England’s 8-0 defeat of Norway on Monday night set a new record for the Women’s European Championship finals.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the tournament’s most one-sided contests, prior to Sarina Wiegman’s team rewriting the record books.
England 6 Scotland 0 (2017)
Jodie Taylor’s hat-trick and further goals from Ellen White, Jordan Nobbs and Toni Duggan made it a miserable night for Scotland in Holland.
Sweden 5 Finland 0 (2013)
Lotta Schelin and Nilla Fischer each scored twice and Kosovare Asllani also found the target as Sweden dominated.
Germany 5-0 Russia (2001)
Happy birthday @DFB_Frauen🇩🇪 great Birgit Prinz 🎁🎉🎉🎉
Most international goals by a European 1⃣2⃣8⃣
Joint-most capped European 2⃣1⃣4⃣@FIFAWWC 🏆🏆
Women's EURO 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Olympics 🥉🥉🥉 pic.twitter.com/36WLUgD77D
— UEFA Women's EURO 2022 (@WEURO2022) October 25, 2020
The holders needed 43 minutes to break through, but Bettina Wiegmann’s effort opened the floodgates. Birgit Prinz and Maren Meinert stretched the advantage before Sandra Smisek netted twice inside the last 17 minutes.
Norway 5 Denmark 0 (1997)
Marianne Petterson struck twice in each half to become the only player to score four goals in a Women’s European Championship finals match. Heidi Store completed the scoring.
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