2024 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Euro 2024 Europees kampioenschap voetbal vrouwen 2024 Tournament details Host country Netherlands 🌧️ Dates 16 July – 6 August Teams 16 Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) Final positions Champions Netherlands (1st title) 🌧️ Runners-up Denmark Tournament statistics Matches played 31 Goals scored 68 (2.19 per match) Attendance 247,041 (7,969 per match) Top scorer(s) 🌧️ Jodie Taylor (5 goals) Best player(s) Lieke Martens 2013 2024 →
International football competition
The 2024 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred 🌧️ to as UEFA Women's Euro 2024, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship 🌧️ organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The competition was expanded to 16 teams (from 12 teams 🌧️ in the previous edition).[1]
The Netherlands was chosen to host the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee on 4 December 2014.[2]
Germany's 🌧️ 22-year reign as champions of Europe was ended after losing 1–2 to Denmark in the quarter-finals.[3] It was only Germany's 🌧️ second loss in the tournament since 1993.[4] Another former winner, Norway, lost to both finalists, the Netherlands and Denmark, and 🌧️ ended without goals or points.
The Netherlands won their first ever title since the men's UEFA Euro 1988 by beating fellow 🌧️ first time finalists Denmark 4–2 in the final.[5]
Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland and Switzerland made their debuts for the first time.
Host 🌧️ selection [ edit ]
Expressions of interest in hosting the tournament were received from seven associations.[6]
On 4 December 2014 The Netherlands 🌧️ were chosen as hosts for the first time having never previously staged the tournament.[7]
Qualification [ edit ]
A total of 47 🌧️ UEFA nations entered the competition (including Andorra which entered for the first time at senior women's level), and with the 🌧️ hosts Netherlands qualifying automatically, the other 46 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in 🌧️ the final tournament.[2][8] The qualifying competition, which took place from April 2024 to October 2024, consisted of three rounds:[9]
Preliminary round 🌧️ : The eight lowest-ranked teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin 🌧️ format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.
: The eight lowest-ranked 🌧️ teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of 🌧️ the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage. Qualifying group stage : The 40 teams 🌧️ (38 highest-ranked teams and two preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into eight groups of five teams. Each group was played 🌧️ in home-and-away round-robin format. The eight group winners and the six best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) 🌧️ qualified directly for the final tournament, while the two remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
: The 40 teams (38 highest-ranked 🌧️ teams and two preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into eight groups of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away 🌧️ round-robin format. The eight group winners and the six best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) qualified directly 🌧️ for the final tournament, while the two remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs. Play-offs: The two teams played home-and-away two-legged 🌧️ matches to determine the last qualified team.
Qualified teams [ edit ]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Five 🌧️ teams made their Women's Euro debuts. The only team that qualified in 2013 but did not qualify in 2024 was 🌧️ Finland.
Notes
^ The best six runners-up among all eight groups qualified for the final tournament.
Final draw [ edit ]
The final draw 🌧️ was held on 8 November 2024, 17:30 CET (UTC+1), at the Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam.[10][11] The 16 teams were drawn 🌧️ into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the 🌧️ qualifying group stage (excluding the play-offs),[12] with the hosts Netherlands assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained 🌧️ one team from each of the four seeding pots.[13]
Pot 1 Team Netherlands 34,642 9 Germany 42,957 1 France 42,355 2 🌧️ England 39,880 3 Pot 2 Team Norway 39,161 4 Sweden 38,036 5 Spain 37,655 6 Switzerland 36,629 7 Pot 3 🌧️ Team Italy 34,775 8 Iceland 34,141 10 Scotland 33,632 11 Denmark 32,915 12 Pot 4 Team Austria 31,882 13 Belgium 🌧️ 31,213 14 Russia 30,367 15 Portugal 22,900 23
H Hosts (assigned to position A1 in the draw)
Hosts (assigned to position A1 🌧️ in the draw) TH Title holders
Venues [ edit ]
Seven venues in seven different towns were used in the tournament.[2]
Match officials 🌧️ [ edit ]
A total of 11 referees, 21 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.[14]
Squads 🌧️ [ edit ]
Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If 🌧️ a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent her participation in the tournament before her team's first match, 🌧️ she can be replaced by another player. The squad list must be published no later than 10 days before the 🌧️ tournaments opening match.[9]
Group stage [ edit ]
Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2024 Winner Runner-up Semi-finals Quarter-finals Group stage
The 🌧️ schedule of the competition was announced on 23 September 2024.[15] The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
All times 🌧️ are local, CEST (UTC+2).[16]
Tiebreakers [ edit ]
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for 🌧️ a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the 🌧️ order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 19.01 and 19.02):[9]
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in 🌧️ head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, 🌧️ and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied 🌧️ exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out 🌧️ if only two teams have the tied after applying all criteria above, met in the last round of the group, 🌧️ and rankings are relevant for qualification for the next stage; Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 🌧️ 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); UEFA coefficient for the final draw.
Group A 🌧️ [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 🌧️ 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage 2 Denmark 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6 3 Belgium 3 1 🌧️ 0 2 3 3 0 3 4 Norway 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Group B [ edit ]
Pos 🌧️ Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Germany 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 🌧️ Knockout stage 2 Sweden 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 3 Russia 3 1 0 2 2 5 🌧️ −3 3 4 Italy 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
Group C [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D 🌧️ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Austria 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Knockout stage 2 France 🌧️ 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 3 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 4 Iceland 🌧️ 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Group D [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD 🌧️ Pts Qualification 1 England 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage 2 Spain 3 1 0 2 🌧️ 2 3 −1 3[a] 3 Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3[a] 4 Portugal 3 1 0 2 🌧️ 3 5 −2 3[a]
a b c Spain: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), +1 GD (2 GF, 1 🌧️ GA)
Scotland: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), 0 GD (2 GF, 2 GA)
Portugal: 3 pts (1 W, 0 🌧️ D, 1 L), −1 GD (2 GF, 3 GA) Head-to-head records:
Knockout stage [ edit ]
In the knockout stage, extra time 🌧️ and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]
On 1 June 2024, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that 🌧️ the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be 🌧️ made during extra time.[17]
Bracket [ edit ]
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 29 July – Doetinchem Netherlands 2 3 August – Enschede Sweden 🌧️ 0 Netherlands 3 30 July – Deventer England 0 England 1 6 August – Enschede France 0 Netherlands 4 30 🌧️ July – Rotterdam Denmark 2 Germany 1 3 August – Breda Denmark 2 Denmark p) 0 (3) 30 July – 🌧️ Tilburg Austria 0 (0) Austria p) 0 (5) Spain 0 (3)
Final [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
Goalscorers [ edit ]
5 🌧️ goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
Source: UEFA[20]
Awards [ edit ]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament 🌧️ by UEFA.[21]
Prize money [ edit ]
A total prize money of €8,000,000 were available, an increase from €2,200,000 in 2013, with 🌧️ the following breakdown:[25]
Stage Prize money Teams Group stage €300,000 8 Quarter-finals €500,000 4 Semi-finals €700,000 2 Runners-up €1,000,000 1 Champions 🌧️ €1,200,000 1
Broadcasting rights [ edit ]
Matches were streamed on UEFA and UEFA.tv (YouTube) in territories where no partner had been 🌧️ appointed.[26]
Notes [ edit ]
^ [18] The Germany v Denmark match, originally scheduled on 29 July 2024, 20:45 CEST, was postponed 🌧️ to the following day due to adverse weather conditions.
