The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 1997 Women's Euros or just the 1997 Euros, was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.
Germany won the competition for the second time in a row and 4th overall (counting with West Germany's victory in the former European Competition for Representative Women's Teams).
France, Spain and Russia made their debuts for the first time.
Format 1997 saw a change in the tournament format as an eight-team final stage was introduced. Eight teams participated, qualifying from a total of 33 entrants. Those eight teams were divided in two groups of four. The winner and 2nd placed of the group would advance to the semi-finals and the winners would play the final.
Group A
Group B
Qualification
Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 1997 squads
Group stage Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330061+5931112204311145−14300326−40
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts312053+25312031+25311152+34301229−71
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Final
Goalscorers 4 goals
Carolina Morace Marianne Pettersen Angélique Roujas
3 goals Ángeles Parejo
2 goals Birgit Prinz
1 goal
Lene Terp Merete Pedersen Isabel Parejo Maren Meinert Monika Meyer Sandra Minnert Bettina Wiegmann Antonella Carta Silvia Fiorini Patrizia Panico Heidi Støre Malin Andersson Kristin Jonsson Hanna Ljungberg Anna Pohjanen Victoria Sandell Svensson Irina Grigorieva Larisa Savina
Own goal Cécile Locatelli (playing against Sweden)
See also UEFA Women's Championship UEFA Women's association football
References
External links Women's Euro 1997 Results – UEFA Official Page Results at RSSSF Italy Women International Results at RSSSF SVT's open archive