UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW MATCH PRESS KIT Rotterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 8 November 2016 17.30CET Last updated 07/11/2016 17:16CET UEFA WOMEN'S EURO OFFICIAL SPONSORS Background 2 Pots 3 How the draw will work 4 Pot 1 5 Pot 2 18 Pot 3 31 Pot 4 44 UEFA Women's EURO 2017 venues 57 UEFA Women's EURO qualifying 58 UEFA Women's EURO match schedule 67 UEFA Women's EURO All-time finals 68 Facts & figures 71 Legend 73 1 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Background Useful links 1. UEFA Women's EURO 2017 http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/index.html 2. Women's Football http://www.uefa.org/football-development/womens-football/index.html 3. Women's Football Development http://www.uefa.org/football-development/womens-football/programme/index.html 4. Women's Football Development Programme for Europe's national associations http://www.uefa.org/football- development/womens-football/news/newsid=2414224.html 5. Competitions http://www.uefa.org/football-development/womens-football/competitions/index.html 6. Women's Football Development Ambassadors http://www.uefa.org/football-development/womens-football/womens- ambassadors/index.html UEFA President, Aleksander Čeferin: "Another important step in the development of women's football will be taken next summer in the Netherlands. For the first time, 16 teams will contest the Women's EURO, giving the tournament an exciting new dimension. I would like to thank the Royal Netherlands Football Association, the KNVB, for their hard work, dedication, enthusiasm and cooperation in preparing the draw and the tournament. They have laid excellent foundations for a truly wonderful event, which will feature many of the best female players in Europe." KNVB president, Michael van Praag: "It is an honour to welcome the delegations of the teams and the international press in our country for the draw. I'm also very pleased that UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin will be present. The draw is always a very special moment because you can feel the excitement of the tournament as it gets closer. We in the Netherlands we will do everything to make sure that UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 is a unique experience for the teams and fans." Key dates 8 November 2016: Final tournament draw 7 April 2017: 100 days to go 16 July – 6 August 2017: Final tournament across seven venues in the Netherlands UEFA Corporate social media: Twitter: @UEFA Facebook: @UEFA Instagram: @uefa_official UEFA Women's EURO 2017 social media: Twitter: @UEFAWomensEURO Facebook: @uefawomenseuro Hashtag: #WEURO2017 2 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Pots POT 1 POT 2 POT 3 POT 4 Netherlands* Norway Italy Austria Germany Sweden Iceland Belgium France Spain Scotland Russia England Switzerland Denmark Portugal * Hosts Netherlands will be automatically assigned as the top seeds in Group A 3 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam How the draw will work Four pots have been formed, based on each team's ranking in the UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients. Seedings Pot 1*: Germany (holders), France, England Pot 2: Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland Pot 3: Italy, Iceland, Scotland, Denmark Pot 4: Austria, Belgium, Russia, Portugal *Hosts the Netherlands will be placed in position 1 of Group A Procedure • After the Netherlands are automatically placed in position 1 of Group A, the other Pot 1 teams will be drawn to fill that berth in remaining sections. Each group will then be allocated one team each from the remaining three pots, drawn in the order Pot 4, Pot 3 and Pot 2. • The draw ceremony will presented by Dutch sports journalist Diana Kuip and be conducted by the all-time Netherlands top scorer Manon Melis, and a member of Germany's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 winning side, Nadine Kessler. Competition format • The Netherlands will be in Group A, playing group games in Utrecht, Rotterdam and Tilburg. • Each team will play their three group games in three different venues, with cities staging at least one game from each group and a knockout match except for Utrecht, and also Enschede, which only hosts a semi-final and the final. Ticket sales Ticket sales will be launched at the draw ceremony and go on sale from www.weuro2017.nl/tickets at 19:00CET on 8 November. Provisional schedule http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/28/54/73/2285473_DOWNLOAD.pdf 4 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Pot 1 Netherlands* Germany France England * Hosts Netherlands will be automatically assigned as the top seeds in Group A 5 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Netherlands Netherlands - Team profile Netherlands (hosts) EURO 2013: Group stage EURO best: Semi-finals (2009) How they qualified: Automatically as hosts Coach: Arjan van der Laan One to watch: Vivianne Miedema (forward, Bayern München) What to watch out for: Having made their breakthrough as the steely defensive side that reached the EURO semi- finals on debut under Vera Pauw, the Netherlands have become a team more in the classic Dutch mould under first Roger Reijners and, for the last 12 months, Van der Laan. With the former still in charge, they earned a FIFA Women's World Cup bow in 2015, narrowly losing to eventual runners-up Japan in the last 16. With no qualification duties this time, they have kept themselves busy: their 7-0 win in Scotland and 4-2 loss in Germany in October were their tenth and 11th games of 2016, with Belgium and England to come this month. The recent retirement of forward Manon Melis has put the spotlight even more firmly on Miedema, whose goals – with the youngster fresh from winning the 2014 WU19 EURO – propelled the Netherlands to the World Cup. 6 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Netherlands - Team facts UEFA Women's EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 85 38 19 28 131 84 Final tournament 16 4 3 9 10 20 Qualifying 69 34 16 19 121 64 7 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Netherlands - Head to head against teams in other pots Netherlands v Austria Netherlands v Belgium Netherlands v Denmark No previous meetings Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA Women's 8 6 1 1 24 6 Women's 7 2 1 4 5 13 EURO EURO Netherlands v Iceland Netherlands v Italy Netherlands v Norway Competition Pld W D L GF GA No previous meetings Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA Women's 5 0 0 5 1 8 Women's 7 0 0 7 1 16 EURO EURO Netherlands v Portugal Netherlands v Russia Netherlands v Scotland No previous meetings Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA Women's 2 1 1 0 2 1 Women's 1 1 0 0 4 0 EURO EURO Netherlands v Spain Netherlands v Sweden Netherlands v Switzerland Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA UEFA Women's 6 2 2 2 6 4 Women's 6 2 2 2 4 6 Women's 2 0 2 0 3 3 EURO EURO EURO 8 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Germany Germany - Team profile Germany (holders) EURO 2013: Winners EURO best: Winners (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013) How they qualified: Group 5 winners, W8 D0 L0 F35 A0 Pts24 Coach: Steffi Jones One to watch: Anja Mittag (forward, Wolfsburg) What to watch out for: Germany's reign as European champions now stands at over two decades and they are on to their fourth coach in that time: the late Gero Bisanz handing over to Tina Theune, herself succeeded by Silvia Neid, who stepped down in favour of Jones after leading German to their first Olympic gold in Brazil this August. Jones's appointment had been announced well in advance and the former defender had been added to the coaching team, ensuring a smooth succession which is matched on the pitch. Even as the likes of Nadine Angerer, Saskia Bartusiak, Nadine Kessler and Célia Šašić retire, the production line guarantees Germany's machine rolls on, currently on a run of eight straight victories. The team to beat, still. 9 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Germany - Team facts UEFA Women's EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 115 89 19 7 406 52 Final tournament 44 35 7 2 104 23 Qualifying 71 54 12 5 302 29 10 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2017 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 17.30CET (17.30 local time) Match press kit Netherlands, Rotterdam Germany - Head to head against teams in other pots Germany v Austria Germany v Belgium Germany v Denmark No previous meetings Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA Women's 4 2 2 0 10 2 Women's 6 2 1 3 6 8 EURO EURO Germany v Iceland Germany v Italy Germany v Norway Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA UEFA UEFA UEFA Women's 6 6 0 0 22 0 Women's 12 7 5 0 25 8 Women's 14 8 3 3 23 11 EURO EURO EURO Germany v Portugal Germany v Russia Germany v Scotland Competition