UEFA Women's Championship facts for kids
| Organising body | UEFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| Region | Europe |
| Number of teams | 16 (finals) 52 (qualifiers) |
| Qualifier for | Women's Finalissima |
| Current champions |  England (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Germany (8 titles) |
The UEFA European Women's Championship, also known as the UEFA Women's Euro, is a major football tournament. It is for women's national teams in Europe. The competition happens every four years. It is like the men's UEFA European Championship. England are the current champions. They won the tournament in 2022. Germany is the most successful team. They have won eight titles.
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History of the Women's Euro
Early Football Tournaments
Women's football has a long history. In 1957, a European Championship was held in West Berlin. Four teams played: West Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and England. England won that tournament. This happened even though women's football was officially banned in Germany at the time.
Later, in 1969, Italy hosted another European tournament. The Italian team won by beating Denmark 3–1. Italy hosted another tournament in 1979, which Denmark won.
UEFA's Official Competition
The official UEFA tournament started in 1982. The first finals were held in 1984. Sweden won this first UEFA competition. Norway won in 1987.
Since then, Germany has been very successful. They have won eight out of thirteen tournaments. Norway won again in 1993. The Netherlands won in 2017. Germany's win in 2013 was their sixth in a row. In 2022, England won the Euro. This was the first major tournament win for an English senior football team since 1966.
How the Tournament Grew
The tournament started small. From 1984 to 1995, only four teams played in the finals. In 1997, it grew to eight teams. It stayed at eight teams for the 2001 and 2005 events.
The tournament expanded again between 2009 and 2013. Then, 12 teams took part. Since 2017, 16 teams compete for the championship. The competition was first called "European Competition for Representative Women's Teams." Around 1990, UEFA officially gave it "European Championship" status.
Tournament Results
| Editions | Years | Host nation | Finals | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1 | 1984 |
No official host |
 Sweden |
1–1 (agg.) (4–3 p) |
 England |
 Denmark and  Italy |
4 | ||||
| 2 | 1987 |  Norway |
 Norway |
2–1 | Sweden |
 Italy |
2–1 | England |
4 | ||
| 3 | 1989 |  West Germany |
 West Germany |
4–1 | Norway |
Sweden |
2–1 (aet) | Italy |
4 | ||
| 4 | 1991 |  Denmark |
Germany |
3–1 (aet) | Norway |
 Denmark |
2–1 (aet) | Italy |
4 | ||
| 5 | 1993 |  Italy |
Norway |
1–0 | Italy |
Denmark |
3–1 | Germany |
4 | ||
| 6 | 1995 |
No official host |
Germany |
3–2 | Sweden |
England and  Norway |
4 | ||||
| 7 | 1997 | Norway Sweden |
Germany |
2–0 | Italy |
 Spain and  Sweden |
8 | ||||
| 8 | 2001 | Germany |
Germany |
1–0 (aet) | Sweden |
Denmark and Norway |
8 | ||||
| 9 | 2005 |  England |
Germany |
3–1 | Norway |
 Finland and Sweden |
8 | ||||
| 10 | 2009 |  Finland |
Germany |
6–2 | England |
 Netherlands and Norway |
12 | ||||
| 11 | 2013 | Sweden |
Germany |
1–0 | Norway |
Denmark and Sweden |
12 | ||||
| 12 | 2017 |  Netherlands |
 Netherlands |
4–2 | Denmark |
 Austria and England |
16 | ||||
| 13 | 2022 | England |
England |
2–1 (aet) | Germany |
 France and Sweden |
16 | ||||
| 14 | 2025 |  Switzerland |
– | Germany and Italy |
16 | ||||||
| 15 | 2029 | TBA | 16 | ||||||||
Records and Statistics
Medal Table for Teams
This table shows which countries have won the most medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Norway |
2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | England |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Denmark |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 13 | 13 | 20 | 46 | |
Top Goal Scorers
This table lists the players who have scored the most goals in the UEFA Women's Euro tournaments.
| Rank | Name | Euro | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  1987 |
 1989 |
 1991 |
 1993 |
1995 |  1997 |
2001 |
 2005 |
 2009 |
2013 |
 2017 |
2022 |
 2025 |
|||
| 1 |  Inka Grings |
4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Birgit Prinz |
2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Carolina Morace |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Heidi Mohr |
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
 Lotta Schelin |
0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 6 |  Beth Mead |
6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Hanna Ljungberg |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Alexandra Popp |
6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
More Football Competitions
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- UEFA Women's Champions League
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
See also
In Spanish: Eurocopa Femenina para niños
