UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final
Event | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | ||||||
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Date | 6 August 2017 | ||||||
Venue | De Grolsch Veste, Enschede | ||||||
Player of the Match | Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)[1] | ||||||
Referee | Esther Staubli (Switzerland)[2] | ||||||
Attendance | 28,182[3] | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 20 °C (68 °F) 44% humidity[4][5] | ||||||
The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final was a football match to determine the winner of UEFA Women's Euro 2017. The match took place on 6 August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands,[6] and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the Netherlands and Denmark.
The Netherlands won the final 4–2 for their first UEFA Women's Championship title.[7][8]
Background
Both the Netherlands and Denmark reached the UEFA Women's Championship final for the first time in their histories. For the first time since 1993, a country other than Germany won the competition. Apart from Germany, only two other countries have won the championship: Norway and Sweden. Norway was defeated by both the Netherlands and Denmark in the preliminary round whereas Sweden was defeated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.[9]
The finalists met each other in the group stage of the tournament, with the Netherlands winning 1–0 via a penalty from Sherida Spitse.
Route to the final
Netherlands | Round | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | 1–0 | Match 1 | Belgium | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 1–0 | Match 2 | Netherlands | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 2–1 | Match 3 | Norway | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group A winner
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Final standings | Group A runner-up
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Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Germany | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
England | 3–0 | Semi-finals | Austria | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) |
Match
Details
Netherlands | 4–2 | Denmark |
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Report |
Netherlands[10] |
Denmark[10] |
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:[2]
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Match rules[11]
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Statistics
Statistic[12] | Netherlands | Denmark |
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Goals scored | 4 | 2 |
Total shots | 10 | 11 |
Shots on target | 7 | 4 |
Saves | 1 | 2 |
Ball possession | 50% | 50% |
Corner kicks | 0 | 4 |
Fouls committed | 16 | 10 |
Offsides | 0 | 2 |
Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b "Every player of the match at Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Esther Staubli to referee UEFA Women's EURO 2017 final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Netherlands vs. Denmark - 6 August 2017". Soccerway. Perform Group. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Match info". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Weather History for Twenthe, Netherlands". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Dutch delight: how the Netherlands won Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Full-time report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Match press kits" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ a b "UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – Final: Line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Women's EURO - Netherlands-Denmark - Statistics". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.