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UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament.[1]

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates4 April 2015 – 25 October 2016
Teams46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played174
Goals scored672 (3.86 per match)
Attendance363,160 (2,087 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iceland Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir
Norway Ada Hegerberg
Scotland Jane Ross
(10 goals each)
← 2013
2022 →

A total of 46 UEFA member national teams, with Andorra entering for the first time at senior women's level, entered the qualifying competition.[2]

Format

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The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds:[3]

  • Preliminary round: The eight lowest-ranked teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.
  • Qualifying group stage: The 40 teams (38 highest-ranked teams and two preliminary round qualifiers) are drawn into eight groups of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The eight group winners and the six best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament, while the two remaining runners-up advance to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last qualified team.

Tiebreakers

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In the preliminary round and qualifying group stage, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a group, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 13.01, 13.02 and 15.01):[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament or group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament or group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament or group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. (Qualifying group stage only) Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament or group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 11 apply;
  6. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament or group matches;
  7. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament or group matches;
  8. (Qualifying group stage only) Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. (Preliminary round only) If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 7 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (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. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament or group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  11. Position in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking for the preliminary round or qualifying group stage draw.

To determine the six best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in fifth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.02):[3]

  1. Higher number of points;
  2. Superior goal difference;
  3. Higher number of goals scored;
  4. Higher number of away goals scored;
  5. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  6. Position in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking for the 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 Articles 16.01 and 16.02).[3]

Schedule

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The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.[4]

Stage FIFA International Dates
Preliminary round 4–9 April 2015
Qualifying group stage 14–22 September 2015
19–27 October 2015
23 November – 1 December 2015
18–26 January 2016
29 February – 9 March 2016
4–12 April 2016
30 May – 7 June 2016
12–20 September 2016
Play-offs 17–25 October 2016

Entrants

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The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[5]

The 38 highest-ranked teams entered the qualifying group stage, while the eight lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round.[6] The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the qualifying group stage draw.

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff Rank
  Netherlands 34,486 8
Teams entering qualifying group stage
Pot A
Team Coeff Rank
  Germany 43,665 1
  France 42,552 2
  Sweden 42,433 3
  Norway 39,315 4
  England 38,133 5
  Italy 36,666 6
  Spain 35,941 7
  Iceland 32,778 9
Pot B
Team Coeff Rank
  Russia 32,712 10
  Denmark 32,615 11
  Finland 32,605 12
  Switzerland 32,558 13
  Scotland 31,264 14
  Austria 29,847 15
  Ukraine 29,064 16
  Belgium 28,825 17
Pot C
Team Coeff Rank
  Poland 27,555 18
  Czech Republic 25,750 19
  Wales 25,070 20
  Republic of Ireland 24,581 21
  Romania 22,954 22
  Hungary 22,434 23
  Serbia 21,747 24
  Belarus 21,634 25
Pot D
Team Coeff Rank
  Portugal 20,925 26
  Northern Ireland 18,141 27
  Slovakia 17,691 28
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,806 29
  Turkey 15,528 30
  Israel 14,841 31
  Slovenia 14,736 32
  Greece 14,219 33
Pot E
Team Coeff Rank
  Estonia 13,281 34
  Croatia 13,111 35
  Kazakhstan 12,591 36
  Albania 9,991 38
  Macedonia 8,032 40
  Montenegro 7,443 41
Teams entering preliminary round
Team Coeff Rank
  Faroe Islands 7,357 42
  Malta (H) 6,723 44
  Georgia 6,063 45
  Lithuania 4,585 46
  Latvia 4,042 47
  Luxembourg 3,918 48
  Andorra — —
  Moldova (H) — —
Notes
  • Teams which were pre-selected as preliminary round hosts were denoted by (H).
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
Team Coeff Rank
  Azerbaijan 11,375 37
  Bulgaria 9,960 39
  Armenia 7,275 43
  Cyprus — —
  Gibraltar — —
  Liechtenstein — —
  San Marino — —

Preliminary round

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round

Draw

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The draw for the preliminary round was held on 19 January 2015, 13:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7]

The teams were divided into two pots: Pot 1 contained the two teams which were pre-selected as hosts (Malta and Moldova), while Pot 2 contained the six remaining teams (Andorra, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg). Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.[8]

Groups

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  The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.

Group 1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Moldova (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Qualifying group stage — 0–1 2–0 —
2   Latvia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 — — 1–1 —
3   Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — — — 2–0
4   Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 0–3 4–3 — —
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Group 2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Georgia 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[a] Qualifying group stage — 2–0 1–2 —
2   Faroe Islands 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6[a] — — — 8–0
3   Malta (H) 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6[a] — 2–4 — —
4   Andorra 3 0 0 3 3 20 −17 0 0–7 — 3–5 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts, +1 GD; Faroe Islands: 3 pts, 0 GD; Malta: 3 pts, −1 GD).

Qualifying group stage

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Draw

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The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 20 April 2015, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking (see section Entrants).[10] Each group contained one team from each of the five seeding pots.[11] The two teams which qualified from the preliminary round, Moldova and Georgia, were placed in Pot E for the group stage draw.

Groups

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  The eight group winners and the six best group runners-up (not counting results against fifth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament.
  The remaining two runners-up advanced to the play-offs.

Group 1

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Iceland 8 7 0 1 34 2 +32 21[a] Final tournament — 1–2 4–0 2–0 8–0
2   Scotland 8 7 0 1 30 7 +23 21[a] 0–4 — 3–1 7–0 10–0
3   Slovenia 8 3 0 5 21 19 +2 9[b] 0–6 0–3 — 3–0 8–1
4   Belarus 8 3 0 5 10 20 −10 9[b] 0–5 0–1 2–0 — 6–2
5   Macedonia 8 0 0 8 4 51 −47 0 0–4 1–4 0–9 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Scotland 0–4 Iceland, Iceland 1–2 Scotland.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Slovenia 3–0 Belarus, Belarus 2–0 Slovenia.

Group 2

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Spain 8 8 0 0 39 2 +37 24 Final tournament — 2–0 5–0 3–0 13–0
2   Portugal 8 4 1 3 15 11 +4 13[a] Play-offs 1–4 — 3–2 1–2 6–1
3   Finland 8 4 1 3 17 12 +5 13[a] 1–2 0–0 — 4–1 1–0
4   Republic of Ireland 8 3 0 5 17 14 +3 9 0–3 0–1 0–2 — 9–0
5   Montenegro 8 0 0 8 2 51 −49 0 0–7 0–3 1–7 0–5 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Finland 0–0 Portugal, Portugal 3–2 Finland.

Group 3

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   France 8 8 0 0 27 0 +27 24 Final tournament — 3–0 4–0 1–0 6–0
2   Romania 8 5 1 2 17 8 +9 16 Play-offs 0–1 — 2–1 4–0 3–0
3   Ukraine 8 4 1 3 14 12 +2 13 0–3 2–2 — 2–0 2–0
4   Greece 8 2 0 6 9 19 −10 6 0–3 1–3 1–3 — 3–2
5   Albania 8 0 0 8 3 31 −28 0 0–6 0–3 0–4 1–4 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Sweden 8 7 0 1 22 3 +19 21 Final tournament — 1–0 3–0 2–1 6–0
2   Denmark 8 6 1 1 22 1 +21 19 2–0 — 6–0 4–0 4–0
3   Poland 8 3 1 4 10 16 −6 10 0–4 0–0 — 2–0 4–0
4   Slovakia 8 3 0 5 11 13 −2 9 0–3 0–1 2–1 — 4–0
5   Moldova 8 0 0 8 1 33 −32 0 0–3 0–5 1–3 0–4 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Germany 8 8 0 0 35 0 +35 24 Final tournament — 2–0 12–0 2–0 7–0
2   Russia 8 4 2 2 14 9 +5 14 0–4 — 3–3 5–0 2–0
3   Hungary 8 2 2 4 8 20 −12 8 0–1 0–1 — 2–0 1–0
4   Croatia 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7 7 0–1 0–3 1–1 — 3–0
5   Turkey 8 1 1 6 3 24 −21 4 0–6 0–0 2–1 1–4 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Switzerland 8 8 0 0 34 3 +31 24 Final tournament — 2–1 5–1 4–0 4–0
2   Italy 8 6 0 2 26 8 +18 18 0–3 — 3–1 3–1 6–1
3   Czech Republic 8 3 1 4 13 18 −5 10 0–5 0–3 — 3–0 4–1
4   Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 10 22 −12 7 1–8 0–3 1–1 — 4–0
5   Georgia 8 0 0 8 2 34 −32 0 0–3 0–7 0–3 0–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   England 8 7 1 0 32 1 +31 22 Final tournament — 1–1 7–0 1–0 5–0
2   Belgium 8 5 2 1 27 5 +22 17 0–2 — 1–1 6–0 6–0
3   Serbia 8 3 1 4 10 21 −11 10 0–7 1–3 — 0–1 3–0
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 0 5 8 17 −9 9 0–1 0–5 2–4 — 4–0
5   Estonia 8 0 0 8 0 33 −33 0 0–8 0–5 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 8
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Norway 8 7 1 0 29 2 +27 22 Final tournament — 2–2 4–0 10–0 5–0
2   Austria 8 5 2 1 18 4 +14 17 0–1 — 3–0 6–1 4–0
3   Wales 8 3 2 3 13 11 +2 11 0–2 0–0 — 4–0 3–0
4   Kazakhstan 8 1 1 6 2 30 −28 4 0–4 0–2 0–4 — 1–0
5   Israel 8 0 2 6 2 17 −15 2 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Despite the fact that every groups had 5 teams, in order to determine the six best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament and the two remaining second-placed teams which advanced to the play-offs, the results against the fifth-placed team were not included. As a result, six matches played by each second-placed team were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.[12]

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1   Scotland 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 15 Final tournament
2 4   Denmark 6 4 1 1 13 1 +12 13
3 6   Italy 6 4 0 2 13 7 +6 12
4 7   Belgium 6 3 2 1 16 5 +11 11
5 8   Austria 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11
6 5   Russia 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10
7 3   Romania 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Play-offs
8 2   Portugal 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coefficient.

Play-offs

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Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying play-offs

Draw

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The draw for the play-offs (to decide the order of legs) was held on 23 September 2016, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[13]

Matches

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The play-off winner qualifies for the final tournament.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Portugal   (a) 1–1   Romania 0–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Netherlands Hosts 4 December 2014[1] 2 (2009, 2013)
  Iceland Group 1 winners 16 September 2016 2 (2009, 2013)
  Spain Group 2 winners 7 June 2016 2 (1997, 2013)
  France Group 3 winners 11 April 2016 5 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Sweden Group 4 winners 15 September 2016 9 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Germany Group 5 winners 12 April 2016 9 (19892, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Switzerland Group 6 winners 4 June 2016 0 (debut)
  England Group 7 winners 7 June 2016 7 (1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Norway Group 8 winners 7 June 2016 10 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Scotland Best six runners-up 16 September 2016 0 (debut)
  Denmark Best six runners-up 20 September 2016 8 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Italy Best six runners-up 20 September 2016 10 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
  Belgium Best six runners-up 16 September 2016 0 (debut)
  Austria Best six runners-up 20 September 2016 0 (debut)
  Russia Best six runners-up 20 September 2016 4 (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013)
  Portugal Play-off winners 25 October 2016 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Top goalscorers

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Players with six goals or more.[14]

10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals

References

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  1. ^ a b "Netherlands to host UEFA Women's EURO 2017". UEFA.com. 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Record entry for Women's EURO". UEFA.com. 18 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ "2014-16 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 entries & coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 preliminary draw". UEFA.com. 19 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Draw Procedure for the preliminary round" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "Russia face Germany, Sweden get Denmark". UEFA.com. 20 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Coefficient Ranking of the Teams Participating in the Qualifying Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  11. ^ "Seedings for Monday's qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Austria, Denmark, Italy, Russia clinch finals berths". UEFA.com. 20 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Portugal at home first against Romania in Women's EURO play-off". UEFA.com. 23 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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