UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final
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The final of UEFA Women's Euro 2022 took place on 31 July 2022 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The match was contested between hosts England, who won, and Germany. For England, this was their third appearance in a European Championship final and the first since 2009, when they lost to Germany. England also lost in their first final in 1984, when Sweden beat them 4–3 on penalties. For Germany, the record winners of the competition, this was their ninth appearance in a Euro final and the first since 2013, when they defeated Norway. Germany won all eight of the previous European Championship finals they had played in. The final took place in front of a sold-out crowd of 87,192, a record attendance for a women's international fixture in Europe and for any European Championship finals match. England won the match 2–1 after extra time for their first European Championship title; first women's European Championship title; first major women's international title; and the first time a senior England side had won a major football tournament since the 1966 FIFA World Cup, in which they also defeated Germany at Wembley. The England team received numerous individual and collective honours. A match of equal chances and determined play, both regular time goals were scored in the second half; the first was set-up by England's Keira Walsh, who would be named player of the match. The promotion of the tournament by the host nation, given further visibility by their win in the final, saw women's football claim a mainstream level of popularity in Europe; attendances at regular season games in both England and Germany grew massively, while the final became iconic of the sport's growth, and clubs spent more money on players and games.