Group-stage round-up: Winners, losers, surprises and key moments

Winner: Netherlands
Runner-up: Denmark

Goodbye to: Belgium and Norway

Key moment: Lieke Martens’s winner for the Netherlands against Belgium, securing a derby win, maximum points in the group stages, and a place in the quarter-finals for the hosts.

Biggest surprise: What on earth happened to Norway? The two-time winners froze on the big occasion and slunk out with three defeats from their three group matches. UEFA player of the year Ada Hegerberg deserved better.

Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Sweden

Goodbye to: Russia and Italy

Key moment: Italy’s Elisa Bartoli’s red card against Germany. The defending champions were looking singularly lacklustre in this match, and Steffi Jones switched things up at half-time with things level at 1-1. Still Italy were looking solid – until they gave away a penalty, which Babett Peter converted, and then a minute later Bartoli made her exit.

Biggest surprise: Italy’s magnificent win over Sweden, their final bow in this year’s competition. They might be bottom of the group, but they could have qualified for the knock-out stage had they picked up just one more point. They’ve certainly made their mark, with some terrific performances from the likes of Barbara Bonansea and Daniela Sabatino.

Winner: Austria
Runner-up: France

Goodbye to: Switzerland and Iceland

Key moment: 10-player France’s equaliser against Switzerland, aided by a palm from goalkeeper Gaelle Thalman. This group was a close one; if the Swiss had held on to their lead, they’d have pipped their opponents to the quarter-finals. As it is, France are without the suspended Eve Perisset plus Wendie Renard in the next match.

Biggest surprise: Iceland’s ridiculously physical approach to the game, which didn’t even pay off despite some hard graft – three matches, three defeats, one goal for, six against.

Winner: England
Runner-up: Spain

Goodbye to: Portugal and Scotland

Key moment: England’s Jordan Nobbs’s casual, brilliant strike from range against Scotland, signalling the Lionesses’ intent and killer instinct.

Biggest surprise: This group went to the wire in the final group game. Spain and England seemed the obvious qualifiers at the start of the matchday – but Portugal pegged the Lionesses back for the best part of an hour, and Scotland’s Caroline Weir stunned Spain with a strike just before half-time, meaning both of them also had a chance to progress if they held on…but only if the other result went in their favour.