UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2009 Final Round Draw

Draw for final tournament to take place on 18 November in Helsinki

The Draw for the Final Tournament of the UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2009™ will take place at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday 18 November 2008 at 14:00 local time.
Twelve teams will participate in the final round of the UEFA European Women’s Championship 2007/09, under the patronage of Tarja Halonen, President of Finland. They will be divided into 3 groups of 4 teams (Groups A, B and C).

Finland, as host association, is automatically qualified and has already been seeded as A1. Germany, as reigning European champions together with Sweden, the best classified team from the qualifying competition, will also be seeded teams in Pot 1. Pot 2 comprises the remaining four group winners Norway, Denmark, England and France whereas the five unseeded teams, which will qualify through play-off matches by the end of October, will be in Pot 3.

The final tournament of the UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2009™ will take place from Sunday 23 August to Thursday 10 September 2009 in four major cities of Finland: Helsinki, Lahti, Tampere and Turku. Each team will play each of the other teams in the same group according to the league system (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat). The group winners, runners-up and two best third-placed teams will qualify for the quarter-finals.