The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth

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, 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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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 Sandra Smisek (born 3 July 1977) is a former German footballer, who played as a striker in Germany for FSV Frankfurt, FCR Duisburg and FFC Frankfurt, as well as for the German national team. Smisek has played for Germany at three Women' ...

;2 goals * Gitte Krogh *

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's ...

Maren Meinert Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for ...

Bettina Wiegmann Bettina Wiegmann (born 7 October 1971) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Wiegmann scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the Germany national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997, she was selected '' German Female Footballer of ...

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 Dagny Mellgren Haugland (; born 19 June 1978) from Ålgård is a former Norwegian footballer. She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp. She has also played for Boston Breakers, in the WUSA. She scored the golden goal in the final aga ...

Hanna Ljungberg Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on 6 Febr ...

;1 goal *

Julie Hauge Andersson Julie Hauge Andersson is a Danish former football defender who played for Fortuna Hjørring and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen. She was a member of the Danish national team for two years, taking part in the 2001 European Championship.

Christina Bonde Christina Bonde is a Danish former football midfielder. She played mostly for Fortuna Hjørring in the Elitedivisionen. Born in Copenhagen, Bonde was a member of the Danish national team. With the national team she took part in the 1995 Wor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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* Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé * Gaëlle Blouin * Françoise Jézéquel *

Renate Lingor Renate Lingor (born 11 October 1975) is a retired female German international footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward. Club career Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth t ...

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

Petra Wimbersky Petra Wimbersky (born 9 November 1982) is a former German football striker. After four years at FFC Frankfurt she returned to her former club Bayern Munich. She also plays for the German national team. She ended her career in 2012. Honours ...

* Rita Guarino *

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 and ...

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* 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 th ...

* Jane Törnqvist ;Own goal * Emmanuelle Sykora (playing against Norway)

References

External links

UEFA Women's Euro 2001
at UEFA.com

at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation {{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Women's Euro 2001

Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

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