UEFA Women's Euro 2009
| UEFA Naisten EURO 2009 | |
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UEFA Women's Euro 2009 official logo
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Finland |
| Dates | 23 August – 10 September |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Germany (7th title)
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| Runners-up |
 England
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| Third place |
 Netherlands Norway
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 25 |
| Goals scored | 75 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 134,907 (5,396 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Inka Grings (6 goals) |
| Best player |
Inka Grings
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The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between August 23 and September 10, 2009. The host was appointed on July 11, 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over the Dutch proposal.
The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.
The 2009 tournament was won by Germany for a seventh time in ten events. They beat England, appearing in their first final since 1984, 6–2 in the final. The Germans also boasted the tournament's leading goalscorer in Inka Grings.
Twelve teams competed in the competition, an increase of 4 teams from 8 teams that played in previous tournaments. After a preliminary round, 30 teams competed in a qualifying group stage. Those teams were divided into six groups of five, with teams playing each other on a home-and-away basis. The six group winners advanced to the final tournament. The six runners-up and the four best third-placed teams played a qualification playoff. Those 11 teams and the hosts completed the 12-team lineup for the competition.
45 teams competed for the eleven available places in the final tournament; the qualifying teams together with the host were:
The tournament was played in four cities in Finland: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere and Lahti.
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