UEFA Women's Euro 1997

UEFA Women's Euro 1997
Europamesterskapet i fotball for kvinner 1997
Europamästerskapet i fotboll för damer 1997
Tournament details
Host countriesNorway
Sweden
Dates29 June – 12 July
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance35,727 (2,382 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Carolina Morace
Norway Marianne Pettersen
France Angélique Roujas
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Italy Carolina Morace
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The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. 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.[1] The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.[2]

Germany won the competition for the second time in a row and 4th overall (counting with West Germany's victory in the former European Competition for Representative Women's Teams).

France, Spain and Russia made their debuts for the first time.

  1. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO – 1997 and now". 6 July 2022.
  2. ^ "1997: German reign goes on –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.