UEFA Women's EURO 2013 (champions - Germany)
Germany took a sixth consecutive title in Sweden, beating Norway 1-0 in Solna before a tournament-record crowd of 41,301. They did it having won only one of their three group games - and having lost 1-0 to the same Norway in the group stage. Nadine Angerer saved a penalty in each half of the final.
Why this wins its question: "Germany's sixth in a row" reads like domination. UEFA's own match-by-match record shows the opposite shape: they won one group game out of three, drew with the Netherlands and lost to Norway - then beat that same Norway in the final. The goalkeeper who saved two penalties in that final was player of the tournament. Both facts sit in a per-edition page that summaries never open, along with the 41,301 crowd UEFA marks as a tournament record.
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Germany beat Norway 1-0 in the Women's EURO 2013 final at the Friends Arena in Solna on Sunday 28 July 2013, a sixth consecutive European title. The crowd of 41,301 was a tournament record.
Anja Mittag scored the only goal on 49 minutes, having come on at half-time for Lena Lotzen, and Nadine Angerer saved a penalty in each half. Angerer was named player of the match and player of the tournament.
Germany reached that final having won only one of their three group matches: they drew 0-0 with the Netherlands, beat Iceland 3-0 and lost 1-0 to Norway - the side they then beat in the final. They went through the knockout rounds 1-0 against Italy in the quarter-finals and 1-0 against hosts Sweden in the semi-finals.
Norway's route to the final ran through a 1-1 draw with Iceland, a 1-0 win over the Netherlands, that 1-0 win over Germany, a 3-1 quarter-final against Spain and a semi-final against Denmark that finished 1-1 and was settled 4-2 on penalties. The beaten semi-finalists were Denmark and Sweden.
The award winners were Lotta Schelin of Sweden with the adidas Golden Boot, her team-mate Nilla Fischer with the Silver Boot and Louisa Necib of France with the Bronze Boot, while Angerer took player of the tournament.