The UEFA European Women’s Championship, better known as the UEFA Women’s Euro, is a quadrennial football tournament contested by the women’s national teams of UEFA’s member associations. It is the women’s equivalent of the UEFA European Championship.
Germany are the most successful side in the competition’s history with eight titles. England are the reigning champions, having beaten Spain on penalties in Basel in 2025 to add to their 2022 win at Wembley, and Norway also have two. Sweden and the Netherlands have one apiece.
Fourteen editions have been played since the first in 1984. Sweden pipped England on penalties over a two-legged final to claim the inaugural title.
The tournament started as a four-team event before it was increased to eight teams in 1997. Twelve teams took part from 2009, and it was expanded to 16 teams in 2017 — the format it has kept since.
Germany’s eight titles came in 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013, including six in a row between 1995 and 2013. Outside that run, only Norway (1987 and 1993) and England (2022 and 2025) have won it more than once.
The Netherlands became the fourth different nation to claim the Women’s Euro, beating Denmark 4-2 at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede in 2017.
UEFA Women’s Euro winners list
|
Year |
Winners |
Runners-up |
|
1984 |
Sweden |
England |
|
1987 |
Norway |
Sweden |
|
1989 |
West Germany |
Norway |
|
1991 |
Germany |
Norway |
|
1993 |
Norway |
Italy |
|
1995 |
Germany |
Sweden |
|
1997 |
Germany |
Italy |
|
2001 |
Germany |
Sweden |
|
2005 |
Germany |
Norway |
|
2009 |
Germany |
England |
|
2013 |
Germany |
Norway |
|
2017 |
Netherlands |
Denmark |
|
2022 |
England |
Germany |
|
2025 |
England |
Spain |
England’s 2022 title: a first at Wembley
England won their maiden Women’s Euro in 2022, beating Germany 2-1 after extra time in front of 87,192 at Wembley Stadium — a record crowd for any European Championship final, men’s or women’s.
The win made England coach Sarina Wiegman the first manager to win consecutive European Championship titles with two different countries, having led her own Netherlands side to the trophy in 2017.
Euro 2025: England retain the title in Basel
England defended the trophy at Euro 2025 in Switzerland, beating world champions Spain in the final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel on 27 July 2025. Mariona Caldentey headed Spain in front before the break and Alessia Russo headed England level after it; the match finished 1-1 after extra time and England won the shoot-out 3-1.
Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton saved two Spanish penalties and was named player of the match, and Chloe Kelly struck the winning kick — three years after scoring the goal that won the 2022 final.
It made England the first side other than Germany to retain the Women’s Euro, and the first to defend the title since Germany in 2013. For Wiegman it was a third successive Women’s Euro as a head coach.
UEFA Women’s Euro titles by country
| Team | Titles | Winning years |
| Germany | 8 | 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 |
| England | 2 | 2022, 2025 |
| Norway | 2 | 1987, 1993 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1984 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2017 |
UEFA Women’s Euro all-time top scorers
Former Germany forwards Inka Grings and Birgit Prinz remain the tournament’s joint all-time top scorers with 10 goals each. Italy’s Carolina Morace, Germany’s Heidi Mohr and Sweden’s Lotta Schelin are next on eight apiece.
UEFA Women’s Euro 2029: Germany host
UEFA confirmed in December 2025 that Germany will host the 2029 edition, chosen ahead of bids from Poland and a joint Denmark-Sweden candidature. The record eight-time champions will stage the tournament in summer 2029 across eight venues — Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich and Wolfsburg.
The field stays at 16 teams, the fourth edition at that size, with England going in as double defending champions.
Who has won the most UEFA Women’s Euro titles?
Germany, with eight.
Who are the current Women’s Euro champions?
England, who beat Spain 3-1 on penalties in the 2025 final in Basel after a 1-1 draw.
When is the next UEFA Women’s Euro?
Summer 2029, in Germany.
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