2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates 6 April 2017 – 13 November 2018
Teams 46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 84 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Turkey Selen Altunkulak
Turkey Melike Pekel
(4 goals each)

The European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is a women's football competition that will determine the eight UEFA teams joining the automatically qualified hosts France in the final tournament.[1][2]

A total of 46 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition,[3] with Andorra making their World Cup debut and Kosovo making their competitive debut.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:[4]

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round and qualifying group stage, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 13.01, 13.02, and 15.01):[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. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. (Preliminary round only) Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  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 preliminary round or qualifying group stage draw.

To determine the best runner-up from the preliminary round and the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in last place (fourth place in preliminary round and fifth place in qualifying group stage) are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 13.03 and 15.02):[4]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored;
  5. Disciplinary points;
  6. UEFA coefficient for the preliminary round or qualifying group stage draw.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 17.01).[4]

Schedule

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

Stage FIFA International Dates
Preliminary round 6–11 April 2017
Qualifying group stage 11–19 September 2017
16–24 October 2017
20–28 November 2017
15–23 January 2018
26 February – 6 March 2018
2–10 April 2018
4–12 June 2018
27 August – 4 September 2018
Play-offs 1–9 October 2018
5–13 November 2018

Entrants

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[7][8]

The 30 highest-ranked teams entered the qualifying group stage, while the 16 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and qualifying group stage draws.

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 France 42,355 2
Teams entering qualifying group stage
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Germany 42,957 1
 England 39,880 3
 Norway 39,161 4
 Sweden 38,036 5
 Spain 37,655 6
  Switzerland 36,629 7
 Italy 34,775 8
 Netherlands 34,642 9
 Iceland 34,141 10
 Scotland 33,632 11
 Denmark 32,915 12
 Austria 31,882 13
 Belgium 31,213 14
 Russia 30,367 15
 Finland 29,815 16
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Ukraine 28,579 17
 Wales 25,807 18
 Romania 25,602 19
 Poland 24,832 20
 Czech Republic 23,874 21
 Republic of Ireland 23,669 22
 Portugal 22,860 23
 Serbia 21,579 24
 Hungary 20,362 25
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,546 26
 Belarus 19,434 27
 Slovakia 18,104 28
 Slovenia 17,224 29
 Northern Ireland 17,051 30
 Croatia 16,266 31
Teams entering preliminary round
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Turkey 15,656 32
 Israel 14,641 33
 Greece 13,961 34
 Kazakhstan 13,350 35
 Estonia 11,151 36
 Albania 9,121 37
 Faroe Islands 8,020 38
 Moldova 7,910 39
 Malta 7,208 42
 Montenegro 7,191 44
 Georgia 6,316 45
 Lithuania 4,818 46
 Latvia 4,584 47
 Luxembourg 4,109 48
 Andorra 1,793 49
 Kosovo — —
Did not enter
Team Coeff Rank
 Bulgaria 7,817 40
 Macedonia 7,768 41
 Armenia 7,194 43
 Azerbaijan — —
 Cyprus — —
 Gibraltar — —
 Liechtenstein — —
 San Marino — —

Preliminary round

Draw

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 19 January 2017, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9][10]

The 16 teams were allocated into four seeding positions according to their coefficient ranking. They were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.[11]

Seeding position 1
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Turkey 15,656 32
 Israel 14,641 33
 Greece 13,961 34
 Kazakhstan 13,350 35
Seeding position 2
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Estonia 11,151 36
 Albania (H) 9,121 37
 Faroe Islands (H) 8,020 38
 Moldova 7,910 39
Seeding position 3
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Malta 7,208 42
 Montenegro 7,191 44
 Georgia (H) 6,316 45
 Lithuania (H) 4,818 46
Seeding position 4
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Latvia 4,584 47
 Luxembourg 4,109 48
 Andorra 1,793 49
 Kosovo — —
Notes

Groups

  The four group winners and the best runner-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team) advance to the qualifying group stage to join the 30 direct entrants.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Qualifying group stage — 2–2 1–0 —
2  Latvia 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5 — — 1–1 —
3  Georgia (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — — — 2–1
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 0–1 0–4 — —
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Albania (H) 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Qualifying group stage — 2–1 — 3–2
2  Greece 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6 — — 1–0 6–0
3  Malta 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 0–0 — — —
4  Kosovo 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0 — — 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7 Qualifying group stage — — 2–0 7–0
2  Moldova 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 0–0 — — 4–0
3  Lithuania (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 — 0–2 — —
4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0 — — 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Faroe Islands (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Qualifying group stage — 2–1 — 5–1
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6 — — 3–0 9–1
3  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 8 6 +2 3 1–2 — — —
4  Luxembourg 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0 — — 1–7 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed teams from the preliminary round which advance to the qualifying group stage, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team are not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 3  Moldova 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Qualifying group stage
2 4  Turkey 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 2  Greece 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
4 1  Latvia 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient.

Qualifying group stage

Draw

The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 25 April 2017, 13:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[12][13]

The 35 teams were allocated into five seeding pots according to their coefficient ranking, with the five preliminary round qualifiers placed in Pot E. They were drawn into seven groups of five containing one team from each of the five seeding pots. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.[14]

Pot A
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Germany 42,957 1
 England 39,880 3
 Norway 39,161 4
 Sweden 38,036 5
 Spain 37,655 6
  Switzerland 36,629 7
 Italy 34,775 8
Pot B
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Netherlands 34,642 9
 Iceland 34,141 10
 Scotland 33,632 11
 Denmark 32,915 12
 Austria 31,882 13
 Belgium 31,213 14
 Russia 30,367 15
Pot C
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Finland 29,815 16
 Ukraine 28,579 17
 Wales 25,807 18
 Romania 25,602 19
 Poland 24,832 20
 Czech Republic 23,874 21
 Republic of Ireland 23,669 22
Pot D
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Portugal 22,860 23
 Serbia 21,579 24
 Hungary 20,362 25
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,546 26
 Belarus 19,434 27
 Slovakia 18,104 28
 Slovenia 17,224 29
Pot E
Team Coeff Rank[8]
 Northern Ireland 17,051 30
 Croatia 16,266 31
 Israel (P) 14,641 33
 Kazakhstan (P) 13,350 35
 Albania (P) 9,121 37
 Faroe Islands (P) 8,020 38
 Moldova (P) 7,910 39
Notes

Groups

  The seven group winners qualify directly for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
  The four best group runners-up (not counting results against fifth-placed team) advance to the play-offs.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 19 Sep '17 6 Apr '18 24 Nov '17 28 Nov '17
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 8 Jun '18 — 24 Oct '17 4 Sep '18 30 Aug '18
3  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Aug '18 12 Jun '18 — 7 Jun '18 24 Nov '17
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Apr '18 5 Apr '18 28 Nov '17 — 12 Jun '18
5  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep '18 9 Apr '18 17 Sep '17 21 Oct '17 —
First match(es) will be played on 17 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 5 Apr '18 19 Sep '17 24 Nov '17 28 Nov '17
2  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 30 Aug '18 — 10 Apr '18 7 Jun '18 24 Oct '17
3  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep '18 12 Jun '18 — 15 Sep '17 6 Apr '18
4  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jun '18 19 Oct '17 31 Aug '18 — 19 Sep '17
5  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Sep '17 4 Sep '18 24 Nov '17 10 Apr '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 15 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 4 Sep '18 12 Jun '18 19 Sep '17 15 Sep '17
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 24 Oct '17 — 28 Nov '17 12 Jun '18 6 Apr '18
3  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jun '18 10 Apr '18 — 6 Apr '18 31 Aug '18
4  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Aug '18 24 Nov '17 24 Oct '17 — 28 Nov '17
5  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Apr '18 8 Jun '18 19 Sep '17 4 Sep '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 15 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 20 Oct '17 30 Aug '18 24 Oct '17 7 Jun '18
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 4 Sep '18 — 9 Apr '18 12 Jun '18 30 Aug '18
3  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jun '18 8 Jun '18 — 4 Sep '18 15 Sep '17
4  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Apr '18 19 Sep '17 24 Nov '17 — 19 Oct '17
5  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sep '17 24 Oct '17 5 Apr '18 9 Apr '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 15 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 20 Oct '17 7 Apr '18 16 Sep '17 24 Oct '17
2  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 1 Sep '18 — 4 Sep '18 11 Jun '18 18 Sep '17
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sep '17 24 Oct '17 — 31 Aug '18 12 Jun '18
4  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Apr '18 6 Apr '18 20 Oct '17 — 24 Nov '17
5  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep '18 10 Apr '18 14 Sep '17 7 Jun '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 14 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 10 Apr '18 24 Oct '17 8 Jun '18 15 Sep '17
2  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 4 Sep '18 — 20 Oct '17 6 Apr '18 19 Sep '17
3  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sep '17 31 Aug '18 — 12 Jun '18 28 Nov '17
4  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Nov '17 24 Oct '17 4 Sep '18 — 24 Nov '17
5  Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Apr '18 12 Jun '18 10 Apr '18 30 Aug '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 15 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 28 Nov '17 31 Aug '18 4 Sep '18 7 Jun '18
2  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 10 Apr '18 — 4 Sep '18 5 Apr '18 23 Nov '17
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Apr '18 8 Jun '18 — 22 Oct '17 26 Nov '17
4  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Nov '17 19 Sep '17 12 Jun '18 — 19 Oct '17
5  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Oct '17 12 Jun '18 22 Jan '18 10 Apr '18 —
First match(es) will be played on 19 September 2017. Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third and fourth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the fifth-placed team are not included. As a result, six matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 3  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs
2 5  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 7  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 6  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 September 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coefficient.

Play-offs

Draw

The draw for the play-offs will be held in September 2018 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[15]

The four teams are drawn into two knockout rounds of home-and-away two-legged matches. The seeding and other restrictions will be confirmed prior to the draw.

Matches

Play-off semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1–9 Oct '18 1–9 Oct '18
1–9 Oct '18 1–9 Oct '18

Play-off final

The play-off final winner qualifies for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
5–13 Nov '18 5–13 Nov '18

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 France Hosts 19 March 2015[1] 3 (2003, 2011, 2015)
Group 1 winners
Group 2 winners
Group 3 winners
Group 4 winners
Group 5 winners
Group 6 winners
Group 7 winners
Play-off winners
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. 1 2 "France to stage 2019 Women's World Cup". UEFA.com. 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "2019 Women's World Cup qualifying entries". UEFA.com. 9 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2017-19" (PDF). UEFA.
  5. ↑ "2016/17 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "2017/18 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. ↑ "Coefficient Ranking of the Teams Participating in the Qualifying Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking for FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying" (PDF). UEFA.
  9. ↑ "Women's World Cup preliminary round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Women's World Cup preliminary round draw". UEFA.com. 19 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "World Cup preliminary round draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 16 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 25 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "World Cup qualifying group stage draw seedings". UEFA.com. 12 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Women's World Cup play-off draw". UEFA.com.
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