The qualification for the European Women's Football Championship in 1989 was held from September 10, 1987 to November 6, 1988 . All registered national teams had to go through the qualification, because the host of the final tournament was only determined at short notice from among the four semi-finalists after the quarter-finals.
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A total of 17 national teams took part in the qualification. The selection teams were divided into three groups of four and one group of five teams. Within the groups, each team played each other twice. The group winners and the runners-up qualified for the first-ever quarter-finals.
Northern Ireland did not take part this time, but Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia took part in the qualification for the first time.
Results
Group 1
Games
date
encounter
Result
September 10, 1987
Finland - Norway
3: 3
October 7, 1987
Norway - Denmark
0: 1
October 25, 1987
Finland - England
1: 2
November 8, 1987
England - Denmark
2: 1
May 8, 1988
Denmark - England
2-0
May 26, 1988
Norway - Finland
0: 2
May 28, 1988
Denmark - Finland
3: 1
August 21, 1988
Norway - England
2-0
August 24, 1988
Finland - Denmark
1: 2
4th September 1988
Denmark - Norway
3: 2
4th September 1988
England - Finland
1: 1
September 18, 1988
England - Norway
1: 3
Group 2
The Scottish national team withdrew after two games. The results (Netherlands 4-0 Scotland, Ireland 2-1 Scotland) were annulled.
Games
date
encounter
Result
September 30, 1987
Sweden - Netherlands
0-0
November 29, 1987
Ireland - Netherlands
0: 1
March 12, 1988
Netherlands - Ireland
2-0
May 7, 1988
Ireland - Sweden
1: 1
September 18, 1988
Sweden - Ireland
4-0
October 1, 1988
Netherlands - Sweden
1-0
Group 3
Games
date
encounter
Result
October 7, 1987
Hungary - FR Germany
0 0: 1
November 14, 1987
Hungary - Switzerland
0 7: 1
November 15, 1987
Federal Republic of Germany - Italy
0 3-0
April 2nd, 1988
Italy - FR Germany
0 0-0
April 30, 1988
Italy - Hungary
0 5: 1
May 14, 1988
Federal Republic of Germany - Switzerland
0 0-0
June 11, 1988
Switzerland - Hungary
0 3-0
June 18, 1988
Italy - Switzerland
0 5-0
17th September 1988
Switzerland - Federal Republic of Germany
0:10
October 8, 1988
Hungary - Italy
0 0-0
October 30, 1988
Switzerland - Italy
0 0: 6
October 30, 1988
Federal Republic of Germany - Hungary
0 4-0
Group 4
Games
date
encounter
Result
October 11, 1987
Bulgaria - Spain
1: 1
October 18, 1987
Belgium - Czechoslovakia
1: 1
October 24, 1987
Belgium - France
0: 2
November 8, 1987
Czechoslovakia - Spain
1-0
November 21, 1987
France - Bulgaria
5-0
December 19, 1987
Spain - Belgium
1-0
March 6, 1988
Spain - France
1: 3
March 20, 1988
Spain - Bulgaria
1-0
April 2nd, 1988
Czechoslovakia - Belgium
0-0
April 9, 1988
Bulgaria - Belgium
0-0
April 23, 1988
France - Spain
0-0
April 24, 1988
Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia
0: 1
May 7, 1988
France - Czechoslovakia
2: 2
May 14, 1988
Spain - Czechoslovakia
0: 2
May 22, 1988
France - Belgium
0-0
October 1, 1988
Belgium - Bulgaria
5-0
October 8, 1988
Czechoslovakia - France
0-0
October 23, 1988
Czechoslovakia - Bulgaria
3-0
October 29, 1988
Belgium - Spain
1-0
November 6, 1988
Bulgaria - France
0: 2
Quarter finals
October 15, 1988
Odense
Denmark Denmark
-
Sweden Sweden
1: 5
October 26, 1988
Borås
Sweden Sweden *
-
Denmark Denmark
1: 1
October 22, 1988
Hoard
Norway Norway
-
Netherlands Netherlands
2: 1
5th November 1988
Rijsoord
Netherlands Netherlands
-
Norway Norway *
0: 3
November 27, 1988
Reggio nell'Emilia
Italy Italy
-
France France
2-0
December 11, 1988
Vallauris
France France
-
Italy Italy *
1: 2
November 26, 1988
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
-
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany
1: 1
17th December 1988
Kaiserslautern
Germany Federal Republic BR Germany *
-
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
2-0
Others
Germany and the Netherlands became the first national teams to keep clean sheets during the qualifying group stage.
After 14 victories in a row, England suffered a defeat for the first time.
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