Records, statistics, bonuses: The figures for the Women's European Football Championship

The format of the Women's European Championship has changed several times in its short history. After UEFA finally gave the go-ahead for an official women's tournament, the first title was awarded to Sweden in 1984. The Scandinavians earned their title over the course of two years, with the final round being introduced later. Since the 2017 tournament in the Netherlands, 16 teams have competed, as they do today. Women's football is growing in almost every respect, be it in terms of prize money or spectators. Only the record goalscorers come from a different generation – partly because landslide victories are less common these days, and the quality of even smaller teams has improved.

Number of European Championship titles: a clear matter

The European Football Association (UEFA) includes European Championship qualifying matches in this statistic. While Switzerland's ranking among the bottom three is a dismal record, it's understandable – they only qualified for the finals for the first time in 2017 and have suffered a correspondingly high number of defeats in the qualifying rounds.

The top scorers

This statistic also includes the qualification rounds and is an all-time list of the players' careers. Counting only the goals scored in the finals, the two Germans Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings hold the record with ten goals each.

The inclusion of the qualifying matches also counts for the following graph, where Switzerland, as with the defeats, occupies an inglorious place among the worst three teams.

The development of premiums

UEFA distributes more money to the participating associations from tournament to tournament. Despite increasing sponsorship revenues, the European Championship in Switzerland is still a loss-making venture for UEFA – but that is set to change in the future.

This is how much a victory is worth

The appearance fees for the 16 teams account for 70 percent of the bonuses distributed by UEFA . A win in the preliminary round, on the other hand, only pays €100,000, and the tournament only becomes lucrative once the team has qualified for the knockout phase. If the European champions play a perfect tournament, they receive €5.1 million. The national associations also pay bonuses to the players. The amount paid by the Swiss Football Association (SFV) is not disclosed; however, it is clear that since 2024, the association sponsors' success bonuses have been the same as those paid by the men.

Number of spectators

The European Championship in Switzerland will break England's record attendance in stadiums: More tickets have already been sold, and the total is expected to reach 677,000, meaning the tournament would be sold out . Switzerland would not have been eligible to host the next European Championship in 2029: UEFA is demanding larger stadiums by then, including at least one with a capacity of 50,000. The candidates are Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland, and Denmark/Sweden.