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UEFA Women's Euro 2013

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The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held in Sweden from 10 to 28 July 2013,[2] became the most-watched in the history of the Women's Euros.[3] It concluded with Germany, the defending champions, winning their sixth consecutive and eighth overall Women's Euro title after defeating Norway in the final.[4]

UEFA Women's Euro 2013
Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2013
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
Dates10–28 July
Teams12
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (8th title)
Runners-up Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored56 (2.24 per match)
Attendance216,888 (8,676 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Lotta Schelin (5 goals)
Best player(s)Germany Nadine Angerer[1]
← 2009
2017 →

Sweden were selected as hosts by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2010, meaning their team automatically qualified for the final tournament. The other eleven finalists were decided by a qualifying competition, featuring 44 teams, staged between March 2011 to October 2012. It was the last time the finals featured twelve teams, as from 2017 onwards they would be expanded to include sixteen teams.[5]

Host selection

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Sweden was awarded the hosting of the tournament on 4 October 2010 at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Minsk, Belarus.[6] The only rival host bid came from the Netherlands.[6] Several other European national associations, including Switzerland, Bulgaria and Poland, had shown interest in staging the tournament but did not submit final applications.[7] Sweden had previously co-hosted the tournament in 1997.[8]

Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

A total of 44 teams entered the qualification process to compete for the eleven available places in the final tournament, alongside host nation Sweden, who qualified automatically. Six teams were firstly eliminated during an eight-team preliminary round staged in Macedonia and Malta on 3–8 March 2011.[9]

On 14 March 2011 38 teams – the 36 top-ranked nations (according to their UEFA coefficient) and the two teams advancing from the preliminary round – were then drawn into seven qualifying groups at a draw in Nyon, Switzerland.[10] Matches in these qualifying groups began in September 2011 and concluded a year later.[10] The seven group winners automatically qualified for the final tournament along with the best-ranked runners-up.[11] The remaining six runners-up entered into two-legged play-offs held in October 2012 to determine the final line-up.[12] The following twelve teams participated in the final tournament:

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA ranking
at start of event
  Sweden Hosts 4 October 2010 9th 2009 Champions (1984) 5
  Italy Group 1 winner 16 June 2012 10th 2009 Runners-up (1993, 1997) 12
  Germany Group 2 winner 16 June 2012 9th 2009 Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009) 2
  Norway Group 3 winner 19 September 2012 10th 2009 Champions (1987, 1993) 11
  France Group 4 winner 15 September 2012 5th 2009 Quarter-finals (2009) 6
  Finland Group 5 winner 15 September 2012 3rd 2009 Semi-finals (2005) 21
  England Group 6 winner 19 September 2012 7th 2009 Runners-up (1984, 2009) 7
  Denmark Group 7 winner 19 September 2012 8th 2009 Semi-finals (1984, 1991, 1993, 2001) 13
  Netherlands Best runner-up 19 September 2012 2nd 2009 Semi-finals (2009) 14
  Spain Play-off winner 24 October 2012 2nd 1997 Semi-finals (1997) 18
  Russia Play-off winner 25 October 2012 4th 2009 Group Stage (1997, 2001, 2009) 22
  Iceland Play-off winner 25 October 2012 2nd 2009 Group Stage (2009) 15

Venues

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The tournament was staged at seven venues in seven different towns with each group being staged at two different venues. At some venues, the capacity was reduced during the championship.[13]

Gothenburg Solna Norrköping
Gamla Ullevi Friends Arena Nya Parken
Capacity: 16,600 Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 10,500
3 group matches, 1 semi-final Final 3 group matches, 1 semi-final
     
Linköping


UEFA Women's Euro 2013 (Southern Sweden)
 Kalmar
Linköping Arena Guldfågeln Arena
Capacity: 7,300 Capacity: 10,900
3 group matches, 1 quarter-final 3 group matches, 1 quarter-final
   
Halmstad Växjö
Örjans Vall Myresjöhus Arena
Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 10,000
3 group matches, 1 quarter-final 3 group matches, 1 quarter-final
   

Final draw

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The final draw for the tournament group stage took place on 9 November 2012 at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg.[14][15] The ceremony was conducted by the UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, with the teams drawn out by tournament ambassadors Patrik Andersson and Steffi Jones.[14]

As hosts, Sweden were automatically placed in the top-seeded pot, though they would have been in any case owing to their UEFA coefficient ranking.[14][16] The eleven qualifiers were placed into the three final draw pots according to their UEFA coefficient ranking.[14] It was decreed in advance the groups into which the three top-seeded teams would be placed.[14]

Seedings

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Top-seeded teams
Team Coeff Rank
  Sweden H (A1) 42,503 2
  Germany TH (B1) 43,460 1
  France (C1) 40,251 3
Seeded
Team Coeff Rank
  England 38,903 4
  Norway 37,193 5
  Italy 37,057 6
Unseeded
Team Coeff Rank
  Denmark 34,971 7
  Iceland 34,524 8
  Finland 34,436 9
  Russia 33,697 10
  Netherlands 33,661 11
  Spain 32,999 12

Match officials

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Twelve referee trios were announced by the UEFA on 19 June 2013.[17] All officials were based in Jönköping.

Assistant referees
Fourth officials

Squads

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squads

The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players by 3 June 2013 at the latest.[18] Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Results

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Participating teams and their result

The final match schedule for the tournament was confirmed on 6 December 2012.[19] All twelve finalists began the tournament at the group stage, with those not eliminated then advancing to the knockout stage.

Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up would qualify for the knockout stage, along with the best two third-placed teams; the remaining four teams would be eliminated.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[20]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;[a]
  4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. If two teams tie (following the application of tiebreakers 1–5) after having met in their final fixture of the group stage, then their ranking will be determined by penalty shoot-out;[b]
  7. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system as at the final draw;
Key
     Team qualified for the knockout stage

Group A

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group A
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
  Denmark 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
  Finland 3 0 2 1 1 6 −5 2
Source: UEFA.com
Italy  0–0  Finland
Report
Attendance: 3,011
Sweden  1–1  Denmark
Fischer   36' Report Knudsen   26'
Attendance: 16,128
Italy  2–1  Denmark
Gabbiadini   55'
Mauro   60'		 Report Brogaard   66'
Attendance: 2,190
Finland  0–5  Sweden
Report Fischer   15', 36'
Asllani   38'
Schelin   60', 87'
Attendance: 16,414
Sweden  3–1  Italy
Manieri   47' (o.g.)
Schelin   49'
Öqvist   57'		 Report Gabbiadini   78'
Attendance: 7,288
Denmark  1–1  Finland
Brogaard   29' Report Sjölund   87'
Attendance: 8,360

Group B

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group B
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
  Germany 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
  Iceland 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
  Netherlands 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: Group B
Norway  1–1  Iceland
Hegland   26' Report M. Viðarsdóttir   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,867
Germany  0–0  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 8,861
Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)
Norway  1–0  Netherlands
Gulbrandsen   54' Report
Attendance: 4,256
Iceland  0–3  Germany
Report Lotzen   24'
Okoyino da Mbabi   55', 84'
Attendance: 4,620
Germany  0–1  Norway
Report Isaksen   45+1'
Attendance: 10,346
Netherlands  0–1  Iceland
Report Brynjarsdóttir   30'
Attendance: 3,406

Group C

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group C
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
  Spain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Russia 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
  England 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: UEFA,com
France  3–1  Russia
Delie   21', 33'
Le Sommer   67'		 Report Morozova   84'
Attendance: 2,980
England  2–3  Spain
Aluko   8'
Bassett   89'		 Report Boquete   4'
Hermoso   85'
Putellas   90+4'
Attendance: 5,190
England  1–1  Russia
Duggan   90+2' Report Korovkina   38'
Attendance: 3,629
Spain  0–1  France
Report Renard   5'
Attendance: 5,068
France  3–0  England
Le Sommer   9'
Nécib   62'
Renard   64'		 Report
Attendance: 7,332
Russia  1–1  Spain
Terekhova   44' Report Boquete   14'
Attendance: 2,157

Ranking of third-placed teams

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The best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage, with teams being ranked using points as the only criterion.[21] UEFA introduced this principle to avoid teams entering their final matches and "playing on" the previous results, and also to negate the factor of the potentially different strengths of the groups by eliminating goal difference from the calculation.[21] As both Denmark and Russia finished with two points, in accordance with the regulations,[21] UEFA conducted a drawing of lots on 18 July following the completion of the group matches to determine which of these two teams would advance: Denmark was selected and so advanced.[22]

Group Team Pld Pts Drawing of lots
B   Iceland 3 4 –
A   Denmark 3 2 won
C   Russia 3 2 lost

Knockout stage

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 knockout stage

The eight advancing teams entered the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) was played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shootout.[23]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 July – Halmstad
 
 
  Sweden4
 
24 July – Gothenburg
 
  Iceland0
 
  Sweden0
 
21 July – Växjö
 
  Germany1
 
  Italy0
 
28 July – Solna (details)
 
  Germany1
 
  Germany1
 
22 July – Kalmar
 
  Norway0
 
  Norway3
 
25 July – Norrköping
 
  Spain1
 
  Norway (pen.)1 (4)
 
22 July – Linköping
 
  Denmark1 (2)
 
  France1 (2)
 
 
  Denmark (pen.)1 (4)
 

All times are local (UTC+2)

Quarter-finals

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Sweden  4–0  Iceland
M. Hammarström   3'
Öqvist   14'
Schelin   19', 59'		 Report
Attendance: 7,468
Italy  0–1  Germany
Report Laudehr   26'
Attendance: 9,265
Norway  3–1  Spain
Gulbrandsen   24'
Paredes   43' (o.g.)
Hegerberg   64'		 Report Hermoso   90+3'
Attendance: 10,435
France  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Denmark
Nécib   71' (pen.) Report Rasmussen   28'
Penalties
Nécib  
Thiney  
Le Sommer  
Delannoy  		 2–4   Røddik
  Rydahl
  Nadim
  Nielsen
  Arnth
Attendance: 7,448

Semi-finals

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Sweden  0–1  Germany
Report Marozsán   33'
Attendance: 16,608
Norway  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Denmark
Christensen   3' Report Knudsen   87'
Penalties
Gulbrandsen  
Dekkerhus  
Mjelde  
Rønning  		 4–2   Røddik
  Nielsen
  Nadim
  Brogaard
Attendance: 9,260

Final

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 final
Germany  1–0  Norway
Mittag   49' Report
Attendance: 41,301

Statistics

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 statistics

Goalscorers

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5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

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UEFA Squad of the Tournament[1]
Golden Boot[24]
Golden Boot
  Lotta Schelin
5 goals
2 assists
Silver Boot
  Nilla Fischer
3 goals
0 assists
Bronze Boot
  Louisa Nécib
2 goals
2 assists

Miscellany

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Anthem

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Saade unveiling "Winning Ground"

The official anthem of the tournament was "Winning Ground", composed by Stefan Örn and performed by Swedish pop star Eric Saade.[25] The title of the song was also the slogan of the final tournament.[26][25] The song was presented on 27 May 2013 at the Friends Arena in an event also featuring Tyresö players Lisa Dahlkvist of Sweden, Denmark's Line Røddik Hansen, Spain's Verónica Boquete and the Netherlands' Kirsten van de Ven.[25]

Tickets

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Tickets for the finals were released on 14 February 2013, available to buy via UEFA's online sales portal or from the Ticnet agency in Sweden.[27] The pricing structure was the same for all venues: SEK 200 (approximately €23.50[c]) for Category 1 matches, SEK 150 (≈€17.60) for Category 2 and SEK 100 (≈€11.75) for Category 3. Youth tickets, for those aged up to 16, cost SEK 50 (≈€5.85) for all categories. A so-named Follow Your Team Ticket which gave entrance to all three group matches of a selected team was also sold.[27]

The tournament soon surpassed the previous ticket sales record of 129,000 set in 2009,[3] which prompted the organisers to open up the entire 50,000 seats of the Friends Arena for the final, in contrast to the original plan to place only 30,000 tickets on sale.[28] The final set a new attendance record for a Women's Euros fixture (41,301) and helped bring the total number of tickets sold for the tournaments to 216,888.[29] In addition to attending the matches, the tournament became the first Women's Euros event to feature fan zones where fans could gather together to view matches on big screens.[30]

References and notes

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  1. ^ Criteria 1–3 may be used recursively, meaning applied and reapplied to still fewer teams until they are no further help
  2. ^ This would only be used should a place in the knockout stage be at stake
  3. ^ Currency rates are as 14 February 2013 when tickets were released for sale.
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  2. ^ "UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Match Schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  3. ^ a b "Women's EURO ticket sales record broken". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Angerer the hero as Germany make it six in a row". UEFA. uefa.com. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's EURO and U17s expanded". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Sweden awarded UEFA Women's EURO 2013". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 October 2010.
  7. ^ "SvFF visar intresse för dam-EM 2013". Svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 17 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Hosts Sweden at forefront of women's game". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Preliminary round draw made". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 December 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Women's EURO draw matches Germany with Spain". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 March 2011.
  11. ^ "Norway, Denmark, England, Netherlands through". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Iceland and Ukraine meet in play-offs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2012.
  13. ^ "UEFA Dam-EM 2013". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association.
  14. ^ a b c d e "UEFA Women's EURO 2013 draw live on Friday". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 November 2012.
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  16. ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  17. ^ "Women's EURO referee workshop". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Women's EURO squads confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 July 2013.
  19. ^ "Women's EURO schedule in Sweden set". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Football Championship 2011–13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 17.
  21. ^ a b c "Principles for determining the best third-placed teams" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations.
  22. ^ "Denmark complete quarter-final lineup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 July 2013.
  23. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Football Championship 2011–13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 11.
  24. ^ "Sweden's Schelin wins Golden Boot". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 July 2013.
  25. ^ a b c "Women's EURO anthem launched". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2013.
  26. ^ "Organisers thrilled by Women's EURO interest". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2013.
  27. ^ a b "UEFA Women's EURO 2013 tickets go on sale". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 February 2013.
  28. ^ "More final tickets go on sale". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2013.
  29. ^ "Sixth maybe the best for Germany". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 July 2013.
  30. ^ "Fan zone first for UEFA Women's EURO 2013". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2013.
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