The 1987 European Competition for Women's Football took place in
Norway
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. It was won by
the hosts in a final against defending champions
Sweden
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. Once again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time a host nation was selected for the semi-final stage onwards after the four semi-finalists were identified.
Qualification
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see
1987 European Competition for Women's Football squads
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards
Goalscorers
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Trude Stendal
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Gunilla Axén
Gunilla Sonja Eva Axén (born 27 October 1966) is a Swedish former footballer. She played as a striker for Gideonsbergs IF and the Sweden women's national football team. Axén is employed as a development manager for the Swedish Football Associa ...
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Kerry Davis
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Jackie Sherrard
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Carolina Morace
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Elisabetta Vignotto
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Heidi Støre
Heidi Elin Støre (born 4 July 1963) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. As captain for the Norway national team, she won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Career
Støre was born in Sarpsborg. She played for the clubs S ...
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Anette Börjesson
Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.
Badminton
Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships and was a silver m ...
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Lena Videkull
Lena Mari Anette Videkull (born 6 December 1962) is a Swedish former association football forward who won 111 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring 71 goals. Videkull can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary te ...
References
External links
Results at UEFA.com
{{UEFA Women's Championship
Women
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1987
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1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
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