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Sports SWEDEN Women’s Soccer By Jackie Sweden has one of the greatest w o m e n ’ s national football teams in the w o r l d . According to Fifa’s ranking list, Sweden is the fifth best team in the world. This summer women’s e u r o c h a m p i o n s h i p wa s p l a ye d i n Sweden. Teams from all around Europe came to Sweden to play football. This shows that Sweden invests on women’s soccer, and not only at men’s soccer and that is one big reason Sweden is so successful in women’s soccer. In this summer’s Women’s Euro championship, Sweden placed as a shared third place. That was actually a disappointment because Sweden had high expectations and everyone sad that it would be very funny for Sweden to win Women’s Euro championship when it was arranged in Sweden. Sweden won their qualifications-group and they played really good. Their success created much attention and the expectations