2009 UEFA Women's Championship 5796555 221732776 2008-06-25T21:09:07Z Lejman 3944713 /* Qualification */ {{future sport}} The '''2009 UEFA Women's Championship''' will be played in [[Finland]]. The host was appointed in 11 July 2006 in a [[UEFA]] Executive Committee meeting in [[Berlin]] and the Finnish proposal won over the [[Netherlands|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. ==Format== Twelve teams will compete in the competition, opposed to the usual 8 teams that played last tournaments. After a preliminary round, 30 teams will compete in a qualifying group stage. Those teams will be divided into six groups of five, with teams playing each other on a home-and-away basis. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament. The six runners-up and the four best third-placed teams will play a qualification playoff. Those 11 teams and the hosts will complete the 12-team lineup for the competition. ==Qualification== :''See main article: [[2009 UEFA Women's Championship qualification]]'' Teams already qualified are hosts {{fbw|FIN}}, and former European Champions {{fbw|GER}} and {{fbw|SWE}}. ==See also== *[[UEFA Women's Championship]] *[[UEFA]] *[[Women's football (soccer)]] ==External links== *[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WOCO/news/Kind=1/newsId=396731.html Women's Euro 2009 Info - UEFA Official Page] {{fb start}} {{UEFA Women's Championship}} {{fb end}} [[Category:UEFA Women's Championship|2009]] [[Category:Sports festivals hosted in Finland|E]] [[Category:2009 in Finland]] [[da:EM i fodbold for kvinder 2009]] [[de:Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2009]] [[fr:Championnat d'Europe de football féminin 2009]] [[pt:Campeonato Europeu de Futebol Feminino de 2009]] [[sr:Европско првенство у фудбалу за жене 2009.]] [[fi:Jalkapallon naisten Euroopan-mestaruuskilpailut 2009]] [[sv:EM i fotboll för damer 2009]]