European Football Championship for Women 1987 / Qualification

The qualification for the European Football Championship for women in 1987 took place from September 26, 1984 to October 12, 1986 . All registered national teams had to go through the qualification, because the host of the final tournament was only determined at short notice after the conclusion of the group of four qualified group winners.

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Again 16 national teams took part in the qualification. Again, the teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, with the exception of the British teams without a geographical division. Within the groups, each team plays each other twice. The group winners qualify for the first ever final in Norway .

Iceland and Portugal did not participate this time, Spain and Hungary took part in the qualification for the first time.

Results

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	6th	3	3	0	012: 600	+6	09: 30
2.	Denmark	6th	2	2	2	010:100	± 0	06: 60
3.	BR Germany	6th	2	1	3	005: 700	−2	05: 70
4th	Finland	6th	1	2	3	002: 600	−4	04: 80

09/26/84	Finland	-	Norway	0-0
10/03/84	BR Germany	-	Finland	1-0
10/24/84	Denmark	-	Finland	1: 1
05/01/85	Denmark	-	BR Germany	3-0
05/11/85	Finland	-	Denmark	0: 2
07.09.85	BR Germany	-	Norway	2: 3

10/02/85	Norway	-	Denmark	2: 2
05/10/85	Finland	-	BR Germany	1-0
05/19/86	Norway	-	BR Germany	0-0
09/10/86	Denmark	-	Norway	2: 5
04/10/86	BR Germany	-	Denmark	2-0
04/10/86	Norway	-	Finland	2-0

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	6th	6th	0	0	034: 200	+32	12: 00
2.	Scotland	6th	4th	0	2	024:100	+14	08: 40
3.	Ireland	6th	2	0	4th	004:170	−13	04: 80
4th	Northern Ireland	6th	0	0	6th	002:350	−33	00:12

3/17/85	England	-	Scotland	4-0
05/05/85	Ireland	-	Northern Ireland	1-0
05/25/85	Northern Ireland	-	England	1: 7
06/02/85	Scotland	-	Ireland	2: 1
09/22/85	Ireland	-	England	0: 6
11/23/85	Northern Ireland	-	Scotland	1: 9

3/16/86	England	-	Northern Ireland	10-00
04/27/86	England	-	Ireland	4-0
05/25/86	Scotland	-	Northern Ireland	7-0
08/30/86	Northern Ireland	-	Ireland	0: 1
09/28/86	Ireland	-	Scotland	1: 5
10/12/86	Scotland	-	England	1: 3

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	6th	5	0	1	014: 300	+11	10: 20
2.	Netherlands	6th	4th	0	2	012: 800	+4	08: 40
3.	Belgium	6th	2	0	4th	008:150	−7	04: 80
4th	France	6th	1	0	5	007:150	−8	02:10

3/16/85	Netherlands	-	France	1-0
05/04/85	Belgium	-	France	3: 1
05/25/85	France	-	Sweden	0: 4
06/11/85	Sweden	-	Netherlands	2-0
09/28/85	Belgium	-	Netherlands	3: 1
10/09/85	Sweden	-	Belgium	5-0

10/26/85	France	-	Netherlands	3: 5
03/15/86	France	-	Belgium	3: 1
05/17/86	Sweden	-	France	1-0
10/18/86	Netherlands	-	Sweden	2-0
09/20/86	Netherlands	-	Belgium	3-0
10/01/86	Belgium	-	Sweden	1: 2

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	6th	5	1	0	013: 600	+7	11: 10
2.	Hungary	6th	3	1	2	008: 700	+1	07: 50
3.	Spain	6th	1	1	4th	007: 900	−2	03: 90
4th	Switzerland	6th	1	1	4th	005:110	−6	03: 90

04/27/85	Hungary	-	Spain	1-0
05/25/85	Hungary	-	Italy	2: 3
05/25/85	Spain	-	Switzerland	0: 2
09/14/85	Italy	-	Switzerland	3-0
10/12/85	Switzerland	-	Hungary	1: 2
03/11/85	Spain	-	Italy	2: 3

04/05/86	Spain	-	Hungary	1: 2
05/03/86	Italy	-	Hungary	1-0
05/10/86	Switzerland	-	Spain	0: 3
10/11/86	Hungary	-	Switzerland	1: 1
10/11/86	Italy	-	Spain	1: 1
11/01/86	Switzerland	-	Italy	1: 2

Others

• England's 10-0 win over Northern Ireland was the first double-digit victory in the history of European Championship qualification.
• The German team achieved the worst record ever in this qualification.