UEFA Women's Euro 2005

UEFA Women's Euro 2005
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
Dates5–19 June
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (6th title)
Runners-up Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Attendance118,403 (7,894 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Inka Grings (4 goals)
Best player(s)Finland 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 for the first time.

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  4. ^ "Birmingham - Sport - Women's football popularity on the rise". BBC. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  5. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany Women 3-1 Norway Women". BBC News. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

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