UEFA Women's Euro 2005 Facts for Kids

The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also known as WOMEN'S EURO 2005, was a big football tournament for women's teams in Europe. It was held in Lancashire, England, from June 5 to June 19, 2005. This championship happens regularly and brings together the best women's national teams from countries that are part of UEFA, which is the main football organization in Europe. The goal of the tournament is to find out which women's team is the best in Europe.

Germany won the competition. This was their fourth win in a row! Overall, it was their sixth time winning the championship. This win was special because it was the last tournament for their coach, Tina Theune-Meyer. She had announced she would retire after the event. During her nine years as coach, Germany won three European titles, two bronze medals at the Olympics, and the 2003 World Cup.

Teams and Tournament Structure
- Teams in Group A
- Teams in Group B
How Teams Qualified
Tournament Results
Awards
Top Goalscorers
Teams with Most Goals
Related pages
See also

Teams and Tournament Structure

Eight national teams took part in the tournament. Seven teams earned their spot by winning earlier games. England automatically qualified because they were the host country.

The teams were divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, with four teams in each group. Every team in a group played against each other once. The top two teams from each group then moved on to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the winner of one group played against the second-place team from the other group. The winners of the semi-finals then played in the final game to decide who would be the champion.

Teams in Group A

England
Sweden
Finland
Denmark

Teams in Group B

How Teams Qualified

To get into the main tournament, teams had to go through a special qualifying round. This round took place from March 22 to October 3, 2004. Teams played in groups, and the winners of these groups went straight to the final tournament. Teams that came in second place had another chance to qualify through play-off games. As the host country, England did not need to qualify; they were in automatically.

Many teams tried to qualify but did not make it to the main tournament. Some of these teams included Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, and Spain. Three other teams, the Czech Republic, Iceland, and Russia, were also eliminated in the play-off games.

Tournament Results

First Round: Group Stage

The top two teams from each group moved on to the semi-finals.

Group A Standings

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 both had 4 points. Finland moved to the semi-finals because they won their game against Denmark.

Group B Standings

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'

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 Game

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'

Legend for Results

OG - own goal (when a player accidentally scores for the other team)
aet - after extra time (when the game goes longer than 90 minutes because of a tie)
pen - penalty (a shot taken from 12 yards away, usually after a foul)