1984 European Competition for Women's Football

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1984 European Competition for Women's Football
Tournament details
Host countriesDenmark
England
Italy
Sweden
Dates8 April – 27 May
Teams4
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance20,830 (3,472 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Sundhage (4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Sundhage
← 1979 (unofficial)
1987 →

The 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was won by Sweden on penalties against England. [1] [2] [3] It comprised four qualifying groups, the winner of each going through to the semi-finals which were played over two legs, home and away. As only sixteen teams took part (less than half the membership of UEFA at the time), the competition could not be granted official status. [4] Matches comprised two halves of 35 minutes, played with a size-four football. [5]

Contents

Qualification

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1984 European Competition for Women's Football squads

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213
 
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 325
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (p)101 (4)
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 011 (3)
 
Flag of England.svg  England 213
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 101
 

Semifinals

First leg

England  Flag of England.svg2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Davis Soccerball shade.svg31'
Deighan Soccerball shade.svg51'		 DBU Report (in Danish)
Report 		Hindkjær Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.)
Gresty Road, Crewe
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Morace Soccerball shade.svg18'
Vignotto Soccerball shade.svg31'		 SvFF Report (in Swedish)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report 		Björk Soccerball shade.svg23'
Sundhage Soccerball shade.svg48'
Uusitalo Soccerball shade.svg57'
[note 1]
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
*Match info [3]

Second leg

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–1Flag of England.svg  England
DBU Report (in Danish)
Report 		Bampton Soccerball shade.svg44'
Hjørring Stadium, Hjørring
Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)

England won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sundhage Soccerball shade.svg28', 52'
[note 2] 		SvFF Report (in Swedish)
FIGC Report (in Italian)
Report 		Morace Soccerball shade.svg50'
Folkungavallen, Linköping
Attendance: 5,162
Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
*Match info [3]

Sweden won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of England.svg  England
Sundhage Soccerball shade.svg57' SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,662
Referee: Cees Bakker (Netherlands)
*Match info [3]

Second leg

England  Flag of England.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Curl Soccerball shade.svg31' SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Report
Penalties
Curl Soccerball shade cross.svg
Gallimore Soccerball shad check.svg
Bampton Soccerball shad check.svg
Hanson Soccerball shade cross.svg
Davis Soccerball shad check.svg		3 – 4 [3] Soccerball shad check.svg Börjesson
Soccerball shad check.svg Andersson
Soccerball shade cross.svg Björk
Soccerball shad check.svg Jansson
Soccerball shad check.svg Sundhage
Kenilworth Road, Luton [8]
Attendance: 2,567
Referee: Ignace Goris (Belgium)

1–1 on aggregate. No extra time played. Sweden won 4–3 on penalties.

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Source: UEFA [9]

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  1. ↑ Other sources credit an Italy own goal along with Sundhage and Börjesson goals. [6]
  2. ↑ Other sources credit Doris Uusitalo with the first goal. [7]
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