UEFA Women's Euro 2013

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]

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 will be expanded to include sixteen teams.[5]

Host selection

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
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
 SwedenHosts4 October 20109th2009Champions (1984)5
 ItalyGroup 1 winner16 June 201210th2009Runners-up (1993, 1997)12
 GermanyGroup 2 winner16 June 20129th2009Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)2
 NorwayGroup 3 winner19 September 201210th2009Champions (1987, 1993)11
 FranceGroup 4 winner15 September 20125th2009Quarter-finals (2009)6
 FinlandGroup 5 winner15 September 20123rd2009Semi-finals (2005)21
 EnglandGroup 6 winner19 September 20127th2009Runners-up (1984, 2009)7
 DenmarkGroup 7 winner19 September 20128th2009Semi-finals (1984, 1991, 1993, 2001)13
 NetherlandsBest runner-up19 September 20122nd2009Semi-finals (2009)14
 SpainPlay-off winner24 October 20122nd1997Semi-finals (1997)18
 RussiaPlay-off winner25 October 20124th2009Group Stage (1997, 2001, 2009)22
 IcelandPlay-off winner25 October 20122nd2009Group Stage (2009)15

Venues

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

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
Top-seeded teams
TeamCoeffRank
 Sweden H (A1)42,5032
 Germany TH (B1)43,4601
 France (C1)40,2513
Seeded
TeamCoeffRank
 England38,9034
 Norway37,1935
 Italy37,0576
Unseeded
TeamCoeffRank
 Denmark34,9717
 Iceland34,5248
 Finland34,4369
 Russia33,69710
 Netherlands33,66111
 Spain32,99912

Match officials

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

Assistant referees
Fourth officials

Squads
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
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

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;[lower-alpha 1]
  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;[lower-alpha 2]
  7. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system as at the final draw;
Key
     Team qualified for the knockout stage

Group A
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
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
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

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 34–
A  Denmark 32won
C  Russia 32lost

Knockout stage
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
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 soccer ball with red X
Thiney soccer ball with check mark
Le Sommer soccer ball with check mark
Delannoy soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Røddik
soccer ball with check mark Rydahl
soccer ball with check mark Nadim
soccer ball with red X Nielsen
soccer ball with check mark Arnth
Attendance: 7,448

Semi-finals
Sweden 0–1 Germany
Report Marozsán 33'
Attendance: 16,608
Norway 1–1 (a.e.t.) Denmark
Christensen 3' Report Knudsen 87'
Penalties
Gulbrandsen soccer ball with check mark
Dekkerhus soccer ball with check mark
Mjelde soccer ball with check mark
Rønning soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Røddik
soccer ball with red X Nielsen
soccer ball with check mark Nadim
soccer ball with check mark Brogaard
Attendance: 9,260

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

Statistics
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 statistics

Goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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

Miscellany

Anthem
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

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[lower-alpha 3]) 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
  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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