The UEFA Women's Championship is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA region. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship. Association Football (soccer) is the most prominent team sport for women in many countries, and one of the few womens team sports with professional leagues (the other global one being basketball). ... UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. ...
The competition was started in the early 1980s as the UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. With the increasing popularity of women's football the competition was given European Championship status by UEFA around 1990.
Five UEFA Women's Championships have taken place, preceeded by 3 editions of the earlier European Competition for Representative Women's Teams. The most recent holding of the competition is the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, taking place in England from June 5 to June 19, 2005. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... 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 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
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UEFA Women's Championship (http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/woco/index.html)
UEFA Women's Championship History (http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/woco/AllTimeStatistics/index.html)
BBC Sport - "How Women's Euros have evolved" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4559941.stm)
Women's Football (edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Template:Women%27s_football&action=edit))
Football (soccer) - FIFA - Women's World Cup Women's football:Teams - National teams - Competitions Europe:UEFA - UEFA Women's Championship - UEFA Women's Cup Association Football (soccer) is the most prominent team sport for women in many countries, and one of the few womens team sports with professional leagues (the other global one being basketball). ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... FIFA logo (usage restricted): For the Good of the Game Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football ( soccer) for women. ... UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
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