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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates16 September 2021 – 11 October 2022
Teams51 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played242
Goals scored1,086 (4.49 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Tessa Wullaert (17 goals)
2019
2027

The European qualifying competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was a women's football competition that determined the eleven UEFA teams which directly qualified for the final tournament in Australia and New Zealand, and the one team which advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1][2]

Fifty-one of the 55 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition,[3] with Cyprus making their World Cup qualifying debut and Luxembourg appearing in a group stage for the first time ever.

Format

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The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:[4]

  • Group stage: The 51 teams were drawn into nine groups of five or six teams, where each group was played in a home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the nine runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The nine teams played two knockout rounds of single-leg matches, with the best three runners-up entering in the second round, to determine the two additional qualified teams and one inter-continental play-offs entrant from UEFA, based on combined records in both the group stage and play-offs.

Tiebreakers

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In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13.01):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams was still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Wins in all group matches;
  9. Away wins in all group matches;
  10. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  11. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

To determine the best three runners-up, the group standings were used, not taking into account any matches against sixth-placed teams. If teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied (Regulations Article 14.04):[4]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Wins in all group matches;
  5. Away wins in all group matches;
  6. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  7. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals in the second round match qualified for the final tournament. If the score was level, extra time was played. If the score remained level after extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 15.01).[4]

To determine the two best play-off winners, the results of the group stage as used for runner-up determination above (eight matches), and the second round of the play-offs (one match) were added. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 14.05):[4]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Away goals scored;
  5. Wins;
  6. Away wins;
  7. Disciplinary points;
  8. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

Schedule

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The qualifying matches were played on dates that fell within the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.[5][6]

Stage FIFA international dates
Group stage 13–21 September 2021
18–26 October 2021
22–30 November 2021
4–12 April 2022
20–28 June 2022
1–6 September 2022
Play-offs 3–11 October 2022

Since the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 tournament was moved from summer 2021 to that of 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, for the first time the series of matches for UEFA's World Cup qualification were interrupted by a continental championship. In July 2022 sixteen UEFA national teams participated in the Women's Euro tournament in England.

Entrants

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The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking,[7] calculated based on the following (Regulations Annex B.1.2.a):[4]

One entrant, Russia, was initially given a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 9 December 2019 after Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators.[8] However, the Russian women's team could still have entered qualification. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),[9] which ruled in WADA's favour but reduced the ban to two years.[10] The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms if the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" had equal prominence.[11] Had Russia qualified for the tournament, its female players would have been able to use their country's name, flag and anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the ban was set to expire on 16 December 2022.[11][12] However, Russia were suspended from the tournament following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and later expelled from all ongoing FIFA and UEFA competitions.[13][14]

On 20 April 2021, it was announced 51 teams from the 55 eligible would enter the qualifying round.[3]

National teams which qualified directly for the final tournament were indicated in bold, national teams which qualified for the final tournament through the UEFA play-offs were indicated in bold italics, and the national team which qualified for the inter-confederation play-offs was indicated in italics.

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Netherlands 43,961 1
 Germany 41,924 2
 England 41,443 3
 France 40,898 4
 Sweden 39,714 5
 Spain 38,913 6
 Norway 38,758 7
 Italy 36,399 8
 Denmark 35,265 9
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Belgium 34,951 10
 Switzerland 34,066 11
 Austria 33,693 12
 Iceland 33,458 13
 Scotland 30,700 14
 Russia 30,117 15
 Finland 29,765 16
 Portugal 28,937 17
 Wales 28,677 18
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Czech Republic 28,115 19
 Ukraine 27,127 20
 Republic of Ireland 25,414 21
 Poland 25,302 22
 Slovenia 22,582 23
 Romania 22,156 24
 Serbia 21,889 25
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20,479 26
 Northern Ireland 19,526 27
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Slovakia 17,951 28
 Hungary 16,676 29
 Belarus 16,540 30
 Croatia 15,988 31
 Greece 13,602 32
 Albania 13,292 33
 North Macedonia 12,730 34
 Israel 12,518 35
 Azerbaijan 11,688 36
Pot 5
Team Coeff Rank
 Turkey 11,526 37
 Malta 11,480 38
 Kosovo 10,489 39
 Kazakhstan 10,198 40
 Moldova 9,510 41
 Cyprus 7,688 42
 Faroe Islands 7,478 43
 Georgia 7,085 44
 Latvia 6,977 45
Pot 6
Team Coeff Rank
 Montenegro 6,772 46
 Lithuania 6,359 47
 Estonia 6,108 48
 Luxembourg 2,779 49
 Armenia 0
 Bulgaria 0
Did not enter
Team Coeff Rank
 Andorra 1,903 50
 Gibraltar 0
 Liechtenstein 0
 San Marino 0

Group stage

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Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 30 April 2021 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3] The 51 teams were drawn into 9 groups:

  • 3 groups (Groups A, B, C) of 5 teams (playing a total of 8 matches), containing one team each from Pots 1–5.
  • 6 groups (Groups D, E, F, G, H, I) of 6 teams (playing a total of 10 matches), containing one team each from Pots 1–6.

Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions due to political conflicts, there were several combinations of teams (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, Russia and Kosovo) that could not be drawn into the same group. One of these was Armenia, who were initially drawn into group E together with Azerbaijan. Armenia was moved into group F and Montenegro was then drawn into group E.

Groups

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  The nine group winners qualify directly for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
  The nine group runners-up advance to the play-offs.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden Republic of Ireland Finland Slovakia Georgia (country)
1  Sweden 8 7 1 0 32 2 +30 22 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
2  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 26 4 +22 17 Play-offs 0–1 1–0 1–1 11–0
3  Finland 8 3 1 4 14 12 +2 10 0–5 1–2 2–1 6–0
4  Slovakia 8 2 2 4 9 9 0 8 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
5  Georgia 8 0 0 8 0 54 −54 0 0–15 0–9 0–3 0–4
Source: UEFA

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Scotland Ukraine Hungary Faroe Islands
1  Spain 8 8 0 0 53 0 +53 24 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 8–0 5–0 3–0 12–0
2  Scotland 8 5 1 2 22 13 +9 16 Play-offs 0–2 1–1 2–1 7–1
3  Ukraine 8 3 1 4 12 20 −8 10 0–6 0–4 2–0 4–0
4  Hungary 8 3 0 5 19 19 0 9 0–7 0–2 4–2 7–0
5  Faroe Islands 8 0 0 8 2 56 −54 0 0–10 0–6 0–3 1–7
Source: UEFA

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Netherlands Iceland Czech Republic Belarus Cyprus
1  Netherlands 8 6 2 0 31 3 +28 20 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–0 1–1 3–0 12–0
2  Iceland 8 6 0 2 25 3 +22 18 Play-offs 0–2 4–0 6–0 5–0
3  Czech Republic 8 3 2 3 25 10 +15 11 2–2 0–1 7–0 8–0
4  Belarus 8 2 1 5 7 26 −19 7 0–2 0–5 2–1 4–1
5  Cyprus 8 0 1 7 2 48 −46 1 0–8 0–4 0–6 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Austria Northern Ireland Luxembourg North Macedonia Latvia
1  England 10 10 0 0 80 0 +80 30 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–0 4–0 10–0 8–0 20–0
2  Austria 10 7 1 2 50 7 +43 22 Play-offs 0–2 3–1 5–0 10–0 8–0
3  Northern Ireland 10 6 1 3 36 16 +20 19 0–5 2–2 4–0 9–0 4–0
4  Luxembourg 10 3 0 7 9 45 −36 9 0–10 0–8 1–2 2–1 3–2
5  North Macedonia 10 2 0 8 10 62 −52 6 0–10 0–6 0–11 2–3 3–2
6  Latvia 10 1 0 9 8 63 −55 3 0–10 1–8 1–3 1–0 1–4
Source: UEFA

Group E

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On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA announced that Russia was suspended from all competitions.[13][14] On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia would no longer be allowed to take part in the competition, that their previous results were nullified, and that Group E would continue with five teams.[15][16]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Azerbaijan Malta Russia
1  Denmark 8 8 0 0 40 2 +38 24 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 8–0 5–1 2–0 7–0 3–1
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 17 −8 11 Play-offs 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–4
3  Montenegro 8 3 0 5 9 17 −8 9 1–5 0–2 2–0 0–2 Canc.
4  Azerbaijan 8 2 1 5 5 16 −11 7[a] 0–8 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–4
5  Malta 8 2 1 5 6 17 −11 7[a] 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 Canc.
6  Russia[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified Canc. Canc. 5–0 2–0 3–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +1, Malta −1.
  2. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[17][18] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[19][20]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Norway Belgium Poland Albania Kosovo Armenia
1  Norway 10 9 1 0 47 2 +45 28 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 4–0 2–1 5–0 5–1 10–0
2  Belgium 10 7 1 2 56 7 +49 22 Play-offs 0–1 4–0 7–0 7–0 19–0
3  Poland 10 6 2 2 28 9 +19 20 0–0 1–1 2–0 7–0 12–0
4  Albania 10 3 1 6 14 30 −16 10 0–7 0–5 1–2 1–1 5–0
5  Kosovo 10 2 1 7 8 35 −27 7 0–3 1–6 1–2 1–3 2–1
6  Armenia 10 0 0 10 1 71 −70 0 0–10 0–7 0–1 0–4 0–1
Source: UEFA

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Switzerland Romania Croatia Lithuania Moldova
1  Italy 10 9 0 1 40 2 +38 27 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–2 2–0 3–0 7–0 3–0
2  Switzerland 10 8 1 1 44 4 +40 25 Play-offs 0–1 2–0 5–0 4–1 15–0
3  Romania 10 6 1 3 21 11 +10 19 0–5 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0
4  Croatia 10 3 1 6 6 18 −12 10 0–5 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–0
5  Lithuania 10 1 2 7 7 35 −28 5 0–5 0–7 1–7 0–1 4–0
6  Moldova 10 0 1 9 1 49 −48 1 0–8 0–6 0–4 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Portugal Serbia Turkey Israel Bulgaria
1  Germany 10 9 0 1 47 5 +42 27 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 3–0 5–1 8–0 7–0 7–0
2  Portugal 10 7 1 2 26 9 +17 22 Play-offs 1–3 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–0
3  Serbia 10 7 0 3 26 14 +12 21 3–2 1–2 2–0 4–0 3–0
4  Turkey 10 3 1 6 9 26 −17 10 0–3 1–1 2–5 3–2 1–0
5  Israel 10 3 0 7 7 25 −18 9 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 2–0
6  Bulgaria 10 0 0 10 1 37 −36 0 0–8 0–5 1–4 0–2 0–2
Source: UEFA

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Wales Slovenia Greece Estonia Kazakhstan
1  France 10 10 0 0 54 4 +50 30 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 2–0 1–0 5–1 11–0 6–0
2  Wales 10 6 2 2 22 5 +17 20 Play-offs 1–2 0–0 5–0 4–0 6–0
3  Slovenia 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 2–3 1–1 0–0 6–0 2–0
4  Greece 10 4 1 5 12 28 −16 13 0–10 0–1 1–4 3–0 3–2
5  Estonia 10 2 0 8 7 43 −36 6 0–9 0–1 0–4 1–3 4–2
6  Kazakhstan 10 0 0 10 4 34 −30 0 0–5 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Since some groups had six teams and others had five, matches against the sixth-placed team in the groups with six teams were not counted.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 G  Switzerland 8 6 1 1 23 4 +19 19 Play-offs round 2
2 C  Iceland 8 6 0 2 25 3 +22 18
3 A  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 26 4 +22 17
4 D  Austria 8 5 1 2 34 6 +28 16 Play-offs round 1
5 F  Belgium 8 5 1 2 30 7 +23 16
6 B  Scotland 8 5 1 2 22 13 +9 16
7 H  Portugal 8 5 1 2 18 9 +9 16
8 I  Wales 8 4 2 2 13 5 +8 14
9 E  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 17 −8 11
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Play-offs

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Draw

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The draw took place on 9 September 2022 at 13:30 CEST.[21][22] The nine teams were drawn into six ties without any seeding, with the first team drawn in each tie to be the home team of the single-leg matches.

  • Round 1: The worst six runners-up will enter in round 1 and were drawn into three ties.
  • Round 2: The best three runners-up will enter in round 2 and, together with the three winners of round 1, were drawn into three ties.

Bracket

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Round 1Round 2
              
6 October 2022 – Vizela
 Portugal2
11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira
 Belgium1
 Portugal (a.e.t.)4
 Iceland1
6 October 2022 – Glasgow
 Scotland (a.e.t.)1
11 October 2022 – Glasgow
 Austria0
 Scotland0
 Republic of Ireland1
6 October 2022 – Cardiff
 Wales (a.e.t.)1
11 October 2022 – Zürich
 Bosnia and Herzegovina0
 Switzerland (a.e.t.)2
 Wales1

Round 1

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The single-leg matches were played on 6 October 2022.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Scotland  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Austria
Wales  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal  2–1  Belgium

Round 2

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The single-leg matches were played on 11 October 2022.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Portugal  4–1 (a.e.t.)  Iceland
Scotland  0–1  Republic of Ireland
Switzerland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Wales

Ranking of play-off winners

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To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play-offs were combined. As some groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted; also, as not all teams played in both play-off rounds, results in round 1 of play-offs were not counted either. As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two higher-placed winners qualified for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3][4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 9 7 1 1 25 5 +20 22 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Republic of Ireland 9 6 2 1 27 4 +23 20
3  Portugal 9 6 1 2 22 10 +12 19 Inter-confederation play-offs
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group and in play-offs round 2, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Qualified teams

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The following twelve teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
 Sweden Group A winners 12 April 2022 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Spain Group B winners 12 April 2022 2 (2015, 2019)
 Netherlands Group C winners 6 September 2022 2 (2015, 2019)
 England Group D winners 3 September 2022 5 (1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Denmark Group E winners 2 May 2022[a] 4 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2007)
 Norway Group F winners 2 September 2022 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Italy Group G winners 6 September 2022 3 (1991, 1999, 2019)
 Germany Group H winners 3 September 2022 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 France Group I winners 12 April 2022 4 (2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Switzerland Best play-off winners 11 October 2022 1 (2015)
 Republic of Ireland Second best play-off winners 11 October 2022 0 (debut)
 Portugal Inter-confederation play-offs Group A winners 22 February 2023 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
  1. ^ On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were removed from Women's World Cup qualification due to their country's invasion of Ukraine, with all their earlier results considered null and void.[15][16] Denmark therefore qualified for the Women's World Cup, as no other teams could surpass them.[23]

Top goalscorers

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There were 1,086 goals scored in 242 matches, for an average of 4.49 goals per match.

17 goals

15 goals

13 goals

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

Source: UEFA.com

For full lists of goalscorers, see sections in each group:

References

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