The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of

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. It took place in

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between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by

with 1–0 in the final against

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, after a golden goal.

Qualification

16 competing teams formed 4 groups; the winners of each group qualified for the Championship, while the teams finishing second and third had to play a playoff in order to qualify.

Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year

² As

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Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Women's Euro 2001 squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

;3 goals * Claudia Müller * Sandra Smisek ;2 goals *

Gitte Krogh Gitte Krogh (born 13 May 1977) is a former Danish female football forward. She was part of the Denmark women's national football team. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing 3 matches.Marinette Pichon Marinette Pichon (born 26 November 1975) is a French former football player. Biography Pichon had a dysfunctional childhood with an alcoholic father. Career She started her career at Saint-Memmie Olympique, then signed on to the Women ...

* Maren Meinert * Bettina Wiegmann *

Patrizia Panico Patrizia Panico (; born 8 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who is the current manager of Italy U16. A prolific goalscorer, Panico is a longstanding member of the Italy women's national team; she won over 185 caps for Italy, and als ...

* Dagny Mellgren * Hanna Ljungberg ;1 goal * Julie Hauge Andersson * Christina Bonde *

Julie Rydahl Bukh Julie Rydahl Bukh (born 9 January 1982) is a Danish former football midfielder who most recently played for Brøndby IF and the Denmark national team. As well as teams in her native Denmark, Rydahl Bukh played for clubs in Sweden, Australia, a ...

Merete Pedersen Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup w ...

* Angela Banks *

Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé (born 22 March 1974) is a French former football midfielder who played for FCF Lyon and FCF Juvisy in the French First Division and the Boston Breakers in the WUSA. She was a member of the French national team fo ...

* Gaëlle Blouin * Françoise Jézéquel * Renate Lingor * Birgit Prinz * Petra Wimbersky *

Rita Guarino Maria Rita Guarino (; born 31 January 1971) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Italian club Inter Women. As a player, she represented the Italy national team as a striker. Playing career Throug ...

Monica Knudsen Monica Knudsen (born 25 March 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who managed Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. As a player, Knudsen was a midfielder who won 87 caps for the Norway women's national football team between 1996 an ...

* Alexandra Svetlitskaya * Kristin Bengtsson * Sofia Eriksson * Linda Fagerström *

Tina Nordlund Tina Cecilia Elisabeth Nordlund (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Umeå IK. She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers. In November 2000, she was awarded t ...

Jane Törnqvist Jane Törnqvist (born 9 May 1975) is a former footballer who most recently played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She is currently the Strength and Conditioning Coach of India women's national team. A tough tackling central defender, she wore nu ...

;Own goal * Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)

References

External links

UEFA Women's Euro 2001
at UEFA.com

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