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UEFA Women's Championship
Organising body UEFA
Founded 1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Region Europe
Number of teams 16 (finals)
52 (qualifiers)
Qualifier for Women's Finalissima
Current champions Flag of England.svg England (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Flag of Germany.svg 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.

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
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark and Flag of Italy.svg 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
Flag of England.svg England and Flag of Norway.svg Norway 4
7 1997  Norway
 Sweden

Germany
2–0
Italy
Flag of Spain.svg Spain and Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8
8 2001  Germany
Germany
1–0 (aet)
Sweden
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark and Flag of Norway.svg Norway 8
9 2005  England
Germany
3–1
Norway
Flag of Finland.svg Finland and Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8
10 2009  Finland
Germany
6–2
England
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands and Flag of Norway.svg Norway 12
11 2013  Sweden
Germany
1–0
Norway
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark and Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 12
12 2017  Netherlands
Netherlands
4–2
Denmark
Flag of Austria.svg Austria and Flag of England.svg England 16
13 2022  England
England
2–1 (aet)
Germany
Flag of France.svg France and Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 16
14 2025  Switzerland Flag of Germany.svg Germany and Flag of Italy.svg 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 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8 1 0 9
2 Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2 4 3 9
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1 3 5 9
4 Flag of England.svg England 1 2 2 5
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1 0 1 2
6 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0 2 1 3
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 0 1 4 5
8 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0 0 1 1
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0 0 1 1
Flag of France.svg France 0 0 1 1
Flag of Spain.svg 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 Norway
1987
West Germany
1989
Denmark
1991
Italy
1993
1995 Norway
Sweden
1997
Germany
2001
England
2005
Finland
2009
Sweden
2013
Netherlands
2017
England
2022
Switzerland
2025
1 Germany Inka Grings 4 6 10
Germany Birgit Prinz 2 2 1 3 2 10
3 Italy Carolina Morace 2 1 0 0 1 4 8
Germany Heidi Mohr 1 4 1 2 8
Sweden Lotta Schelin 0 1 5 2 8
6 England Beth Mead 6 1 7
7 Sweden Hanna Ljungberg 1 2 3 6
Germany Alexandra Popp 6 6

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Eurocopa Femenina para niños

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