"GPM Match" provided a preliminary schedule for broadcasting matches of the 2017 European Women's Football Championship on a publicly accessible federal channel and a thematic TV channel. Full-scale coverage of the tournament is planned on the digital resources of the sub-holding.
The European Women's Football Championship is held every 4 years. This year it will take place from July 17 to August 6 in the Netherlands. 16 teams are participating in the tournament.
The national teams formed four quartets. On group stage each team will play in three different stadiums. The two strongest teams from each group will continue to fight in the playoffs. According to the results of the draw, the teams in the groups were located as follows:
- Group A: Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Belgium
- Group B: Germany (champion), Sweden, Italy, Russia
- Group C: France, Iceland, Austria Switzerland
- Group D: England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal
“Match TV”: preliminary* schedule for showing the group stage
- July 17, national team meeting Italy and Russia.
- July 21, team meeting Sweden and Russia.
- July 25, national team meeting Russia and Germany.
*Match TV will definitely show the final match of the European Women's Football Championship, which will take place at the Twente stadium (Enschede) on August 6. Plans for showing matches at the playoff stage will be determined later, depending on the results of the Russian team’s performance in the group stage of the tournament.
"Match! Football 3: preliminary schedule for showing matches
- Italy – Russia, 19:00 Moscow time, live broadcast
- Germany – Sweden,
- Sweden - Russia, 19:00 Moscow time, live broadcast
- Germany – Italy, 21:45 Moscow time, live broadcast
- Russia – Germany, 21:45 Moscow time, live broadcast
- Sweden – Italy, 21:45 Moscow time, live broadcast
- Two quarterfinals(time to be confirmed)
- Two semi-finals(time to be confirmed)
- Finale, 18:00 Moscow time, live broadcast.
The digital resources of the GPM Match sub-holding will also offer users the opportunity to quickly access all broadcasts of the tournament online.
Strangers in the wall
One of major changes in the rules of the game, which will come into force in June this year, touches the wall during free kicks. Now players of the attacking team are prohibited from standing in it. This will make life easier not only for goalkeepers, defenders and referees. The hustle and bustle of time will stop, the game will become more spectacular. But not all new rules are good for football.
Referee's whistle
Many rules in football developed very early. The referee's whistle was first blown on a football field in 1878. Before this, referees controlled the game primarily with their voices and hands. But on July 10, 1878, one of the matches in London was judged by a policeman. When a fight broke out on the field, he immediately blew his whistle. The fight stopped. Since then, the whistle has become an indispensable attribute of a football referee.
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Video replays as evidence
But the rule was introduced only recently, in 2012. The FIFA Executive Committee, after much deliberation, authorized the use of these technical means. On last championship world in Russia, video replays were used to check three controversial situations: when it came to whether there was a goal or not (including whether it was scored from offside), when a penalty was awarded, and when a player was sent off.
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Vanishing Spray
This spray was first used by Brazilians in 2001. There, in Brazil, the disappearing spray was used at the 2014 World Cup. With its help, the referees draw a line to set the wall and mark the location of the violation when taking a penalty kick. The referee no longer needs to push the wall away again and again, as before. The spray contains mainly water and butane. The latter disappears quite quickly.
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No offside
There are also more radical proposals. Thus, this is not the first time that football officials have advocated the abolition of the “offside” rule: they say that matches will become more spectacular. In 2010, the then FIFA president even spoke out for the abolition of offside. But it all ended only with the partial abolition of the so-called passive offside rule in 2013.
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Gate sizes
The dimensions of a football goal, according to the rules, are 7.32 m wide and 2.44 m high. Why such strange numbers? These are actually English measurements: 8 yards x 8 feet, which is a 3:1 ratio. This was determined back in the 19th century. Nevertheless, proposals are constantly made to increase the goal: they say that then they will score more and the game will become more interesting. But does this depend on the size of the gate?
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Timeouts
Another suggestion is to divide the match into four quarters to give coaches more opportunities to give instructions to players. And about ten years ago there was a discussion about whether to introduce timeouts, as is customary, for example, in basketball - 2 minutes per time and team. But in the end this was abandoned. Time-outs are allowed only in futsal: 1 minute in each half.
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Post-match shootout
The famous former striker Marco van Basten proposed replacing post-match penalties with shootouts. Players start moving from a distance of 25 meters from the goal, go one-on-one with the goalkeeper and must shoot within 8 seconds. The penalty kicks will only be scored during the game. But the post-match penalties at the 2018 World Cup showed that it was a pity to part with such a fascinating tradition.
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Removal from the field for 10 minutes
FIFA is currently discussing the question of whether to introduce a temporary (for example, 10 minutes) removal of players from the field for rough play - in the event that a foul or a series of fouls does not lead to a red or even yellow card, but still requires a more serious punishment than a verbal warning. It is even possible to introduce orange cards in this case - in addition to red and yellow.
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"Golden Goal"
From 1993 to 2004, the winner of the playoff matches was determined by the “golden goal”. If a team scored a goal in extra time, the game was immediately stopped. The golden goal rule allowed Germany to become European champions in 1996. The decisive goal against the Czech national team was scored by Oliver Bierhoff (pictured). In 1998, at the World Cup, the “golden goal” brought victory to the French in a match with Paraguay.
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Bikini for women's football
In 2011, FIFA President Sepp Blatter proposed, following the example of beach volleyball, to dress female football players in new uniform: Tight-fitting tank tops and tight panties. Then, they say, more people will go to women’s matches. US team captain Julie Foudy said: “We will wear this uniform only if Blatter conducts his press conferences in swimming trunks!” The idea was abandoned.
The 2017 European Football Championship starts on July 16 next year in the Netherlands. 12 leading teams of the Old World will take part in the tournament. All teams are divided into three groups, and subsequently the best teams in the group stage will meet each other in the playoffs. We will find out the best women's team in Europe on August 6, when the final match takes place at the stadium in Enschede.
The decision to carry out women's championship Europe 2017 in the Netherlands was voted on in December 2014. Applications to host the women's championship were submitted by Switzerland, Scotland, Poland and England. The popularity of this sport in the country and the availability of all the necessary infrastructure to host the championship played in favor of the Netherlands. A year before the tournament, all sports arenas and the corresponding infrastructure is ready. This distinguishes this women's championship from other big ones. football tournaments, when stadiums and infrastructure are handed over literally a month before the start of the competition.
Stadiums and cities of the championship
The 2017 European Championship games will be held in seven cities. The largest arena will be Grols Veste in Enschede. On this the stadium will take place one semi-final and the final match of the tournament. The games will take place at Stadion Galgenwaard in Utrecht, Rat Verlegh Stadion in Breda, Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel in Rotterdam, De Adelaarshorst in Deventer, Koning Willem II Stadion in Tilburg and De Vijverberg in Doetinchem. Women's football in the Netherlands is very popular, so there are guaranteed to be no problems with arenas being filled. Games of the local Dutch women's football championship attract 10 thousand spectators, so there will be no problems with selling tickets for European Championship games.
European Championship 2017 participants and gold contenders
The groups for the 2017 European Women's Championship have already been selected. These are the Netherlands as the host of the tournament, France and Germany, who were able to win their qualifying groups in advance, and other teams. In total, in qualifying tournament 38 teams are taking part, competing for 12 tickets to the main tournament.
According to the terms of the tournament, the winners of their groups receive tickets directly to final tournament, A best teams those who took second place will hold play-offs among themselves, which will allow them to compete for the remaining places in the 2017 European Championship. Note that the EURO 2017 table will undergo minor changes, since all participants are not yet known. The champion of the previous championship, and the 2013 championship was won by the German team, is not exempt from the qualifying tournament, and is forced to make his way to the tournament through the qualification sieve. However, it was not difficult for Germany to get into the tournament. The Germans were one of the first to win their qualifying group and are already preparing for the upcoming championship.
Among the contenders for championship gold, we note the current European champion - the German national team, which was able to successfully survive the change of generations and delights its fans with dynamic attacking football. Today in men's and women's football there is total dominance of the Germans. The German team will compete with the traditionally strong Swedes. We also note the excellent play of the French women, who were the first to win their qualifying group. Russia at Euro 2017 is also one of the contenders for high places.
Applications to host the championship have been submitted Austria , France , Israel , Netherlands , Poland , Scotland And Switzerland. On December 4, 2014, as a result of voting, the right to host the tournament was received Netherlands.
Stadiums
The games will take place at seven stadiums in seven cities. Netherlands.
Breda | Enschede | Utrecht |
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Rat Verlegh Stadium | Grols Veste | Stadion Galgenwaard |
Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 23,750 |
4 group stage games, 1 semi-final | 1 semi-final, final | 4 group stage games |
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Rotterdam | Deventer | |
Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel | De Adelaarshorst | |
Capacity: 10,600 | Capacity: 10,500 | |
4 group stage games, 1 quarter-final | ||
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Tilburg | Dutinchem | |
Koning Willem II Stadion | De Vijverberg | |
Capacity: 14,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | |
4 group stage games, 1 quarter-final | 4 group stage games, 1 quarter-final | |
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Participants
Team | Qualification method | Qualification date | Participation in the finals | Last participation | Best result | Rating |
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Netherlands Netherlands | 01! Organizer | 01! December 4, 2014 | 03 ! 3 | 03! Semifinal () | ||
France France | 04 ! Winner in qualifying group 3 | 02! April 11, 2016 | 06 ! 6 | 05! 1/4 finals ( , ) | ||
Germany Germany | 06 ! Winner in qualifying group 5 | 03! April 12, 2016 | 10 ! 10 | 01 ! Champion ( , , , , , , , ) | ||
Switzerland Switzerland | Winner in qualifying group 6 | June 2, 2016 | 1 | - | Debut | |
England England | Winner in qualifying group 7 | June 7, 2016 | 8 | 2013 | Finalist ( , ) | |
Norway Norway | Winner in qualifying group 8 | June 7, 2016 | 11 | 2013 | 01 ! Champion ( , ) | |
Spain Spain | Winner in qualifying group 2 | June 7, 2016 | 3 | 2013 | 03! Semifinal () | |
Sweden Sweden | Winner in qualifying group 4 | September 15, 2016 | 10 | 2013 | 01 ! Champion () | |
Iceland Iceland | Winner in qualifying group 1 | September 16, 2016 | 3 | 2013 | 1/4 finals () | |
Scotland Scotland | Second place in qualifying group 1 | September 16, 2016 | 1 | - | Debut | |
Belgium Belgium | Second place in qualifying group 7 | September 20, 2016 | 1 | - | Debut | |
Austria Austria | Second place in qualifying group 8 | September 20, 2016 | 1 | - | Debut | |
Denmark Denmark | Second place in qualifying group 4 | September 20, 2016 | 9 | 2013 | Semi-final ( , ) | |
Italy Italy | Second place in qualifying group 6 | September 20, 2016 | 11 | 2013 | Finalist ( , ) | |
Russia Russia | Second place in qualifying group 5 | September 20, 2016 | 5 | 2013 | 1/4 finals ( , ) |
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