The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 (trademark of UEFA), was a football tournament for women held from June 5 to June 19, 2005 in Lancashire, England. 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. A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by an individual, business organization or other legal entity to uniquely identify the source of its products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... UEFA Womens Cup Final 2005 at Potsdam Womens association football is the most prominent team sport for women in many countries, and one of the few womens team sports with professional leagues. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The UEFA Womens Championship is the main competition in womens football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA region. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...

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. Automated translation - Needs correction Tina Theune-Meyer (* 4. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 2003 was held in the United States and won by Germany. ...

Teams and structure

Eight national teams participated—seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: 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.

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Group A

• England
• Sweden
• Finland
• Denmark

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Group B

• Germany
• France
• Norway
• Italy

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Qualification

See main article: 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

A qualifying round ran from March 22 to October 3, 2004 ^[1]. 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. The qualification for the 2005 UEFA Womens Championship was held between March 26, 2003 & November 27, 2004. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The following teams were eliminated at this stage ^[2]:

• Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament: A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ...

• Czech Republic, Iceland, Russia

More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads

Results

Group A

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Finland	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
England	3	1	0	2	4	5	3

June 5, 2005
	Sweden	1–1	Denmark	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 3,231 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Ljungberg 21'	(Report)	Rasmussen 29'

June 8, 2005
	England	1–2	Denmark	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 14,695 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Williams 52' (pen)	(Report)	Pedersen 80' Sørensen 88'

June 8, 2005
	Sweden	0–0	Finland	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 1,491 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
		(Report)

June 11, 2005
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		(Report)	Sjöström 3'

June 11, 2005
	Finland	2–1	Denmark	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Kalmari 6' Kackur 16'	(Report)	Sørensen 45'

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• Finland and Denmark finished level on points. Finland advanced to the semifinals due to their head-to-head win.

Group B

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	8	0	9
Norway	3	1	1	1	6	5	4
France	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
Italy	3	0	0	3	4	12	0

June 6, 2005
	Germany	1–0	Norway	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Pohlers 61'	(Report)

June 6, 2005
	France	3–1	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance:957 Referee: Wendy Toms (England)
	Lattaf 16' Pichon 20', 30'	(Report)	Di Filippo 83'

June 9, 2005
	Germany	4–0	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Prinz 11' Pohlers 18' Jones 55' Mittag 74'	(Report)

June 9, 2005
	Norway	1–1	France	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)
	Herlovsen 66'	(Report)	Mugneret-Béghé 20'

June 12, 2005
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		(Report)	Grings 72' Lingor 77' (pen) Minnert 83'

June 11, 2005
	Norway	5–3	Italy	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
	Klaveness 7', 57' Christensen 29' Guldransen 35' Mellgren 44'	(Report)	Gabbiadini 8', 53' Camporese 69'

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Semifinals

June 15, 2005
	Germany	4–1	Finland	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)
	Grings 3', 12' Pohlers 8' Prinz 62'	(Report)	Mustonen 15'

June 16, 2005
	Sweden	2–3 (AET)	Norway	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 5,722 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Ljungberg 43', 89'	(Report)	Gulbrandsen 41', 109' Herlovsen 65'

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Final

June 19, 2005
	Germany	3–1	Norway	Blackburn, Ewood Park Attendance: 21,105 Referee: Alexandra Ihringová (Slovakia)
	Grings 21' Lingor 24' Prinz 63'	(Report)	Mellgren 41'

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Legend

• OG - own goal
• aet - after extra time
• pen - penalty

An own goal occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his own team. ... Ricardo scores a decisive penalty in the quarterfinals of EURO 2004 Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied result in a game of association football (soccer). ...

Awards

Women's Euro 2005 Champions
Germany

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Leading scorers

4 goals

• Inka Grings

3 goals

• Solveig Gulbrandsen
• Hanna Ljungberg
• Conny Pohlers
• Birgit Prinz

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Top scored teams

• 15 goals
  • Germany
• 10 goals
  • Norway
• 5 goals
  • Finland
• 4 goals
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • England
  • France
  • Italy

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See also

• UEFA Women's Championship
• UEFA
• Women's football (soccer)

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External links

• UEFA Women's Championship official webpages
• BBC Sport coverage of Women's football
  • BBC Sport: " How Women's Euros have evolved"