Match schedule
Tuesday 18 November 2008
The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki will host Finland's opening game and the final (©Football Association of Finland/Jussi Eskola)UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2009™ hosts Finland will kick off their campaign against Denmark at Helsinki's Olympic Stadium on Sunday 23 August.
Opening fixtures
The Scandinavian rivals will also meet Ukraine and Netherlands in Group A, with all four teams playing on the opening day of the finals. Group B gets under way the following day, with Iceland tackling France and Germany squaring off against Norway in a repeat of the 2005 final. Group C then takes centre stage on 25 August as Sweden face Russia and England take on Italy. The hosts will play all of their group games at the Olympic Stadium while the capital's other venue, the Helsinki Football Stadium, opens its doors for the first time on 26 August for Ukraine versus Denmark.
Knockout phase
Group games continue until 31 August, when the top two in each pool and the two best third-placed nations progress to the quarter-finals on 3 and 4 September. The semi-finals follow on 6 and 7 September, before the competition concludes three days later at the Olympic Stadium.
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