UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	4 April 2015 – 25 October 2016
Teams	46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	174
Goals scored	672 (3.86 per match)
Attendance	363,160 (2,087 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir Ada Hegerberg Jane Ross (10 goals each)
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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]

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

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

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

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

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

• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition (20%)
• UEFA Women's Euro 2013 final tournament and qualifying competition (40%)
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying competition (40%)

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

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

Draw

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

  The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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. 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

Draw

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

  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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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. Head-to-head results: Scotland 0–4 Iceland, Iceland 1–2 Scotland.
2. Head-to-head results: Slovenia 3–0 Belarus, Belarus 2–0 Slovenia.

Group 2

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	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. Head-to-head results: Finland 0–0 Portugal, Portugal 3–2 Finland.

Group 3

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	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

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 v t e	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

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

Draw

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

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

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^1
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 (1989^2, 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.

² As West Germany

Top goalscorers

Players with six goals or more.^[14]

10 goals

• Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir
• Ada Hegerberg
• Jane Ross

8 goals

• Eugénie Le Sommer
• Verónica Boquete

7 goals

• Pernille Harder
• Nadia Nadim
• Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
• Isabell Herlovsen
• Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
• Helen Ward

6 goals

• Milena Nikolić
• Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
• Karen Carney
• Danielle Carter
• Cristiana Girelli
• Cláudia Neto
• Joanne Love
• Sonia Bermúdez
• Fabienne Humm

References

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Official website