UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The group winners and runners-up would qualify for the knockout stage, along with the best two third-placed teams; the remaining four teams would be eliminated.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[20]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;[lower-alpha 1]
4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. If two teams tie (following the application of tiebreakers 1–5) after having met in their final fixture of the group stage, then their ranking will be determined by penalty shoot-out;[lower-alpha 2]
7. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system as at the final draw;

The best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage, with teams being ranked using points as the only criterion.[21] UEFA introduced this principle to avoid teams entering their final matches and "playing on" the previous results, and also to negate the factor of the potentially different strengths of the groups by eliminating goal difference from the calculation.[21] As both Denmark and Russia finished with two points, in accordance with the regulations,[21] UEFA conducted a drawing of lots on 18 July following the completion of the group matches to determine which of these two teams would advance: Denmark was selected and so advanced.[22]

Group	Team	Pld	Pts	Drawing of lots
B	Iceland	3	4	–
A	Denmark	3	2	won
C	Russia	3	2	lost

The eight advancing teams entered the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) was played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shootout.[23]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 July – Halmstad
	Sweden	4
					24 July – Gothenburg
	Iceland	0
					Sweden	0
	21 July – Växjö
					Germany	1
	Italy	0
									28 July – Solna (details)
	Germany	1
									Germany	1
	22 July – Kalmar
									Norway	0
	Norway	3
					25 July – Norrköping
	Spain	1
					Norway (pen.)	1 (4)
	22 July – Linköping
					Denmark	1 (2)
	France	1 (2)
	Denmark (pen.)	1 (4)

All times are local (UTC+2)

5 goals

• Lotta Schelin

3 goals

• Nilla Fischer

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Raffaella Manieri (playing against Sweden)
• Irene Paredes (playing against Norway)

UEFA Squad of the Tournament[1]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nadine Angerer Ingrid Hjelmseth Stina Lykke Petersen	Saskia Bartusiak Laure Boulleau Marit Fiane Christensen Nilla Fischer Annike Krahn Maren Mjelde Wendie Renard	Lena Goeßling Solveig Gulbrandsen Dzsenifer Marozsán Louisa Nécib Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen Caroline Seger Josefine Öqvist	Verónica Boquete Melania Gabbiadini Eugénie Le Sommer Célia Okoyino da Mbabi Lotta Schelin Gaëtane Thiney

Golden Boot[24]

Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Lotta Schelin 5 goals 2 assists	Nilla Fischer 3 goals 0 assists	Louisa Nécib 2 goals 2 assists

Saade unveiling "Winning Ground"

The official anthem of the tournament was "Winning Ground", composed by Stefan Örn and performed by Swedish pop star Eric Saade.[25] The title of the song was also the slogan of the final tournament.[26][25] The song was presented on 27 May 2013 at the Friends Arena in an event also featuring Tyresö players Lisa Dahlkvist of Sweden, Denmark's Line Røddik Hansen, Spain's Verónica Boquete and the Netherlands' Kirsten van de Ven.[25]

Tickets for the finals were released on 14 February 2013, available to buy via UEFA's online sales portal or from the Ticnet agency in Sweden.[27] The pricing structure was the same for all venues: SEK 200 (approximately €23.50[lower-alpha 3]) for Category 1 matches, SEK 150 (≈€17.60) for Category 2 and SEK 100 (≈€11.75) for Category 3. Youth tickets, for those aged up to 16, cost SEK 50 (≈€5.85) for all categories. A so-named Follow Your Team Ticket which gave entrance to all three group matches of a selected team was also sold.[27]

The tournament soon surpassed the previous ticket sales record of 129,000 set in 2009,[3] which prompted the organisers to open up the entire 50,000 seats of the Friends Arena for the final, in contrast to the original plan to place only 30,000 tickets on sale.[28] The final set a new attendance record for a Women's Euros fixture (41,301) and helped bring the total number of tickets sold for the tournaments to 216,888.[29] In addition to attending the matches, the tournament became the first Women's Euros event to feature fan zones where fans could gather together to view matches on big screens.[30]