Friday, July 12, 2013

UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, or commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, are the 11th European Championship for national women's football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament is held in Sweden from 10 to 28 July 2013. It is the last time the tournament is held with twelve teams; from 2017 onwards 16 teams will compete for the championship.
Bids
Candidates of European national associations of staging UEFA Women's Euro 2013 were Netherlands and Sweden. Sweden was awarded the tournament on 4 October 2010 with an official ceremony in Minsk, Belarus. Several other European national associations showed interest in staging UEFA Women's Euro 2013 but did not submit final applications, including Switzerland, Bulgaria and Poland.

Squads

The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squads

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
Forty-four teams entered to compete for the eleven remaining places in the finals, alongside hosts Sweden.
Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament
 Sweden Hosts 4 October 2010 8 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Italy Group 1 winner 16 June 2012 9 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Germany Group 2 winner 16 June 2012 8 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Norway Group 3 winner 19 September 2012 9 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 France Group 4 winner 15 September 2012 4 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Finland Group 5 winner 15 September 2012 2 (2005, 2009)
 England Group 6 winner 19 September 2012 6 (1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Denmark Group 7 winner 19 September 2012 7 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
 Netherlands Best runner-up 19 September 2012 1 (2009)
 Spain Play-off winner 24 October 2012 1 (1997)
 Russia Play-off winner 25 October 2012 3 (1997, 2001, 2009)
 Iceland Play-off winner 25 October 2012 1 (2009)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italics indicates host for that year

Venues

At some venues, the capacity has been reduced during the championship, such as the Friends Arena where the capacity has been reduced from 50,000 to 30,000.[5]
Gothenburg Solna Norrköping
Gamla Ullevi Friends Arena Nya Parken
Capacity: 16,700 Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 10,300
3 Group matches & 1 Semifinal Final 3 Group matches & 1 Semifinal
Gamla Ullevi inside.JPG Friends Arena from inside.jpg Nyaparken.jpg
Linköping Kalmar
Arena Linköping Guldfågeln Arena
Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 10,900
3 Group matches & 1 Quarter-final 3 Group matches & 1 Quarter-final

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Halmstad Växjö
Örjans Vall Myresjöhus Arena
Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 12,000
3 Group matches & 1 Quarter-final 3 Group matches & 1 Quarter-final
HBK-Gefle.JPG Myresjöhus Arena 120903 OIF-VMO 1-1 210337 4677.jpg

Match officials

The twelve referee trios were announced by the UEFA on 19 June 2013.[6] All referees will have their base in Jönköping.
Referees
Assistant referees
Fourth officials

Group stage draw

The final draw took place on 9 November 2012 at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg.

Seedings

Top-seeded teams
Team Coeff Rank
 Sweden H (A1) 42,503 2
 Germany TH (B1) 43,460 1
 France (C1) 40,251 3
Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 England 38,903 4
 Norway 37,193 5
 Italy 37,057 6
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Denmark 34,971 7
 Iceland 34,524 8
 Finland 34,436 9
 Russia 33,697 10
 Netherlands 33,661 11
 Spain 32,999 12

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2)

Group A

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Denmark 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Italy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Finland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1



10 July 2013
Italy  0–0  Finland
Sweden  1–1  Denmark
13 July 2013
Italy  Match 8  Denmark
Finland  Match 7  Sweden
16 July 2013
Sweden  Match 14  Italy
Denmark  Match 13  Finland

Group B

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Germany 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1



11 July 2013
Norway  1–1  Iceland
Germany  0–0  Netherlands
14 July 2013
Norway  Match 10  Netherlands
Iceland  Match 9  Germany
17 July 2013
Germany  Match 16  Norway
Netherlands  Match 15  Iceland

Group C

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



12 July 2013
France  Match 5  Russia
England  Match 6  Spain
15 July 2013
England  Match 12  Russia
Spain  Match 11  France
18 July 2013
France  Match 18  England
Russia  Match 17  Spain

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
A
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 knockout stage

 Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final


21 July – Halmstad



 Winner Group A

24 July – Gothenburg

 Third place Group B/C


21 July – Växjö


 Runner-up Group A


28 July – Solna

 Runner-up Group B


22 July – Kalmar


 Winner Group B

25 July – Norrköping

 Runner-up Group C


22 July – Linköping


 Winner Group C



 Third place Group A/B


Quarterfinals

21 July 2013
15:00		 Winner Group A Match 19 Third place Group B/C Örjans Vall, Halmstad



21 July 2013
18:00		 Runner-up Group A Match 20 Runner-up Group B Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö



22 July 2013
18:00		 Winner Group B Match 21 Runner-up Group C Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar



22 July 2013
20:45		 Winner Group C Match 22 Third place Group A/B Arena Linköping, Linköping



Semifinals

24 July 2013
20:30		 Winner Match 19 Match 23 Winner Match 20 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg



25 July 2013
20:30		 Winner Match 21 Match 24 Winner Match 22 Nya Parken, Norrköping



Final

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 Final
28 July 2013
16:00		 Winner Match 23 Match 25 Winner Match 24 Friends Arena, Solna



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