UEFA Women's Euro 2017

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Europees kampioenschap voetbal vrouwen 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	16 July – 6 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	68 (2.19 per match)
Attendance	247,041 (7,969 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jodie Taylor (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Lieke Martens
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The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The competition was expanded to 16 teams (from 12 teams in the previous edition).^[1]

The Netherlands was chosen to host the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee on 4 December 2014.^[2]

Germany's 22-year reign as champions of Europe was ended after losing 1–2 to Denmark in the quarter-finals.^[3] It was only Germany's second loss in the tournament since 1993.^[4] Another former winner, Norway, lost to both finalists, the Netherlands and Denmark, and ended without goals or points.

The Netherlands won their first ever title since the men's UEFA Euro 1988 by beating fellow first time finalists Denmark 4–2 in the final.^[5]

Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland and Switzerland made their debuts for the first time.