Norway defeated host nation Italy to win the 1993 UEFA Women's Championship, marking the last time a team other than Germany won the tournament until 2017.
Key Facts
- Tournament winner
- Norway
- Runner-up
- Italy (host nation)
- Final host country
- Italy
- Qualifying period start
- 1991
- Last non-German winner until
- 2017
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
European women's national football teams affiliated with UEFA competed through a qualifying round beginning in 1991 to determine the continent's best side. Italy, as host nation, advanced to the final, where they faced Norway in a competition running from 1991 to 1993.
The 1993 UEFA Women's Championship final was held in Italy, with Norway facing the host nation. Norway won the competition, claiming the continental title in a tournament that had seen qualifying matches played across the preceding two years.
Norway's victory concluded an era of diverse champions in European women's football. The result marked the last occasion until 2017 that Germany did not win the UEFA Women's Championship, reflecting Germany's subsequent long period of dominance in the competition.