5,198: Average number of spectators per match.
15,877: Number of fans attending the final, where Germany conquered England at Olympic Stadium, Helsinki.
16,324: Number of fans that came out to watch host Finland's opening match v Denmark (1-0). This match boasted the highest attendance of the tournament and almost tripled the previous spectator record (6,000) for a women's national team game in Finland.
5: Number of venues hosting matches (2 in Helsinki and 1 in Lahti, Tampere and Turku).
10: Number of official hotels teams could choose from.
20: Number of training grounds that were made available.
9: Number of the 12 teams that were led by male coaches.
3: Number of the 4 semi-finalist teams that were led by female coaches (2 female coaches met in the final).
4-2-3-1: The most frequent team formation, "with a back four protected by two screening midfielders ... Italy provided the exception by consistently deploying a single midfield holding player in a 4-1-4-1 structure."
6: Number of goals scored by the tournament's top scorer - Inka Grings from Germany. Grings scored twice as many goals as the next most prolific goal scorers (4 players scored 3 goals).
3: Average number of goals per game (see chart below).
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| Average number of goals per game (Source: UEFA) |
13: Number of goals created by crosses - tying with long-range shots for the two most common types of goals scored (see chart below). Crosses and long-range shots accounted for 35% of all goals scored during the tournament (out of a total of 75 goals).
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| Goal scoring chart (Source: UEFA) |
33: Number of goals scored in the first half (see chart below) - out of a total of 75 goals.
42: Number of goals scored in the second half (see chart below).
36%: Percentage of goals scored during the first 15 minutes of each half.
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| When the goals were scored (Source: UEFA) |
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Source: UEFA Women's EURO 2009 Technical Report.
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