The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017 , 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).
16-515: The Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament was a friendly tournament between August 1, 2008, to August 3, 2008, to celebrate the centenary of the Dutch football club Feyenoord. The tournament includes four teams, they are: Feyenoord , Celtic , Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund . All of Feyenoord's three opponents are famous opponents that they played before in European finals. Tottenham Hotspur won
32-658: A new (professional) league. From 1956, the top flight of Dutch football is the Eredivisie (English: Premier Division , literally Honorary Division ). The second level is the Eerste Divisie (First Division). The third level is the Tweede Divisie (Second Division). Below that are two amateur divisions: the fourth level is the Derde Divisie (Third Division), formerly Topklasse, and the fifth level
48-485: 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. The schedule of the competition was announced on 23 September 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. All times are local, CEST ( UTC+2 ). Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for
64-494: 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): In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. On 1 June 2017, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of
80-479: Is the oldest professional football club in the country, AFC Ajax in 1900, Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1908, and PSV Eindhoven in 1913. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) was founded on 8 December 1889 and joined FIFA in 1904 as one of the founding members alongside the Football Associations of Belgium , Denmark , France , Spain , Sweden , and Switzerland . Professional football
96-681: The Hoofdklasse . The Topklasse was launched in 2010, before that time promotion to or relegation from the Eerste Divisie was not possible. In 2016, the Topklasse was renamed Derde Divisie and the Tweede Divisie was revived. The Netherlands national men's and women's team are usually dressed in orange and have a historic tradition of aesthetic possession football based around technical ability and attacking flair. They won
112-596: The European Championship in 1988, and have competed in many European and World Cups. The men's team finished second in the 1974,1978 and 2010 World Cups and third in the UEFA Euro 1976 and 2014 World Cup tournament. They have reached many finals ( 1974 World Cup , 1978 World Cup , Euro 1988 , 2010 World Cup ) and semi-finals ( Euro 1976 , 1998 World Cup , Euro 2000 , Euro 2004 , 2014 World Cup , Euro 2024 ). The women's team also managed to reach
128-525: The final in its just second FIFA Women's World Cup , where they reached the 2019 Women's World Cup but failed to win. This means the Netherlands is the second country in the world where both men's and women's teams reached the final of respective gender's World Cup yet failed to win both times, the other being Sweden. The women also won the Women's Euro 2017 . Only the Netherlands and Germany have won both
144-545: The final tournament. Five teams made their Women's Euro debuts. The only team that qualified in 2013 but did not qualify in 2017 was Finland. The final draw was held on 8 November 2016, 17:30 CET ( UTC+1 ), at the Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam . 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
160-399: The men's UEFA Euro 1988 by beating fellow first time finalists Denmark 4–2 in the final . Austria , Belgium , Portugal , Scotland and Switzerland made their debuts for the first time. Expressions of interest in hosting the tournament were received from seven associations. On 4 December 2014 The Netherlands were chosen as hosts for the first time having never previously staged
176-9260: The men's and the women's European Championship. Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Eredivisie 18 clubs 2 Eerste Divisie 20 clubs 3 Tweede Divisie 18 clubs Saturday Sunday 4 Derde Divisie Saturday 18 clubs Derde Divisie Sunday 18 clubs 5 Saturday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Saturday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse A 16 clubs Sunday Hoofdklasse B 16 clubs 6 District West 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Eerste Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District East: Saturday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District North: Saturday Eerste Klasse E 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse A 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse B 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Eerste Klasse C 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Eerste Klasse D 14 clubs District East: Sunday Eerste Klasse E 13 clubs District North: Sunday Eerste Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 7 District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Saturday Tweede Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Saturday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District East: Saturday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District North: Saturday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse A 14 clubs District West 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse B 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse C 14 clubs District West 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse D 13 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse E 14 clubs District South 1: Sunday Tweede Klasse F 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse G 14 clubs District South 2: Sunday Tweede Klasse H 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse I 14 clubs District East: Sunday Tweede Klasse J 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse K 14 clubs District North: Sunday Tweede Klasse L 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 8 District West 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District West 2 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1 Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District North Saturday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Saturday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District West 2 Sunday Derde Klasse A 15 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 1 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Sunday Derde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 14 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 14 clubs District North Sunday Derde Klasse A 12 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse B 12 clubs Sunday Derde Klasse C 12 clubs , Sunday Derde Klasse D 12 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 9 District West 1 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 10 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse E 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse F 11 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs District West 2 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse E 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs Saturday Vierde Klasse G 13 clubs District South 1 Saturday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs District East Saturday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse E 12 clubs District North Saturday Vierde Klasse A 12 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse B 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vierde Klasse D 12 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District West 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 14 clubs District East Sunday Vierde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 15 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse G 12 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse H 12 clubs District North Sunday Vierde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse D 13 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vierde Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) 10 District North Saturday Vijfde Klasse A 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse B 12 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs , Saturday Vijfde Klasse E 14 teams (All divisions run in parallel) District West 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 6 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 10 clubs District South 1 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs District South 2 Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse G 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse H 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse I 13 clubs District East Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 12 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 11 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse G 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse H 13 clubs District North Sunday Vijfde Klasse A 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse B 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse C 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse D 13 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse E 14 clubs , Sunday Vijfde Klasse F 14 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Eredivisie 18 clubs 2 Eerste Divisie 20 clubs Saturday Sunday 3 Topklasse Saturday 16 clubs Topklasse Sunday 16 clubs UEFA Women%27s Euro 2017 The Netherlands
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#1732793133933192-435: The play-offs), with the hosts Netherlands assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained one team from each of the four seeding pots. Seven venues in seven different towns were used in the tournament. A total of 11 referees, 21 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If
208-472: The tournament. 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. The qualifying competition, which took place from April 2015 to October 2016, consisted of three rounds: The following 16 teams qualified for
224-504: The trophy. Dutch football Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands . Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club . Over the next 30 years, football gained popularity in the Netherlands and the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the foundation of many new clubs, notably Sparta Rotterdam in 1888, which
240-434: Was chosen to host the tournament by the UEFA Executive Committee on 4 December 2014. Germany's 22-year reign as champions of Europe was ended after losing 1–2 to Denmark in the quarter-finals. It was only Germany's second loss in the tournament since 1993. 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
256-617: Was introduced in 1954, with the establishment of the Dutch Professional Football Association ( Nederlandse Beroeps Voetbal Bond , or NBVB). The first professional game was played on 14 August 1954 between Alkmaar '54 and SC Venlo . The KNVB had opposed professional football for a long time, but eventually submitted to pressure and merged with the NBVB in November 1954 to form a new football association and
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