1984 European Competition for Women's Football

Not to be confused with UEFA Euro 1984.

The 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was won by Sweden on penalties against England.^[1][2][3] It comprised four qualifying groups, the winner of each going through to the semi-finals which were played over two legs, home and away. As only sixteen teams took part (less than half the membership of UEFA at the time), the competition could not be granted official status.^[4] Matches comprised two halves of 35 minutes, played with a size-four football.^[5]

1984 European Competition for Women's Football

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark England Italy Sweden
Dates	8 April – 27 May
Teams	4
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	20,830 (3,472 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pia Sundhage (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Pia Sundhage
← 1979 (unofficial) 1987 →

Qualification

Main article: 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1984 European Competition for Women's Football squads

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Italy	2	1	3
	Sweden	3	2	5
							Sweden (p)	1	0	1 (4)
							England	0	1	1 (3)
	England	2	1	3
	Denmark	1	0	1

Semifinals

First leg

England	2–1	Denmark
Davis 31' Deighan 51'	DBU Report (in Danish) Report	Hindkjær 49' (pen.)

8 April 1984

14:30

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)

Italy	2–3	Sweden
Morace 18' Vignotto 31'	SvFF Report (in Swedish) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Björk 23' Sundhage 48' Uusitalo 57' [note 1]

8 April 1984

12:00

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
*Match info^[3]

Second leg

Denmark	0–1	England
	DBU Report (in Danish) Report	Bampton 44'

28 April 1984

14:00

Hjørring Stadium, Hjørring

Attendance: 1,439

Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)

England won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sweden	2–1	Italy
Sundhage 28', 52' [note 2]	SvFF Report (in Swedish) FIGC Report (in Italian) Report	Morace 50'

28 April 1984

Folkungavallen, Linköping

Attendance: 5,162

Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)
*Match info^[3]

Sweden won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final

First leg

Sweden	1–0	England
Sundhage 57'	SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report

12 May 1984

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 5,662

Referee: Cees Bakker (Netherlands)
*Match info^[3]

Second leg

England	1–0	Sweden
Curl 31'	SvFF Report (in Swedish) Report
Penalties
Curl Gallimore Bampton Hanson Davis	3 – 4[3]	Börjesson Andersson Björk Jansson Sundhage

27 May 1984

Kenilworth Road, Luton^[8]

Attendance: 2,567

Referee: Ignace Goris (Belgium)

1–1 on aggregate. No extra time played. Sweden won 4–3 on penalties.

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Pia Sundhage

2 goals

• Linda Curl
• Carolina Morace

1 goal

• Inge Hindkjær

• Debbie Bampton
• Kerry Davis
• Elisabetta Vignotto
• Helen Johansson Björk
• Doris Uusitalo

Source: UEFA^[9]

References

1. "Euro 1984".
2. Tony Leighton (19 May 2009). "Seven deadly sins of football: England's shoot-out jinx begins – England, 1984 | Football". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
3. "EM för damer 1984". SvFF (in Swedish). 27 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
4. "1984: Sweden take first title –". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
5. "2013 Uefa Women's Competitions" (PDF). UEFA. August 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
6. "1984 European Championship: MATCH Report: Italy - Sweden: Semi-final first leg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
7. "1984 European Championship: MATCH Report: Italy - Sweden: Semi-final second leg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
8. Johnston, Neil (19 September 2022). "Euro 2022: Remembering the last time England's women played a Euros final in England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
9. "1982–84 Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

1. Other sources credit an Italy own goal along with Sundhage and Börjesson goals.^[6]
2. Other sources credit Doris Uusitalo with the first goal.^[7]

External links

• Results at UEFA.com
• Results at RSSSF.com
• Results at SvenskFotboll.se
• Final game at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)