 June 2005	Germany	4 – 0	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Seitz (USA)
	Prinz 11' Pohlers 18' Jones 55' Mittag 74'	(Report)		Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Seitz (USA)

9 June 2005	Norway	1 – 1	France	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Gaál (Hungary)
	Herlovsen 66'	(Report)	Mugneret-Béghé 20'

12 June 2005	France	0 – 3	Germany	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 3,835 Referee: Ionescu (Romania)
		(Report)	Grings 72' Lingor 77' (pen) Minnert 83'

11 June 2005	Norway	5 – 3	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Damková (Czech Republic)
	Klaveness 7' 57' Christensen 29' Gulbrandsen 35' Mellgren 44'	(Report)	Gabbiadini 8' 53' Camporese 69'

Qualification

See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004 ^[1]. 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 ^[2]:

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

England

Hungary

Gyöngyi Gaal

North Ireland

Andi Regan

Poland

Katarzyna Nadolska

Romania

Slovakia

Miroslava Migalova

Spain

Yolanda Parga Rodriguez

Switzerland

United States of America

Kari Seitz

Results

First Round

Top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

15 June – Preston (Deepdale)
Germany	4
Finland	1

		19 June – Blackburn (Ewood Park)
		Germany	3
		Norway	1



16 June – Warrington (Halliwell Jones S.)
Sweden	2
Norway	3

Semifinals

15 June 2005	Germany	4 – 1	Finland	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
	Grings 3', 12' Pohlers 8' Prinz 62'	(Report)	Mustonen 15'

16 June 2005	Sweden	2 – 3 (aet)	Norway	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 5,722 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Ljungberg 43', 89'	(Report)	Gulbrandsen 41', 109' Herlovsen 65'

Final

19 June 2005	Germany	3 – 1	Norway	Blackburn, Ewood Park Attendance: 21,105 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Grings 21' Lingor 24' Prinz 63'	(Report)	Mellgren 41'