Womens Euro 2009

I'm gonna be in Finland until the end of August, so I might have time to go see one of the matches! I really hope so.

No one in the Finnish team is out, at least publicly. Too bad (unless there really aren't any non-straight women in the team, which is even sadder).

I just realized that Germany and Norway are in the same group, this is not really fair.
Don't you have confidence in your team?:)

Two of the german team had been forced out by the tabloids, and I'm not sure of their current "status", I'll leave that discussion to the better informed ;)

I'm not really interested in soccer, only watch it because of my girlfriend. This went as far as accompanying her to the recent match between national teams Germany and Brasil.
Still working on the pictures to post them. I didn't pay much attention to the match, but the atmosphere in the stadium was something special.

http://twitter.com/eurout_politics or http://twitter.com/maxim68

Does anyone know which TV channel will broadcast it in Germany? ARD? ZDF? Eurosport? DSF? (Or *shudder* Pro7 and alike?) I've been looking for that important piece of information for weeks and either I overread it (which is nearly impossible (I don't say it's completely XD)) or it isn't set yet.

:-/

I'm for Germany. XD *waves a little flag* The EURO will give me a pretty good excuse to sit in front of my TV with my friends again and drink insane amounts of beer. *lol*

Unfortunately there is no Panini Sticker Album for this ... or is there??

Goalkeepers: Ingrid Hjelmseth (Stabæk IF), Caroline Knutsen (Røa IL), Christine Colombo Nilsen (Kolbotn IL).

Defenders: Hedda Gardsjord (Røa IL), Runa Vikestad (Kolbotn IL), Toril Akerhaugen (Stabæk IF), Trine Rønning (Stabæk IF), Maren Mjelde (Arna-Bjørnar), Marita Skammelsrud Lund (Team Strømmen FK), Camilla Huse (Røa IL).

Midfielders: Ingvild Stensland (Olympique Lyonnais), Anneli Giske (Fløya IF), Lene Storløkken (Team Strømmen FK), Ingvild Isaksen (Kolbotn IL), Marit Sandvei (Team Strømmen FK). Forwards: Leni Larsen Kaurin (1. FFC Turbine Potsdam), Solveig Gulbrandsen (Stabæk IF), Elise Thorsnes (Røa IL), Melissa Wiik (Stabæk IF), Isabell Herlovsen (Kolbotn IL), Kristin Lie (SK Trondheims-Ørn), Cecilie Pedersen (Avaldsnes IL)

A fine mix of young and experienced players. Among the big suprises were Cecilie Pedersen(18). She's currently playing for a team in the 2. division!

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/news/kind=1/newsid=841420.html

I'd place my money on Germany. They look solid.

Guess I'll keep this post alive on my own. So... I know the papers don't really care about womens euro but there is som coverage to find...
Here you'll find all the stats and resent new.
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/index.html

There's also a page with action photos ( aka some eyecandy for you)
http://www1.uefa.com/competitions/woco/photos/index.html

Speaking of eyecandy... Delphine Blanc. Sigh

will be played as follows.

Q1 Fin vs. Eng Thu 3 1500 CET
Q4 Ned vs. Fra Thu 3 1900 CET
Q2 Ger vs. Ita Fri 4 1500 CET
Q3 Swe vs. Nor Fri 4 1900 CET

Winners of Q1 and Q4 will meet in Semi Sun 6th 1800CET.
Winners of Q2 and Q3 will meet Mon 7th 1800CET