UEFA Women's Euro 2022
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The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply 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 was the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament was hosted by England, and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in early 2020 resulted in postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020 to summer 2021, so the tournament was rescheduled for 6 to 31 July 2022 – unlike some other major tournaments which were similarly delayed, it was also re-titled. England last hosted the tournament in 2005, which had been the final tournament to feature just eight teams. Defending champions Netherlands, who won UEFA Women's Euro 2017 as hosts, were eliminated in the quarter-finals by France. Hosts England won their first UEFA Women's Championship title by beating Germany 2–1 after extra time in the final, held at Wembley Stadium in London. As winners, they competed in the inaugural 2023 Women's Finalissima against Brazil, winners of the 2022 Copa América Femenina, claiming the title via a penalty shootout. The video assistant referee (VAR), as well as goal-line technology, were used in the final tournament.
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| Order | Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of draw |
| 1 | England | Hosts | 3 December 2018 | 9th | 2017 | Runners-up (1984, 2009) | 8th |
| 2 | Germany | Group I winners | 23 October 2020 | 11th | 2017 | Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013) | 3rd |
| 3 | Netherlands | Group A winners | 23 October 2020 | 4th | 2017 | Champions (2017) | 4th |
| 4 | Denmark | Group B winners | 27 October 2020 | 10th | 2017 | Runners-up (2017) | 15th |
| 5 | Norway | Group C winners | 27 October 2020 | 12th | 2017 | Champions (1987, 1993) | 12th |
| 6 | Sweden | Group F winners | 27 October 2020 | 11th | 2017 | Champions (1984) | 2nd |
| 7 | France | Group G winners | 27 November 2020 | 7th | 2017 | Quarter-finals (2009, 2013, 2017) | 5th |
| 8 | Belgium | Group H winners | 1 December 2020 | 2nd | 2017 | Group stage (2017) | 19th |
| 9 | Iceland | Group F runners-up | 1 December 2020 | 4th | 2017 | Quarter-finals (2013) | 16th |
| 10 | Spain | Group D winners | 18 February 2021 | 4th | 2017 | Semi-finals (1997) | 10th |
| 11 | Finland | Group E winners | 19 February 2021 | 4th | 2013 | Semi-finals (2005) | 25th |
| 12 | Austria | Group G runners-up | 23 February 2021 | 2nd | 2017 | Semi-finals (2017) | 21st |
| 13 | Italy | Group B runners-up | 24 February 2021 | 12th | 2017 | Runners-up (1993, 1997) | 14th |
| – | Russia | qualifying play-offs winner | 13 April 2021 | 5th | 2017 | Group stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017) | 24th |
| 14 | Switzerland | qualifying play-offs winner | 13 April 2021 | 2nd | 2017 | Group stage (2017) | 20th |
| 15 | Northern Ireland | qualifying play-offs winner | 13 April 2021 | 1st | — | Debut | 48th |
| 16 | Portugal | qualifying play-offs lucky loser | 2 May 2022 | 2nd | 2017 | Group stage (2017) | 30th |
| Team | Coeff | Rank |
| England H | 41,443 | 3 |
| Netherlands TH | 43,961 | 1 |
| Germany | 41,924 | 2 |
| France | 40,898 | 4 |
| Team | Coeff | Rank |
| Sweden | 39,714 | 5 |
| Spain | 38,913 | 6 |
| Norway | 38,758 | 7 |
| Italy | 36,399 | 8 |
| Team | Coeff | Rank |
| Denmark | 35,265 | 9 |
| Belgium | 34,951 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 33,693 | 11 |
| Austria | 33,693 | 12 |
| Team | Coeff | Rank |
| Iceland | 33,458 | 13 |
| Russia | 30,117 | 15 |
| Finland | 29,765 | 16 |
| Northern Ireland | 19,526 | 27 |
References
- The best three runners-up among all nine groups qualified directly for the final tournament.
- Russia originally qualified by winning their play-off 1–0 on aggregate. However, Russia were suspended by FIFA and UEFA
- Russia were suspended by FIFA and UEFA on 28 February 2022, with Portugal being chosen by UEFA to take their place on 2
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