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UEFA Women's Euro 2005

Field	Value
tourney_name	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
country	England
dates	5–19 June
num_teams	8
venues	5
cities	5
champion_other
count	6
second_other
matches	15
goals	50
attendance
top_scorer	Inka Grings (4 goals)
player	Anne Mäkinen
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2009

The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as the 2005 Women's Euros or just the 2005 Euros, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire and Cheshire, England. 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 fourth consecutive tournament, and the record-extending sixth time overall (including one win in the predecessor tournament, the European Competition for Representative Women's Teams). Their championship win was the last for coach Tina Theune-Meyer, who months earlier had announced her retirement effective at the end of the tournament. In her nine years in charge of Germany, they won three European titles, two bronze medals in the Olympics, and the 2003 World Cup.

Finland made its debut in the competition.

Teams and structure

Eight national teams participated – seven of which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of four: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.

Group A

Group B

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying

A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004. The teams which were entered played in a group stage, with the winners advancing to the final, and the runners-up being given the chance of qualification through a play-off. England, as the host nation, qualified automatically for the tournament. This was the first time in which the hosts qualified automatically for the final tournament.

The following teams were eliminated at this stage:

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:

Czech Republic, Iceland, Russia

More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Match officials

;CRO Croatia

Blazenka Logarusic

;CZE Czech Republic

Dagmar Damková
Hana Spackova

;ENG England

Amy Rayner
Wendy Toms

;HUN Hungary

Gyöngyi Gaál

;NIR Northern Ireland

Andi Regan

;POL Poland

Katarzyna Nadolska ;ROU Romania
Floarea Cristina Ionescu
Irina Mirt

;SVK Slovakia

Alexandra Ihringova
Miroslava Migalova

;ESP Spain

Yolanda Parga Rodriguez

;SUI Switzerland

Elke Lüthi
Nicole Petignat

;USA United States of America

Kari Seitz

Results

First round

Group A

Barr Carney Kalmari

Sørensen

Kackur

Group B

Pichon

Pohlers Jones Mittag

Lingor Minnert

Christensen Gulbrandsen Mellgren Camporese

Knockout stage

|15 June – Preston||4||1 |16 June – Warrington||2| |3 |19 June – Blackburn|****|3||1}}

Semi-finals

Pohlers Prinz

Herlovsen

Final

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2005 final

Lingor Prinz

Tina Theune

Bjarne Berntsen

Goalscorers

;4 goals

GER Inka Grings

;3 goals

GER Conny Pohlers
GER Birgit Prinz
NOR Solveig Gulbrandsen
SWE Hanna Ljungberg

;2 goals

DEN Cathrine Paaske-Sørensen
FIN Laura Österberg Kalmari
FRA Marinette Pichon
GER Renate Lingor
ITA Melania Gabbiadini
NOR Isabell Herlovsen
NOR Lise Klaveness
NOR Dagny Mellgren

;1 goal

DEN Merete Pedersen
DEN Johanna Rasmussen
ENG Amanda Barr
ENG Karen Carney
ENG Fara Williams
FIN Heidi Kackur
FIN Minna Mustonen
FIN Anna-Kaisa Rantanen
FRA Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
FRA Hoda Lattaf
GER Steffi Jones
GER Sandra Minnert
GER Anja Mittag
ITA Elisa Camporese
ITA Sara Di Filippo
NOR Marit Christensen
SWE Anna Sjöström

;Own goal

FIN Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)

Legacy

The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association. The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.

References

(June 2, 2003). "England to host Euro 2005".
"When England's 'second-class sport' started to change minds". BBC Sport.
(2005-06-17). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Backlash over Johansson's remarks". BBC News.
(2007-05-07). "Birmingham - Sport - Women's football popularity on the rise". BBC.
(2005-06-19). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News.
(2 June 2005). "Women's Euro 2005 Fixtures". BBC.
(2009-09-17). "UEFA Women's EURO qualifying matches". [[UEFA]].
(2009-09-17). "UEFA Women's EURO teams". [[UEFA]].
Harlow, Phil. (2005-06-13). "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | FA hails Euro 2005 as big success". BBC News.
Frostick, Nancy. "The legacy of Euro 2005: 'Suddenly kids could see these players live on the BBC'".
(June 19, 2022). "How Euro 2005 offered England a glimpse of women's football's future".
(June 19, 2005). "2005: Official approval for EURO success".

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