UEFA Women's Euro 2022

UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	6–31 July 2022
Teams	16
Venue(s)	10 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	95 (3.06 per match)
Attendance	574,865 (18,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Beth Mead; Alexandra Popp; (6 goals each)
Best player	Beth Mead
	← 2017 2025 →

The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022, was 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 was hosted by England and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and subsequent postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA 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 was the host team, the Netherlands will be the defending champions, and Northern Ireland will participate in a UEFA Women's Euro competition for the first time.

In February 2022, the Russian team were excluded from the tournament after Russia invaded Ukraine.

The video assistant referee (VAR), as well as goal-line technology, will be used in the final tournament.

The final will take place at Wembley Stadium in London.

Host selection[]

England was the only country to submit a bid before the deadline.

England

England were confirmed as hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 3 December 2018.

Qualification[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Cyprus which entered for the first time at senior women's level, and Kosovo which entered their first Women's Euro), and with the hosts England qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. Different from previous qualifying competitions, the preliminary round has been abolished and all entrants start from the qualifying group stage. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:

Qualifying group stage: The 47 teams are drawn into nine groups: two groups of six teams and seven groups of five teams. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining six runners-up advance to the play-offs.
Play-offs: The six teams are drawn into three ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last three qualified teams.

The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 21 February 2019 in Nyon. The qualifying group stage will take place from August 2019 to December 2020, while the play-offs will take place in April 2021, previously October 2020.

Qualified teams[]

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Order	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
1	England	* !Hosts	02018-12-03-3 December 2018	9th	2017	02 !Runners-up (1984, 2009)
2	Germany	I1 !Group I winners	02020-10-23-23 October 2020	11 !11th	2017	01 !Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
3	Netherlands	A1 !Group A winners	02020-10-23-23 October 2020	4 !4th	2017	01 !Champions (2017)
4	Denmark	B1 !Group B winners	02020-10-27-27 October 2020	10 !10th	2017	02 !Runners-up (2017)
5	Norway	C1 !Group C winners	02020-10-27-27 October 2020	12 !12th	2017	01 !Champions (1987, 1993)
6	Sweden	F1 !Group F winners	02020-10-27-27 October 2020	11 !11th	2017	01 !Champions (1984)
7	France	G1 !Group G winners	02020-11-27-27 November 2020	07 !7th	2017	04 !Quarter-finals (2009, 2013, 2017)
8	Belgium	H1 !Group H winners	02020-12-01-1 December 2020	02 !2nd	2017	05 !Group Stage (2017)
9	Iceland	F2 !Group F runners-up^{[^]}	02020-12-01-1 December 2020	04 !4th	2017	04 !Quarter-finals (2013)
10	Spain	D1 !Group D winners	02021-02-18-18 February 2021	04 !4th	2017	03 !Semi-finals (1997)
11	Finland	E1 !Group E winners	02021-02-19-19 February 2021	04 !4th	2013	03 !Semi-finals (2005)
12	Austria	G2 !Group G runners-up^{[^]}	02021-02-23-23 February 2021	02 !2nd	2017	03 !Semi-finals (2017)
13	Italy	B2 !Group B runners-up^{[^]}	02021-02-24-24 February 2021	12 !12th	2017	02 !Runners-up (1993, 1997)
14	~~Russia~~	first qualifying play-offs winner	02021-04-13-13 April 2021	06 !6th	2017	05 !Group Stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017)
15	Switzerland	second qualifying play-offs winner	02021-04-13-13 April 2021	02 !2nd	2017	05 !Group Stage (2017)
16	Northern Ireland	third qualifying play-offs winner	02021-04-13-13 April 2021	01 !1st	Debut	-

Notes

^ The best three runners-up among all nine groups qualified directly for the final tournament.

Final draw[]

The final draw of the groups is provisionally scheduled in Manchester (United Kingdom) on 28 October 2021.

It was originally set on 6 November 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 16 teams will be drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams. The hosts will be assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams will be seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying stage, calculated based on the following:

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition (group stage only, excluding play-offs) (40%)

Pot 1
Team	Coeff	Rank
England ^H	41,443	3
Netherlands ^TH	43,961	1
Germany	41,924	2
France	40,898	4

Pot 2
Team	Coeff	Rank
Sweden	39,714	5
Spain	38,913	6
Norway	38,758	7
Italy	36,399	8

Pot 3
Team	Coeff	Rank
Denmark	35,265	9
Belgium	34,951	10
Switzerland	33,693	11
Austria	33,693	12

Pot 4
Team	Coeff	Rank
Iceland	33,458	13
~~Russia~~	30,117	15
Finland	29,765	16
Northern Ireland	19,526	27

^H Hosts (assigned to position A1 in the draw)
^TH Title holders

Venues[]

Meadow Lane in Nottingham and London Road in Peterborough were initially included on the list of stadiums when the Football Association submitted the bid to host the tournament. These were changed with the City Ground in Nottingham and St Mary's in Southampton due to UEFA requirements. The City Ground was replaced by Leigh Sports Village when the final list of venues was confirmed in August 2019. On 23 February 2020, Old Trafford in Manchester was confirmed as the venue of the opening match featuring England. Wembley Stadium will host the final.

London		Manchester
Wembley Stadium	Brentford Community Stadium	Old Trafford	Manchester City Academy Stadium
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 17,250	Capacity: 74,879	Capacity: 7,000

Sheffield
Bramall Lane
Capacity: 32,702

Southampton
St Mary's Stadium
Capacity: 32,505

Brighton and Hove	Milton Keynes	Rotherham	Leigh
Falmer Stadium	Stadium MK	New York Stadium	Leigh Sports Village
Capacity: 30,750	Capacity: 30,500	Capacity: 12,021	Capacity: 12,000

Squads[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squads

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.

Group stage[]

The provisional match schedule was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 18.01 and 18.02):

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 same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not 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 ranking for the final draw.

All times are local, BST (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England (H) (A)	3	3	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to Knockout stage
Austria (A)	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
Norway	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3
Northern Ireland	6	3	3	1	11	−10	9

6 July 2022 (2022-07-06) 20:00	England	1–0	Austria	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 68,871 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
	Mead 16'	Report

7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) 20:00	Norway	4–1	Northern Ireland	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
	Blakstad 10' Maanum 13' Graham Hansen 31' (pen.) Reiten 54'	Report	Nelson 49'

11 July 2022 (2022-07-11) 17:00	Austria	2–0	Northern Ireland	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 9,268 Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)
	Schiechtl 19' Naschenweng 88'	Report

11 July 2022 (2022-07-11) 20:00	England	8–0	Norway	Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton and Hove Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
	Stanway 12' (pen.) Hemp 15' White 29', 41' Mead 34', 38', 81' Russo 66'	Report

15 July 2022 (2022-07-15) 20:00	Northern Ireland	0–5	England	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 30,785 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
		Report	Kirby 40' Mead 44' Russo 48', 53' Burrows 76' (o.g.)

15 July 2022 (2022-07-15) 20:00	Austria	1–0	Norway	Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton and Hove Attendance: 12,667 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
	Billa 37'	Report

Group B[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group B


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Germany					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Denmark					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Spain					0	0	0
Finland					0	0	0

8 July 2022 (2022-07-08) 17:00	Spain	v	Finland	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
		Report		Stadium MK, Milton Keynes

8 July 2022 (2022-07-08) 20:00	Germany	v	Denmark	Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford
		Report		Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) 17:00	Denmark	v	Finland	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
		Report		Stadium MK, Milton Keynes

12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) 20:00	Germany	v	Spain	Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford
		Report		Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) 20:00	Finland	v	Germany	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
		Report		Stadium MK, Milton Keynes

16 July 2022 (2022-07-16) 20:00	Denmark	v	Spain	Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford
		Report		Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford

Group C[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group C


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Netherlands					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Sweden					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Switzerland					0	0	0
~~Russia~~					0	0	0		Suspended

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) 17:00	~~Russia~~	Cancelled	Switzerland	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
		Report		Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

9 July 2022 (2022-07-09) 20:00	Netherlands	v	Sweden	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
		Report		Bramall Lane, Sheffield

13 July 2022 (2022-07-13) 17:00	Sweden	v	Switzerland	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
		Report		Bramall Lane, Sheffield

13 July 2022 (2022-07-13) 20:00	Netherlands	Cancelled	~~Russia~~	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
		Report		Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

17 July 2022 (2022-07-17) 17:00	Switzerland	v	Netherlands	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
		Report		Bramall Lane, Sheffield

17 July 2022 (2022-07-17) 17:00	Sweden	Cancelled	~~Russia~~	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
		Report		Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Group D[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group D


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
France					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Italy					0	0	0		Knockout stage
Belgium					0	0	0
Iceland					0	0	0

10 July 2022 (2022-07-10) 17:00	Belgium	v	Iceland	Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester
		Report		Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester

10 July 2022 (2022-07-10) 20:00	France	v	Italy	New York Stadium, Rotherham
		Report		New York Stadium, Rotherham

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14) 17:00	Italy	v	Iceland	Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester
		Report		Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14) 20:00	France	v	Belgium	New York Stadium, Rotherham
		Report		New York Stadium, Rotherham

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18) 20:00	Iceland	v	France	New York Stadium, Rotherham
		Report		New York Stadium, Rotherham

18 July 2022 (2022-07-18) 20:00	Italy	v	Belgium	Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester
		Report		Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester

Knockout stage[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

20 July – Brighton and Hove

England (a.e.t.)	2
		26 July – Sheffield
Spain	1
		England	4
22 July – Leigh
		Sweden	0
Sweden	1
				31 July – London (Wembley)
Belgium	0
				England	2
21 July – London (Brentford)
				Germany	1
Germany	2
		27 July – Milton Keynes
Austria	0
		Germany	2
23 July – Rotherham
		France	1
France (a.e.t.)	1

Netherlands	0

Quarter-finals[]

20 July 2022 (2022-07-20) 20:00	England	2–1	Spain	Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
	Toone 84' Stanway 96'	Report	González 54'

21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) 20:00	Germany	2–0	Austria	Brentford Community Stadium, London Attendance: 16,025 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
	Magull 25' Popp 90'	Report

22 July 2022 (2022-07-22) 20:00	Sweden	1–0	Belgium	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh Attendance: 7,517 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
	Sembrant 90+2'	Report

23 July 2022 (2022-07-23) 20:00	France	1–0	Netherlands	New York Stadium, Rotherham Attendance: 9,764 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
	Périsset 102' (pen.)	Report

Semi-finals[]

26 July 2022 (2022-07-26) 20:00 BST	England	4–0	Sweden	Bramall Lane, Sheffield Attendance: 28,624 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
	Mead 34' Bronze 48' Russo 68' Kirby 76'	Report

27 July 2022 (2022-07-27) 20:00 BST	Germany	2–1	France	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes Attendance: 27,445 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
	Popp 40', 76'	Report	Frohms 44' (o.g.)

Final[]

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31) 17:00 BST	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,192 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
	Toone 62' Kelly 110'	Report	Magull 79'

Broadcasting[]

Europe[]

* England as host.

Country	Broadcaster
Country	Free	Pay
United Kingdom (host)*	BBC
Finland	YLE
France	TF1	Canal+
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Norway	TV2
Spain	RTVE

Outside Europe[]

Country	Broadcaster
Country	Free	Pay
Australia		Optus Sport

External links[]

Official website
Women's Euro Matches: 2022, UEFA.com

UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Knockout stage · Final Squads

UEFA Women's Championship
Tournaments
1984 (No fixed host) · Norway 1987 · West Germany 1989 · Denmark 1991 · Italy 1993 · 1995 (No fixed host) · Norway/Sweden 1997 · Germany 2001 · England 2005 · Finland 2009 · Sweden 2013 · Netherlands 2017 · England 2022 · Switzerland 2025
Qualification
1984 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2009 · 2013 · 2017 · 2022 · 2025
Finals
1984 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2009 · 2013 · 2017 · 2022
Squads
1984 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2009 · 2013 · 2017 · 2022


2022–23 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Belgium · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '22 '23 · Finland '22 '23 · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Iceland '22 '23 · Italy · Lithuania '22 '23 · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland '22 '23 · Norway '22 '23 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '22 '23 · Romania · Russia '22 '23 · Scotland · Slovakia · Spain · Sweden '22 '23 · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
Domestic cups
Croatia · England · Germany · Iceland '22 '23 · Moldova · Norway '22 '23 · Portugal · Spain · Sweden · Wales
League cups
England · Portugal · Scotland
UEFA competitions
Women's Champions League (qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout phase, Final)
International competitions
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup (UEFA qualification) · UEFA Women's Euro 2022 · 2023 Women's Finalissima · 2023 Women's Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2023 Women's Euro Under-17 (qualification)
2021–22 2023–24

[cnote_^] The best three runners-up among all nine groups qualified directly for the final tournament.

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