Women's EURO finalists enjoy feat
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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Austria, Denmark, Italy and Russia have been celebrating reaching the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 finals on social media and we look at the best of their tweets and videos.
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The UEFA Women's EURO 2017 qualiying group stage came to an end on Tuesday with Austria, Denmark, Italy and Russia grabbing the last four automatic finals berths on offer.
Naturally the teams and players took to social media to celebrate and we round up the best of their reaction as well as hearing from fellow finalists England, Iceland, Scotland and Switzerland plus play-off bound Portugal.
- Final standings
- How Tuesday unfolded
- @UEFAWomensEURO on Twitter and Facebook
AUSTRIA
A 0-0 draw in Wales was enough to take Austria to their first major final tournamment ...
DENMARK
Denmark too only needed a point but produced a superb 2-0 defeat of fellow 2013 semi-finalists Sweden ...
ITALY
Italy had a mixed campaign but they came good in the end ...
RUSSIA
Russia pipped Romania to automatic qualification by a single goal after beating Croatia 5-0 and their tweets will be understandable even to those not familiar with Cyrillic ...
PORTUGAL
Claudia Neto's 78th-minute strike earned a 1-0 win in the Republic of Ireland and meant Portugal pipped Finland to a play-off with Romania ...
ENGLAND
They may have already qualified but the 2-0 win in Belgium clinched top spot in the group and exacted some revenge against the only side to score against and take any points off England in qualifying ...
ICELAND v SCOTLAND
Both had already qualified before Scotland's 2-1 victory and they shared in a celebration (invented in Scotland, popularised by Iceland) ...
SWITZERLAND
Like Austria, Belgium and Scotland, Switzerland have reached their first Women's EURO but did so a bit more comfortably ...