IFFHS PRESENTATION UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2022
Picture : Alexia Putellas (Spain), Wendie Renard (France), Lieke Martens (Netherlands), Giulia Gwinn (Germany) - some of the Euro leaders 2022 !
The 2022 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 will be the 13th edition of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. It will be the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams.
The final tournament will be hosted by England and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021. However, following the COVID 19 pandemic and subsequent postponements of 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Men’s Euro 2020 to summer 2021, the tournament was rescheduled and will take place from 6 to 31 July 2022.
England last hosted the tournament in 2005, the last edition featuring eight teams. England will be the host team, the Netherlands will be the defending champions, Northern Ireland will participate in a UEFA Women’s Euro competition for the first time.
In Group A, England will face Norway with Ada Hegerberg (Norway won 2 times the Euro), Austria and Northern Ireland. In Group B, Germany (8 Euro titles) and Spain (with FC Barcelona star Alexia Putellas) are the favorites before Denmark with Pernille Harder and Finland. In Group C, the defending champion Netherlands and Sweden will meet Switzeland and Portugal (in place of Russia). In Group D, France with Olympique Lyon European Champions Wendie Renard and Delphine Cascarino is the favorite against Belgium, Italy and Iceland.
The video assistant referee (VAR), as wellgoal-line technology, will be used in the final tournament.
STATISTICS
UEFA European Women's Championship FINALS
2017: Netherlands 4-2 Denmark; Enschede, Netherlands
2013: Germany 1-0 Norway; Solna, Sweden
2009: Germany 6-2 England; Helsinki, Finland
2005: Germany 3-1 Norway; Blackburn, England
2001: Germany 1-0 Sweden (aet, golden goal); Ulm, Germany
1997: Germany 2-0 Italy; Oslo, Norway
1995: Germany 3-2 Sweden; Kaiserslautern, Germany
1993: Norway 1-0 Italy; Cesena, Italy
1991: Germany 3-1 Norway (aet); Aalborg, Denmark
UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams
1989: West Germany 4-1 Norway; Osnabruck, West Germany
1987: Norway 2-1 Sweden; Oslo, Norway
1984: Sweden 1-1 England (4-3 pens); two legs, Gothenburg and Luton
THE SCHEDULE 2022
Group stage:
Wednesday 6 July
Group A: England - Austria (20:00, Old Trafford)
Thursday 7 July
Group A: Norway – Northern Ireland (20:00, Southampton
Friday 8 July
Group B: Spain - Finland (17:00, Milton Keynes)
Group B: Germany – Denmark (20:00, Brentford)
Saturday 9 July
Group C: Portugal – Switzerland (17:00, Wigan & Leigh)
Group C: Netherlands – Sweden (20:00, Sheffield)
Sunday 10 July
Group D: Belgium – Iceland (17:00, Manchester)
Group D : France - Italy (20:00, Rotherham)
Monday 11 July
Group A : Austria – Northern Ireland (17:00, Southampton)
Group A : England - Norway (20:00, Brighton & Hove)
Tuesday 12 July
Group B : Denmark - Finland (17:00, Milton Keynes)
Group B : Germany - Spain (20:00, Brentford)
Wednesday 13 July
Group C : Sweden - Switzerland (17:00, Sheffield)
Group C : Netherlands - Portugal (20:00, Wigan & Leigh)
Thursday 14 July
Group D : Italy - Iceland (17:00, Manchester)
Group D : France - Belgium (20:00, Rotherham)
Friday 15 July
Group A : Northern Ireland - England (20:00, Southampton)
Group A : Austria - Norway (20:00, Brighton & Hove)
Saturday 16 July
Group B : Finland - Germany (20:00, Milton Keynes)
Group B : Denmark - Spain (20:00, Brentford)
Sunday 17 July
Group C : Switzerland - Netherlands (17:00, Sheffield)
Group C : Sweden - Portugal (17:00, Wigan & Leigh)
Monday 18 July
Group D : Iceland - France (20:00, Rotherham)
Group D : Italy - Belgium (20:00, Manchester)
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals:
Wednesday 20 July
QF1: Winners Group A v Runners-up Group B (20:00, Brighton & Hove)
Thursday 21 July
QF2: Winners Group B v Runners-up Group A (20:00, Brentford)
Friday 22 July
QF3: Winners Group C v Runners-up Group D (20:00, Wigan & Leigh)
Saturday 23 July
QF4: Winners Group D v Runners-up Group C (20:00, Rotherham)
Semi-finals:
Tuesday 26 July
SF1: Winners QF1 v Winners QF3 (20:00, Sheffield)
Wednesday 27 July
SF2: Winners QF2 v Winners QF4 (20:00, Milton Keynes)
Final:
Sunday 31 July
Winners SF1 v Winners SF2 (17:00, Wembley)