England beats Germany 2-1 in UEFA Women Euro 2022 final

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The England women's football team made history late on 31 July and became the UEFA Women's European Champion.

Important facts

• In the final of this competition, popularly known as Euro 2022, England defeated 8-time champions Germany 2-1 in extra time and became the fourth team to win the title as hosts.

• Earlier, Norway (1987), Germany (1989, 2001) and Netherlands (2017) have won the Euro title as hosts.

• This final match was played at the famous Wembley Stadium in London.

• In the match, both the teams gave equal competition to each other from the beginning and kept the defence strong.

• Neither team could score in the first half. In the second half, Alla Toon scored in the 62nd minute to give England a 1-0 lead.

• Lena Magul scored for Germany in the 79th minute to level the match.

• The hero of England's victory was Chloe Kelly, who scored a goal in extra time to give England a decisive 2-1 lead.

• England's team last reached the final in 2009 and then Germany won the title by defeating them.

UEFA Women’s EURO 2022

• The Women's Euro or UEFA European Women's Championship, established in 1984, is the top competition for women's football featuring teams from the UEFA Confederation.

• The tournament was started in 1984 with four teams: Sweden, Italy, Germany and Norway.

• From 1997, the Women's Euro expanded to an eight-team tournament and later in 2009 to a twelve-team competition.

• Four more teams were added from 2017 onwards.

• The initial winner of the tournament was Sweden, and in 1987 the second edition was won by Norway.