Denmark won the European Championship for Women by beating the defending champion Germany in an exciting final after extra time and penalty shotout 3-2 (0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1, 1-0). Tine Perry made the game winning goal on the first penalty shot. Switzerland won third place by beating Austria 10-0 (4-0, 6-0). Århus Smileys hosted the European Championship for Women 2008 in Århus, Denmark the weekend October 18-19, 2008. Four countries were participating in the tournament: Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Tournament Homepage: www.aarhussmileys.dk

Final Ranking:
#1: Denmark
#2: Germany
#3: Switzerland
#4: Austria

Topscorer
Most points (Goals and Assists):
#7 Stéphanie Lefévre, Switzerland 13 points (8 goals, 5 assists)
no. 2: #4 Tine Perry, Denmark 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists)
no. 3: #77 Simona Teggi, Switzerland 11 points (7 goals, 4 assists)

All Star Team
Best Goalkeeper:
#33 Aurélie Berdat, Switzerland

Best Outfield players:
#5 Candy Wilson, Germany
#8 Camilla Riis, Denmark
#77 Simona Teggi, Switzerland
#6 Meike Zöpnek, Germany

Fair Play Cup:
Team Denmark (28 penalty minutes)

No. Time Game Result Remarks
Saturday, 18 October 2008
1 09:00 Switzerland vs. Austria 11:0 (6-0, 5-0)
2 09:45 Germany vs. Denmark 4:1 (1-1, 3-0)
3 11:15 Switzerland vs. Denmark 4:2 (3-0, 1-2)
4 12:00 Germany vs. Austria 5:0 (3-0, 2-0)
5 13:30 Austria vs. Denmark 0:4 (0-3, 0-1)
6 14:15 Germany vs. Switzerland 0:1 (0-1, 0-0)
7 15:45 Austria vs. Switzerland 0:5 (0-3, 0-2)
8 16:30 Denmark vs. Germany 1:5 (0-1, 1-4)
9 18:00 Denmark vs. Switzerland 3:1 (2-0, 1-1)
10 18:45 Austria vs. Germany 0:7 (0-2, 0-5)
Sunday, 19 October 2008
11 09:00 Denmark vs. Austria 5:0 (3-0, 2-0)
12 09:45 Switzerland vs. Germany 0:4 (0-2, 0-2)
13 11:15 Germany (1st) vs. Austria (4th) 9:1 (4-0, 5-1) Semi Final
14 12:15 Switzerland (2nd) vs. Denmark (3rd) 4:5 (2-3, 2-2) Semi Final
15 14:00 Austria (L13) vs. Switzerland (L14) 0:10 (0-4, 0-6) Place 3/4
16 15:00 Germany (w13) vs. Denmark (w14) 2:3 (0-0, (1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1) Place 1/2 extra time and penalty shots


Schedule and results preliminary round:
9:00 Switzerland - Austria: 11-0 (6-0, 5-0) easy win for Switzerland in the first game of the tournament. Simona Teggi scoring 4 goals for Switzerland.
9:45 Germany - Denmark: 4-1 (1-1, 3-0) Germany winning after an very even first period. 8 penalty minutes for Germany and 14 penalty minutes for Denmark.
11:15 Switzerland - Denmark: 4-2 (3-0, 1-2) Denmark made it close by scoring to 1-3 and 2-4 but in the end victory for Switzerland. Stéphanie Lefèvre scoring 3 goals for Switzerland.
12:00 Germany - Austria: 5-0 (3-0, 2-0) clear victory for Germany but Austria doing their best to keep the score down.
13:30 Austria - Denmark: 0-4 (0-3, 0-1) first win for Denmark putting them on the scoreboard.
14:15 Germany - Switzerland: 0-1 (0-1, 0-0) Swiss winning a very close and competitive game. Goal scored by Stéphanie Lefèvre after 2:37 in the first period.
15:45 Austria - Switzerland: 0-5 (0-3, 0-2) Austria gave a good effort and kept the Swiss team to a minor defeat. Silvia Rossinelli scored 3 goals for Switzerland.
16:30 Denmark - Germany: 1-5 (0-1, 1-4) a very close game until mid 2nd period where the score was 1-1. Many powerplay opportunities for Denmark. 4 penalty minutes for Danmark and 12 penalty minutes for Germany. Meike Zöpnek scored 2 goals for Germany.
18:00 Denmark - Switzerland: 3-1 (2-0, 1-1) first defeat for the Swiss team. Game winning goal for Denmark scored by Katharina Lund Nielsen.
18:45 Austria - Germany: 0-7 (0-2, 0-5) the first day ended with a clear victory for Germany.
09:00 (Sunday) Denmark - Austria: 5-0 (3-0, 2-0) Denmark win first game Sunday.
09:45 (Sunday) Switzerland - Germany: 0-4 (0-2, 0-2) Germany winning their second game against Switzerland and end as the the winner of the preliminary round. Manuela Hirschbeck was the German goalkeeper.

1st Semi final (Sunday 11:15) Germany (1st preliminary round) - Austria (4th preliminary round): 9-1 (4-0, 5-1) Germany crusing into the final.
2nd Semi final (Sunday 12:15) Switzerland (2nd preliminary round) - Denmark (3rd preliminary round): 4-5 (2-3, 2-2) close semifinal. Denmark leading 2-0, Switzerland made it 2-2, then it was 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4 for Denmark. Game winner scored with 3 minutes to go by Tine Perry.

Bronze final (Sunday 14:00) Austria-Switzerland: 0-10 (0-4, 0-6) easy win for Switzerland.
Final (Sunday 15:00) Germany - Denmark: 2-3 (0-0, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1). Germany took the lead in the second period. Denmark made it 1-1 with just 1.15 minutes to go of the game. Denmark took the lead 2-1 with 2½ minutes to go of the extra time. Germany made it 2-2 with 2 minutes to go of the extra time. Deciding goal scored in the penalty shootout by Tine Perry from Denmark. The Danish goalkeeper Kamilla Lund Nielsen took all the German attempts.