| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | England |
| Dates | 5–19 June |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Germany (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Norway |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 118,403 (7,894 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Inka Grings (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Anne Mäkinen |
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The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England.[1] 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.[2] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[3][4]
Germany won the competition for the fourth consecutive tournament, and the 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.[5]
Finland made its debut in the competition.
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.[6]
A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004.[7] 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:[8]
Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:
More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads
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Top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Sweden
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Finland
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Denmark
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 England
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
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| Sweden | 1–1 | Denmark |
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Ljungberg  21' |
Report | Rasmussen 29' |
Attendance: 3,231
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
| England | 3–2 | Finland |
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| Valkonen 18' (o.g.) Barr 40'Carney 90+1' |
(Report) | Rantanen 56' Kalmari 88' |
Attendance: 29,092
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
| England | 1–2 | Denmark |
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| Williams 52' (pen.) |
(Report) | M. Pedersen 80' Sørensen 88' |
Attendance: 14,695
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
| Sweden | 0–0 | Finland |
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Attendance: 1,491
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
| England | 0–1 | Sweden |
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| (Report) | Sjöström 3' |
Attendance: 25,694
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
| Finland | 2–1 | Denmark |
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| Kalmari 6' Kackur 16' |
(Report) | Sørensen 45' |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| Norway
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
 France
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
 Italy
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
| Germany | 1–0 | Norway |
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| Pohlers 61' |
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Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
| France | 3–1 | Italy |
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| Lattaf 16' Pichon 20', 30' |
(Report) | Di Filippo 83' |
Attendance: 957
Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
| Germany | 4–0 | Italy |
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| Prinz 11' Pohlers 18'Jones 55'Mittag 74' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
| Norway | 1–1 | France |
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| Herlovsen 66' |
(Report) | Mugneret-Béghé 20' |
Attendance: 3,263
Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
| France | 0–3 | Germany |
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| (Report) | Grings 72' Lingor 77' (pen.)Minnert 83' |
Attendance: 3,835
Referee: Floarea Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
| Norway | 5–3 | Italy |
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| Klaveness 7', 57' Christensen 29'Gulbrandsen 35'Mellgren 44' |
(Report) | Gabbiadini 8', 53' Camporese 69' |
Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 15 June – Preston | |||||
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| Germany | 4 | ||||
| 19 June – Blackburn | |||||
| Finland | 1 | ||||
| Germany | 3 | ||||
| 16 June – Warrington | |||||
| Norway | 1 | ||||
| Sweden | 2 | ||||
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| Norway (a.e.t.) | 3 | ||||
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| Germany | 4–1 | Finland |
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| Grings 3', 12' Pohlers 8'Prinz 62' |
(Report) | Mustonen 15' |
Attendance: 2,785
Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
| Sweden | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Norway |
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| Ljungberg 43', 89' |
(Report) | Gulbrandsen 41', 109' Herlovsen 65' |
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)
| Germany | 3–1 | Norway |
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| Grings 21' Lingor 24'Prinz 63' |
(Report) | Mellgren 41' |
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
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Birgit Prinz Solveig Gulbrandsen Hanna Ljungberg Laura Österberg Kalmari Marinette Pichon Renate Lingor Melania Gabbiadini Isabell Herlovsen Lise Klaveness Dagny Mellgren Johanna Rasmussen Amanda Barr Karen Carney Fara Williams Heidi Kackur Minna Mustonen Anna-Kaisa Rantanen Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé Hoda Lattaf Steffi Jones Sandra Minnert Anja Mittag Elisa Camporese Sara Di Filippo Marit Christensen Anna Sjöström Sanna Valkonen (playing against England)The tournament was viewed as a successful one by The Football Association.[9] The tournament is credited with popularising women's football in England.[10][11][2][12]
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