The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 2001 Women's Euros or just the 2001 Euros, was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany for the record-extending fifth time overall and third in a row with a 1–0 win in the final against Sweden, after a golden goal at the end of the final.
Qualification
16 competing teams formed 4 groups; the winners of each group qualified for the Championship, while the teams finishing second and third had to play a playoff in order to qualify.
Qualified teams
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! scope="col" width="140" | Country !! scope="col" width="90" | Qualified as !! scope="col" width="110" | Qualified on !! scope="col" width="380" | Previous appearances in tournament<sup>1</sup>
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| || Group 1 winner || || 1 (1997)
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| || Group 2 winner || || 6 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
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| (hosts) || Group 3 winner || || 5 (1989,<sup>2</sup> 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997)
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| || Group 4 winner || || 1 (1997)
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| || Play-off winner || || 5 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997)
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| || Play-off winner || || 4 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997)
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| || Play-off winner || || 6 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
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| || Play-off winner || || 3 (1984, 1987, 1995)
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup> As West Germany</div>
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 2001 squads
Results
Group stage
Group A
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!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|
|3||3||0||0||11||1||+10||9
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|
|3||2||0||1||6||3||+3||6
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|align=left|
|3||0||1||2||1||7||−6||1
|-
|align=left|
|3||0||1||2||1||8||−7||1
|}
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Group B
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|
|3||2||0||1||6||5||+1||6
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left|
|3||1||1||1||4||2||+2||4
|-
|align=left|
|3||1||1||1||3||4||−1||4
|-
|align=left|
|3||1||0||2||5||7||−2||3
|}
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Final
Goalscorers
;3 goals
- Claudia Müller
- Sandra Smisek
;2 goals
- Gitte Krogh
- Marinette Pichon
- Maren Meinert
- Bettina Wiegmann
- Patrizia Panico
- Dagny Mellgren
- Hanna Ljungberg
;1 goal
- Julie Hauge Andersson
- Christina Bonde
- Julie Rydahl Bukh
- Merete Pedersen
- Angela Banks
- Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
- Gaëlle Blouin
- Françoise Jézéquel
- Renate Lingor
- Birgit Prinz
- Petra Wimbersky
- Rita Guarino
- Monica Knudsen
- Alexandra Svetlitskaya
- Kristin Bengtsson
- Sofia Eriksson
- Linda Fagerström
- Tina Nordlund
- Jane Törnqvist
;Own goal
- Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)
References
External links
- UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at UEFA.com
- UEFA Women's Euro 2001 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation