The first women’s European Championship was held in 1984following a couple of unofficial tournaments played between 1969 and 1979.
In 38 years of history the competition has changed several times from years of semifinals and finals, with the elimination phase dedicated only to 4 teams, to tournaments of 12 teams, up to today’s formula which includes 4 groups of 4 teams. Let’s find out the teams strongest in the history of the women’s European Championship.
Denmark became the first national team to knock Germany out of knockout matches in 24 years of German domination in the Quarter-Finals of Euro 2017. Despite it status as underdogs, the Danish team had players of great class and quality like Pernille Harder e Nadia Nadim |. The 4-2 defeat in the final against the Netherlands demonstrates the level of Denmark, capable of reaching the last match of such an important competition.
Sweden finished second at Euro 1995, the most important place after the victory in the first edition of 1984. A spectacular double semifinal against the Norwegian champions with the reversal from the 4-3 disadvantage to the 4-1 victory in the match. return; then the Final, equally exciting, lost 3-2 at Germany. That of 1995 remains the last appearance in a European championship for the icon of Swedish football Pia Sundhage.
The edition of the eighth European title for Germany, the sixth consecutive for a team based on defensive solidity. The Germans started Euro 2013 with a shocking 1-0 defeat to Norway in the group stage, but that was the only goal conceded in the competition. The goalkeeper Nadine Angerer he was in top form and hit three consecutive clean sheets in the 1-0 wins that brought the title to the Germans. An efficient and ruthless way to write another page of German domination in the history of women’s football.
6 goals in two games to beat England in the Semifinal and 3-2 to Sweden in the Final to triumph in Kaiserlsauten in the 1995 edition. This tournament coincided with the first appearance in a European championship of the champion Birgit Prince, able to score in the penultimate and in the last act and to win the recognition of best player of the competition. Significant European also for one of the many icons of German football Bettina Wiegmanin his penultimate tournament concluded with the third goal in the Final, the decisive one.
Sweden is the winning team of the first edition of the European Women’s Championships. After the success in the double confrontation with Italy in the Semifinal, the Swedes beat England in the celk of rigor following the tie in the home and away matches.
The star of the competition was undoubtedly Pia Sundhage (now coach of the Brazilian national team), capable of scoring 4 goals in as many games, winning the title of top scorer and best player of the competition. Despite Swedish pride in other editions, this remains the only title won by the Scandinavian national team.
a single goal suffered by Germany at Euro 2001 in the opening match against Sweden in the group. The Germans triumphed at home by beating the Swedes both in their own group and in the Final, thus securing their third consecutive European Championship. A European dominated by Bettina Wiegmann, and by Claudia Muller e Sandra Smisek, winners of the competition’s Golden Boot with 3 goals each. A title decided in extra time with the Golden Goalthe only one in the history of the tournament.
Norway in the the nineties he had a fantastic team, capable of winning the World Cup, the European Championships and the Olympics within 7 years. With the phenomenal Hege Riise leading the midfield, the Norwegians got the better of Denmark in the Semifinals and Italy in the Final, winning both games 1-0 and triumphing for the second time in European history.
After the World Cup in 2003, Germany hit another European title in 2005, establishing their power at the intercontinental level. 15 goals scored in 5 games of the tournament; their realization value was certainly not a surprise. This edition, on the other hand, was the first that the couple formed by Inca Grings and Birgit Prinzcapable of scoring 7 goals and once again lead the Germans to the top of Europe.
Holland lit up Euro 2017, resulting in a resounding home win. With only one victorious precedent in the knockout stages, the Dutch soon captured the hearts of the neutral crowd with their excitement and entertaining attacking play. Lieke Martens and Shanice van de Sanden wreaked havoc on both sides while Vivianne Miedeme he scored 4 goals, including a brace in the Final in the 4-2 final against Denmark, in front of an ecstatic home crowd for the victory of the European Championship.
Germany consolidated their status as the strongest national team ever in the world of football with the victory at Euro 2009, fifth consecutive success since 2001 (eight unrepeatable years in which they won 2 World and 3 European Championships). Inka Grings scored six times to secure the competition’s Golden Boot, while Birgit Prinz showed her class for the last time in a European Championship by scoring a brace in the Final. A Germany insatiable with 20 gol in 5 gare of the tournament, including the 6 scored in the Final against England.
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