The final of UEFA Women's Euro 2017 took place on 6 August 2017 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede, Netherlands, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The Netherlands won the final 4–2 for their first UEFA Women's Championship title.

Background Both the Netherlands and Denmark reached the UEFA Women's Championship final for the first time in their histories. For the first time since 1993, a country other than Germany won the competition. Apart from Germany, only two other countries had won the championship up to this point: Norway and Sweden. Norway was defeated by both the Netherlands and Denmark in the preliminary round whereas Sweden was defeated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

The finalists met each other in the group stage of the tournament, with the Netherlands winning 1–0 via a penalty from Sherida Spitse.

Route to the final

Netherlands Round Denmark Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result 1–0 Match 1 1–0 1–0 Match 2 0–1 2–1 Match 3 1–0 Group A winner Final standings Group A runner-up Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result 2–0 Quarter-finals 2–1 3–0 Semi-finals 0–0

Match Details

GK 1 Sari van VeenendaalRB 2 Desiree van Lunteren CB 6 Anouk Dekker CB 3 Stefanie van der Gragt LB 5 Kika van Es CM 14Jackie Groenen CM 10Daniëlle van de DonkCM 8 Sherida Spitse (c)RF 7 Shanice van de Sanden CF 9 Vivianne MiedemaLF 11Lieke MartensSubstitutions:DF 20Dominique Janssen FW 13Renate Jansen DF 4 Mandy van den Berg Manager:Sarina Wiegman GK 1 Stina Lykke PetersenRB 8 Theresa NielsenCB 5 Simone Boye Sørensen CB 12Stine LarsenLB 19Cecilie SandvejRM 7 Sanne Troelsgaard NielsenCM 4 Maja Kildemoes CM 13Sofie Junge Pedersen LM 11Katrine VejeCF 10Pernille Harder (c)CF 9 Nadia Nadim Substitutions:DF 15Frederikke Thøgersen DF 2 Line Røddik Hansen MF 6 Nanna Christiansen Manager:Nils Nielsen

Player of the Match: Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)

Assistant referees: Belinda Brem (Switzerland) Sanja Rodjak Karšić (Croatia) Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Fifth official: Katrin Rafalski (Germany) |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics Statistic Netherlands Denmark Goals scored 4 2 Total shots 10 11 Shots on target 7 4 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 50% 50% Corner kicks 0 4 Fouls committed 16 10 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 3 1 Red cards 0 0

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