UEFA Women's Euro 2009

UEFA Women's Euro 2009

Jalkapallon naisten Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2009 Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 2009
UEFA Women's Euro 2009 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	23 August – 10 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (7th title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	75 (3 per match)
Attendance	134,907 (5,396 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Inka Grings (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Inka Grings
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The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009.^[1] The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over the Dutch proposal.^[2]

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.

The 2009 tournament was won by Germany for a seventh time in ten events. They beat England, appearing in their first final since 1984, 6–2 in the final.^[3] The Germans also boasted the tournament's leading goalscorer in Inka Grings.^[4]

Iceland, the Netherlands and the Ukraine made their debuts for the first time.