European Women's Football Championship 2009 / Qualification

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Qualified teams

Teams failed in the 3rd qualifying round

Teams failed in the 2nd qualifying round

Teams failed in the first qualifying round

The qualifying matches for the finals of the European Women's Football Championship 2009 took place from November 18, 2006 to October 2008. 45 of the 52 UEFA members at the start of qualifying played for eleven places in the finals in Finland . The selection of the host is automatically qualified. For the first time Azerbaijan , Luxembourg and Macedonia took part in a European Championship qualification. The associations from Albania , Andorra , Liechtenstein , Moldova , San Marino and Cyprus did not register any team , while Montenegro was not yet a UEFA member at the time of the registration deadline.

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The qualification took place in three rounds. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. They were divided into five groups of four teams each, which played out five participants in the second qualifying round in mini-tournaments.

In the second qualifying round, the five group winners of the first round and the 25 seeded teams formed six groups of five teams each. Within each group, each team played one home game and one away game against each other. The group winners qualified directly for the finals of the European Championship.

In the third qualifying round, the six runners-up and the four best thirds in the group determined the remaining five participants in the final. For the calculation of the best third in the group, only the matches against the first, second and fourth of the respective group were taken into account.

1st qualifying round

The first qualifying round was drawn on October 9, 2006 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon . The hosts of the mini-tournaments are marked in bold .

Group A1	Group A2	Group A3	Group A4	Group A5
Croatia	Israel	Slovakia	Romania	Wales
Northern Ireland	B. Herzegovina	Malta	Estonia	Kazakhstan
Georgia	Latvia	Luxembourg	Azerbaijan	Faroe Islands
Turkey	Armenia	Lithuania	Bulgaria	Macedonia

Group A1

Tournament in Turkey . Northern Ireland was the tournament winner based on a direct comparison.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	009: 200	+7	06th
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	1	011: 200	+9	06th
3.	Croatia	3	2	0	1	009: 600	+3	06th
4th	Georgia	3	0	0	3	000:190	−19	00

11/18/2006	Adana	Northern Ireland	-	Turkey	0: 1
	Mersin	Croatia	-	Georgia	6-0
11/20/2006	Adana-Mersin	Georgia	-	Northern Ireland	0: 4
	Tarsus-Mersin	Croatia	-	Turkey	2: 1
11/23/2006	Adana	Turkey	-	Georgia	9-0
	Tarsus-Mersin	Northern Ireland	-	Croatia	5: 1

Group A2

Tournament in Sarajevo ( Bosnia-Herzegovina ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Israel	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	09
2.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	007: 700	± 0	04th
3.	Armenia	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Latvia	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

11/18/2006	B. Herzegovina	-	Armenia	1: 1
	Israel	-	Latvia	3-0
11/20/2006	Latvia	-	B. Herzegovina	1: 4
	Israel	-	Armenia	1-0
11/23/2006	Armenia	-	Latvia	1-0
	B. Herzegovina	-	Israel	2: 5

Group A3

Tournament in Luxembourg .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	015: 000	+15	09
2.	Luxembourg	3	1	1	1	005: 700	−2	04th
3.	Lithuania	3	0	2	1	001: 400	−3	02
4th	Malta	3	0	1	2	002:120	−10	01

11/18/2006	Junglinster	Slovakia	-	Luxembourg	4-0
	Monnerich	Malta	-	Lithuania	0-0
11/20/2006	Mamer	Luxembourg	-	Malta	4: 2
	Ettelbruck	Slovakia	-	Lithuania	3-0
11/23/2006	Betzdorf	Malta	-	Slovakia	0: 8
	Niederanven	Lithuania	-	Luxembourg	1: 1

Group A4

Tournament in Romania .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Romania	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	008: 100	+7	06th
3.	Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	004: 900	−5	03
4th	Estonia	3	0	0	3	002:130	−11	00

11/18/2006	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Azerbaijan	4: 1
	Otopeni	Estonia	-	Bulgaria	0: 5
11/20/2006	Mogoșoaia	Azerbaijan	-	Estonia	3: 2
	Chiajna	Romania	-	Bulgaria	1-0
11/23/2006	Otopeni	Bulgaria	-	Azerbaijan	3-0
	Mogoșoaia	Estonia	-	Romania	0: 5

Group A5

Tournament in Strumica ( Macedonia ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Wales	3	3	0	0	010: 200	+8	09
2.	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Faroe Islands	4th	1	0	3	008: 300	+5	03
4th	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	000:140	−14	00

11/18/2006	Kazakhstan	-	Macedonia	1-0
	Wales	-	Faroe Islands	2: 1
11/20/2006	Faroe Islands	-	Kazakhstan	0: 1
	Wales	-	Macedonia	6-0
11/23/2006	Macedonia	-	Faroe Islands	0: 7
	Kazakhstan	-	Wales	1: 2

This gave Israel , Northern Ireland , Romania , the Slovak Republic and Wales reached the second qualifying round.

2nd qualifying round

The teams that qualified directly for the final round are highlighted in green. The participants in the third qualifying round are highlighted in yellow.

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	6th	2	0	024: 400	+20	20th
2.	Spain	8th	5	2	1	024: 700	+17	17th
3.	Czech Republic	8th	4th	2	2	018:140	+4	14th
4th	Belarus	8th	1	1	6th	010:270	−17	04th
5.	Northern Ireland	8th	0	1	7th	002:260	−24	01

05/13/2007	Gillingham	England	-	Northern Ireland	4-0
05/26/2007	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	-	Czech Republic	1: 3
05/30/2007	Babruysk	Belarus	-	Spain	0: 3
08/01/2007	Babruysk	Belarus	-	Northern Ireland	5-0
08/26/2007	Babruysk	Belarus	-	Czech Republic	1: 4
10/27/2007	Walsall	England	-	Belarus	4-0
10/27/2007	Plzeň	Czech Republic	-	Spain	2: 2
11/25/2007	Shrewsbury	England	-	Spain	1-0
02/16/2008	Aranda de Duero	Spain	-	Northern Ireland	4-0
03/06/2008	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	England	0: 2

02/17/2008	Doncaster	England	-	Czech Republic	0-0
04/26/2008	Roudnice	Czech Republic	-	Northern Ireland	4-0
05/03/2008	Madrid	Spain	-	Belarus	6: 1
05/08/2008	Minsk	Belarus	-	England	1: 6
05/08/2008	Madrid	Spain	-	Czech Republic	4: 1
05/28/2008	Newry	Northern Ireland	-	Spain	0: 3
06/26/2008	Ludgeřovice	Czech Republic	-	Belarus	3: 1
07/25/2008	Newry	Northern Ireland	-	Belarus	1: 1
09/28/2008	Prague	Czech Republic	-	England	1: 5
October 02, 2008	Zamora	Spain	-	England	2: 2

Group 2

In Sweden's 7-0 win in Romania, Victoria Svensson scored five goals alone, including a hat trick within 13 minutes.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	8th	8th	0	0	031: 000	+31	24
2.	Italy	8th	6th	0	2	023: 700	+16	18th
3.	Ireland	8th	4th	0	4th	010:140	−4	12
4th	Romania	8th	1	1	6th	008:280	−20	04th
5.	Hungary	8th	0	1	7th	006:290	−23	01

04/01/2007	Dublin	Ireland	-	Hungary	2: 1
05/05/2007	Debrecen	Hungary	-	Romania	3: 3
05/05/2007	Trent	Italy	-	Sweden	0: 2
05/30/2007	Dublin	Ireland	-	Italy	1: 2
06/16/2007	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Sweden	0: 7
06/20/2007	Karlstad	Sweden	-	Hungary	7-0
08/25/2007	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Ireland	0: 2
10/27/2007	Dublin	Ireland	-	Romania	2: 1
10/27/2007	Bük	Hungary	-	Italy	1: 3
10/31/2007	Parma	Italy	-	Romania	5-0

02/16/2008	Villacidro	Italy	-	Ireland	4: 1
04/23/2008	Miskolc	Hungary	-	Ireland	0: 2
05/03/2008	Székesfehérvár	Hungary	-	Sweden	0: 6
05/07/2008	Örebro	Sweden	-	Italy	1-0
05/24/2008	Buftea	Romania	-	Italy	1: 6
05/28/2008	Oradea	Romania	-	Hungary	3: 1
06/25/2008	Dublin	Ireland	-	Sweden	0: 5
09/27/2008	Västerås	Sweden	-	Romania	2-0
10/01/2008	Trelleborg	Sweden	-	Ireland	1-0
October 02, 2008	Montereale Valcellina	Italy	-	Hungary	3-0

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	8th	7th	0	1	031: 200	+29	21st
2.	Iceland	8th	6th	0	2	027: 400	+23	18th
3.	Slovenia	8th	4th	0	4th	014:240	−10	12
4th	Serbia	8th	2	0	6th	011:240	−13	06th
5.	Greece	8th	1	0	7th	007:360	−29	03

04/11/2007	Valence	France	-	Greece	6-0
05/05/2007	Dravograd	Slovenia	-	Serbia	0: 5
05/30/2007	Angoulême	France	-	Slovenia	6-0
05/31/2007	Athens	Greece	-	Iceland	0: 3
06/16/2007	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	France	1-0
06/21/2007	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Serbia	5-0
08/25/2007	Belgrade	Serbia	-	Greece	1: 2
08/26/2007	Dravograd	Slovenia	-	Iceland	2: 1
10/27/2007	Belgrade	Serbia	-	France	0: 8
10/31/2007	Dravograd	Slovenia	-	France	0: 2

04/23/2008	Athens	Greece	-	France	0: 5
05/03/2008	Belgrade	Serbia	-	Slovenia	0: 3
05/08/2008	Saint-Brieuc	France	-	Serbia	2-0
05/28/2008	Dravograd	Slovenia	-	Greece	3: 1
05/28/2008	Kragujevac	Serbia	-	Iceland	0: 4
06/21/2008	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Slovenia	5-0
06/26/2008	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Greece	7-0
09/27/2008	Athens	Greece	-	Serbia	0: 5
09/27/2008	La Roche-sur-Yon	France	-	Iceland	2: 1
October 02, 2008	Athens	Greece	-	Slovenia	4: 6

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	8th	8th	0	0	034: 100	+33	24
2.	Netherlands	8th	3	3	2	012:120	± 0	12
3.	Switzerland	8th	3	2	3	009:160	−7	11
4th	Belgium	8th	3	1	4th	007:150	−8	10
5.	Wales	8th	0	0	8th	001:190	−18	00

04/12/2007	Bochum	Germany	-	Netherlands	5: 1
05/05/2007	Cop	Switzerland	-	Belgium	1-0
05/09/2007	train	Switzerland	-	Netherlands	2: 2
05/10/2007	Haverfordwest	Wales	-	Germany	0: 6
08/22/2007	Koblenz	Germany	-	Switzerland	7-0
08/26/2007	Volendam	Netherlands	-	Wales	2: 1
10/28/2007	Lübeck	Germany	-	Belgium	3-0
10/28/2007	Rhyl	Wales	-	Switzerland	0: 2
10/31/2007	Dessel	Belgium	-	Wales	1-0
11/01/2007	Volendam	Netherlands	-	Germany	0: 1

02/17/2008	Barry	Wales	-	Belgium	0: 1
02/20/2008	Newport	Wales	-	Netherlands	0: 1
04/23/2008	Maasmechelen	Belgium	-	Netherlands	2: 2
04/27/2008	Ath	Belgium	-	Switzerland	3: 1
05/07/2008	Eupen	Belgium	-	Germany	0: 5
05/08/2008	Oberdorf	Switzerland	-	Wales	2-0
05/29/2008	kassel	Germany	-	Wales	4-0
08/30/2008	The hague	Netherlands	-	Switzerland	1: 1
09/27/2008	Volendam	Netherlands	-	Belgium	3-0
10/01/2008	Basel	Switzerland	-	Germany	0: 3

Group 5

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	8th	7th	0	1	023: 500	+18	21st
2.	Ukraine	8th	6th	1	1	015: 300	+12	19th
3.	Scotland	8th	3	1	4th	015: 700	+8	10
4th	Slovakia	8th	2	0	6th	005:290	−24	06th
5.	Portugal	8th	0	2	6th	004:180	−14	02

04/14/2007	Senec	Slovakia	-	Portugal	2: 1
05/06/2007	Perth	Scotland	-	Portugal	0-0
05/09/2007	Senec	Slovakia	-	Ukraine	0: 4
05/30/2007	Mariupol	Ukraine	-	Scotland	2: 1
06/20/2007	Mariupol	Ukraine	-	Slovakia	5-0
10/27/2007	Viborg	Denmark	-	Portugal	5: 1
10/27/2007	Senec	Slovakia	-	Scotland	0: 3
10/31/2007	Perth	Scotland	-	Denmark	0: 1
02/16/2008	Rio Maior	Portugal	-	Slovakia	0: 1
02/21/2008	Abrantes	Portugal	-	Ukraine	0: 1

04/23/2008	Senec	Slovakia	-	Denmark	1: 4
04/27/2008	Viborg	Denmark	-	Scotland	2: 1
05/03/2008	Póvoa de Varzim	Portugal	-	Scotland	1: 4
05/08/2008	Fão	Portugal	-	Denmark	0: 5
05/28/2008	Perth	Scotland	-	Ukraine	0: 1
05/28/2008	Viborg	Denmark	-	Slovakia	6: 1
06/22/2008	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Denmark	1-0
09/27/2008	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Portugal	1: 1
09/28/2008	Perth	Scotland	-	Slovakia	6-0
10/01/2008	Viborg	Denmark	-	Ukraine	1-0

Group 6

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	026: 000	+26	22nd
2.	Russia	8th	6th	1	1	025: 700	+18	19th
3.	Austria	8th	3	0	5	013:180	−5	09
4th	Poland	8th	2	1	5	011:200	−9	07th
5.	Israel	8th	0	1	7th	003:330	−30	01

05/05/2007	Free City	Austria	-	Poland	0: 1
05/10/2007	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Poland	2: 2
05/30/2007	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Russia	0: 6
06/16/2007	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Poland	3: 1
06/17/2007	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Norway	0: 3
06/21/2007	Lillestrøm	Norway	-	Austria	3-0
06/21/2007	Kutno	Poland	-	Israel	4: 1
08/23/2007	Anger	Austria	-	Russia	1: 5
08/26/2007	Gleisdorf	Austria	-	Israel	5-0
10/27/2007	Stavanger	Norway	-	Russia	3-0

05/03/2008	Kristiansand	Norway	-	Israel	7-0
05/07/2008	Stavanger	Norway	-	Poland	3-0
05/28/2008	Kutno	Poland	-	Austria	2: 4
05/29/2008	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Israel	4-0
06/21/2008	Amstetten	Austria	-	Norway	0: 4
06/25/2008	Kutno	Poland	-	Norway	0: 3
06/25/2008	Bet She'an	Israel	-	Austria	0: 2
08/27/2008	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Austria	3: 1
09/27/2008	Kutno	Poland	-	Russia	1: 4
October 02, 2008	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Norway	0-0

List of third party groups

Only the games against the first, second and fourth in their respective group are relevant for the qualification of the four best third party groups.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	group
1.	Czech Republic	6th	2	2	2	011:130	−2	08th	1
2.	Scotland	6th	2	0	4th	011: 600	+5	06th	5
3.	Ireland	6th	2	0	4th	006:130	−7	06th	2
4th	Slovenia	6th	2	0	4th	005:190	−14	06th	3
5.	Switzerland	6th	1	2	3	005:160	−11	05	4th
6th	Austria	6th	1	0	5	006:180	−12	03	6th

3rd qualifying round

The third qualifying round games took place from October 25th to 30th, 2008. In this round, the runners-up as well as the four third-placed group took part. The four thirds in the group were drawn to the four runners-up in the group, with the runners-up in the second leg having home rights. Teams from the same group in the 2nd qualifying round were not allowed to meet in the 3rd qualifying round. The two worst runners-up in the group, the Netherlands and Spain, had to compete against each other in any case. The draw determined which team enjoyed home rights in the first leg.

At the draw on October 6, 2008, the ten teams were divided into three pots:

• Pot 1: Iceland, Italy, Russia, Ukraine (four point best group runners-up)
• Pot 2: Ireland, Scotland, Slovenia, Czech Republic (four point thirds in the group)
• Pot 3: Netherlands, Spain

	Result
October 26, 2008 in Dublin
Ireland	1: 1	Iceland
October 29, 2008 in Reykjavík
Iceland	3-0	Ireland
Total:
Ireland	1: 4	Iceland

	Result
October 25, 2008 in Horní Počernice
Czech Republic	0: 1	Italy
October 29, 2008 in Gubbio
Italy	2: 1	Czech Republic
Total:
Czech Republic	1: 3	Italy

	Result
Edinburgh October 26, 2008
Scotland	2: 3	Russia
October 30, 2008 in Nalchik
Russia	1: 2	Scotland
Total:
Scotland	(a)4: 4 (a)	Russia

	Result
October 26, 2008 in Dravograd
Slovenia	0: 3	Ukraine
October 30, 2008 in Chernihiv
Ukraine	2-0	Slovenia
Total:
Slovenia	0: 5	Ukraine

	Result
October 25, 2008 in Madrid
Spain	0: 2	Netherlands
October 30, 2008 in Volendam
Netherlands	2-0	Spain
Total:
Spain	0: 4	Netherlands

List of goalscorers

This list shows the most successful goal scorers in the qualification.

rank	Player	Gates
1	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	12
2	Natalia Mokshanova	11
3	Merete Pedersen	10
4th	Kerstin Garefrekes	9
	Solveig Gulbrandsen	9
6th	Victoria Sandell Svensson	8th
7th	Julie Fleeting	7th
	Manon Melis	7th
	Patrizia Panico	7th
	Maiken With Pape	7th
	Mateja Zver	7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ uefa.com: Big goal Finland
2. ↑ uefa.com: Match report
3. ↑ uefa.com: Women are looking forward to the draw

Web links

• Group tables on UEFA.com