2017 European Women's Football Championship / Qualification

The qualifying matches for the finals of the 2017 European Women's Football Championship were played from April 4, 2015 to October 25, 2016. 46 of the 54 UEFA members played for 15 places in the finals in the Netherlands , which will be played for the first time with 16 teams. The host selection was automatically qualified. The associations from Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Gibraltar , Liechtenstein , San Marino and Cyprus did not report any team . For the first time, the associations of Albania , Andorra , Moldova and Montenegro reported their teams. Albania and Montenegro had already taken part in the qualification for the 2015 World Cup and Moldova had already taken part in category B of the qualification for the 2007 World Cup in order to get the chance to start the next qualification in the A category, which was then abolished.

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

In the second qualifying round, the two group winners of the first round and the 38 seeded teams formed eight groups of five teams each. Within each group, each team played one home game and one away game against each other. The group winners and the six best runners-up in the group qualified directly for the finals of the European Championship. The two worst runners-up played in the play-offs of the third qualifying round for the last free place in the final round.

If two or more teams in a group had the same number of points after completing a mini-tournament, the placement was determined according to the following criteria in this order:

a. higher number of points from direct encounters between the teams in question;

b. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams in question;

c. higher number of goals scored from direct encounters between the teams in question;

d. if, after applying criteria a) to c), several teams still have the same rank, criteria a) to c) are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question, in order to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) are applied;

e. better goal difference from all group games;

f. higher number of goals scored from all group games;

G. lower total number of penalty points based on the yellow and red cards received in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

H. Position in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking used for the preliminary round draw

If two teams met in the last group match with the same number of points, goal difference and the same number of goals, and the match in question ended in a draw, their final placement will be determined by penalty shoot-out, provided that no other team in the same group is the same after the group matches have been completed Number of points. If more than two teams had the same number of points, the above criteria were applied. This procedure was only required when the ranking of the teams was critical.

To determine the best runner-up, only the results against the first and third-placed teams were evaluated. The following criteria applied in this order:

a. higher score;

b. better goal difference;

c. higher number of goals scored;

d. lower total number of penalty points based on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion after two yellow cards in one game = 3 points);

e. Position in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking used for the preliminary round draw (see Appendix B.1.2a).

1st qualifying round

The first qualifying round was drawn on 19 January 2015 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon . The hosts of the mini-tournaments are marked in bold . The November 2014 UEFA coefficient is shown in brackets. For Moldova, the qualifying matches were the first international matches since 2006, and for Andorra the first ever competitive matches.

Group 1	Group 2
Moldova (-)	Georgia (45)
Luxembourg (48)	Andorra (-)
Lithuania (46)	Faroe Islands (42)
Latvia (47)	Malta (44)

Group 1

The tournament in Moldova was held from April 4th to 9th, 2015.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Moldova	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	06th
2.	Latvia	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
3.	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03

04/04/2015	Orhei	Luxembourg	-	Latvia	4: 3 (1: 1)
	Vadul lui Voda	Moldova	-	Lithuania	2: 0 (0: 0)
04/06/2015	Orhei	Lithuania	-	Luxembourg	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Vadul lui Voda	Moldova	-	Latvia	0: 1 (0: 1)
04/09/2015	Vadul lui Voda	Luxembourg	-	Moldova	0: 3 (0: 1)
	Orhei	Latvia	-	Lithuania	1: 1 (0: 1)

Group 2

The tournament on the island of Malta took place from April 4th to 9th, 2015.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Georgia	3	2	0	1	010: 200	+8	06th
2.	Faroe Islands	3	2	0	1	012: 400	+8	06th
3.	Malta	3	2	0	1	009: 800	+1	06th
4th	Andorra	3	0	0	3	003:200	−17	00

Georgia were group winners due to the better goal difference in the direct comparisons with the Faroe Islands and Malta.

04/04/2015	Ħamrun	Georgia	-	Faroe Islands	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Ħamrun	Andorra	-	Malta	3: 5 (1: 4)
04/06/2015	Ħamrun	Faroe Islands	-	Andorra	8: 0 (2: 0)
	Ħamrun	Georgia	-	Malta	1: 2 (0: 0)
04/09/2015	Ħamrun	Malta	-	Faroe Islands	2: 4 (1: 2)
	Attard	Andorra	-	Georgia	0: 7 (0: 4)

2nd qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held in Nyon on April 20, 2015. A total of eight groups with 5 teams each were drawn. The group matches took place between September 14, 2015 and September 20, 2016. The eight group winners and six of the best runners-up qualified directly for the final round.

The other two runners-up found the 16th participant in play-offs (3rd qualifying round) with a return leg. To determine the best runners-up in the group, only the games against first, third and fourth were counted.

Color index:

• green background color = placement entitles you to participate in the European Championship finals.
• yellow background color = 2nd group place, entitles to determine the direct EM finals participation as the best group runner-up.
• without background color = teams can still qualify.
• pink background color = teams could not qualify.

Lottery pots:

• 1: Germany, England, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Spain
• 2: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, Ukraine
• 3: Ireland, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Wales, Belarus
• 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Israel, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey,
• 5: Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro

Overview

UEFA ranking of the participants in brackets.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
1. Iceland (8)	1. Spain (7)	1. France (2)	1. Sweden (3)
2. Scotland (13)	2. Finland (11)	2. Ukraine (15)	2. Denmark (10)
3. Belarus (24)	3. Ireland (20)	3. Romania (21)	3. Poland (17)
4. Slovenia (31)	4. Portugal (25)	4. Greece (32)	4. Slovakia (27)
5. North Macedonia (37)	5. Montenegro (38)	5. Albania (36)	5. Moldova (40)
Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
1. Germany (1) - defending champion	1. Italy (6)	1. England (5)	1. Norway (4)
2. Russia (9)	2. Switzerland (12)	2. Belgium (16)	2. Austria (14)
3. Hungary (22)	3. Czech Republic (18)	3. Serbia (23)	3. Wales (19)
4. Turkey (29)	4. Northern Ireland (26)	4. Bosnia and Herzegovina (28)	4. Israel (30)
5. Croatia (34)	5. Georgia (39)	5. Estonia (33)	5. Kazakhstan (35)

Group 1

In Group 1, the only group without a participant in the 2015 World Cup , Iceland is the only team that has already qualified for European Championship finals and Scotland is the team that has played the most international matches so far. Iceland and Scotland have met eight times so far, most recently in June 2013, but only twice in competitive games (1992 in qualifying for the European Championship in 1993 ). The record speaks with four wins with two draws and two defeats for Iceland. The Icelanders have met twice in Belarus, and both games were won in qualifying for the 2007 World Cup . In contrast, the balance against Slovenia is balanced: there was one victory and one defeat in qualifying for the European Championship 2009 . Like Scotland, Iceland have never played against Macedonia. The Slovenians, on the other hand, already played a friendly against Macedonia in 2005, which they won 7-1 and thus achieved their highest international win. The Slovenians, on the other hand, have never played against Scotland and the Scottish women also played against Belarus once and only managed to score 2-2 in September 2000. Belarus and Macedonia played against each other in qualifying for the 2011 World Cup, with the Belarusians scoring six goals in both games.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iceland	8th	7th	0	1	034: 200	+32	21st
2.	Scotland	8th	7th	0	1	030: 700	+23	21st
3.	Slovenia	8th	3	0	5	021:190	+2	09
4th	Belarus	8th	3	0	5	010:200	−10	09
5.	North Macedonia	8th	0	0	8th	004:510	−47	00

09/22/2015	Ajdovščina	Slovenia	-	Scotland	00: 3 (0: 2)
	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Belarus	02: 0 (1: 0)
October 19, 2015	Kranj	Slovenia	-	Belarus	03: 0 (1: 0)
10/22/2015	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Iceland	00: 4 (0: 4)
23/10/2015	Motherwell	Scotland	-	Belarus	07: 0 (1: 0)
10/26/2015	Lendava	Slovenia	-	Iceland	00: 6 (0: 2)
10/27/2015	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Scotland	01: 4 (1: 4)
11/26/2015	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Belarus	00: 2 (0: 0)
11/29/2015	Paisley	Scotland	-	Macedonia	10: 0 (6: 0)
04/08/2016	Paisley	Scotland	-	Slovenia	03: 1 (2: 1)

04/12/2016	Minsk	Belarus	-	Iceland	0: 5 (0: 3)
	Lendava	Slovenia	-	Macedonia	8: 1 (1: 0)
06/03/2016	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Slovenia	0: 9 (0: 6)
	Falkirk	Scotland	-	Iceland	0: 4 (0: 1)
06/07/2016	Minsk	Belarus	-	Scotland	0: 1 (0: 1)
	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Macedonia	8: 0 (6: 0)
09/15/2016	Minsk	Belarus	-	Macedonia	6: 2 (4: 1)
09/16/2016	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Slovenia	4: 0 (2: 0)
09/20/2016	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 1)
	Minsk	Belarus	-	Slovenia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group 2

Of the five teams in Group 2, Finland and Portugal have played against each other the most, mostly in the Algarve Cup , where they met six times in the game for 7th place. With five wins, two draws (both decided on penalties) and four defeats, the Finns are just ahead of the game. Spain, on the other hand, have only met Finland three times, won once in qualifying for the 2007 World Cup and, as well as in a friendly match, played once against the Northern Europeans. The Spaniards also have a positive record against Ireland with two wins and one defeat (both won the away games against each other in qualifying for the European Championship 1993 ). In contrast, there have only been two friendlies against neighboring Portugal, each team winning one - but not yet a competitive game. In contrast, the Spaniards meet Montenegro for the first time in this qualification. Montenegro has not yet played against the other group opponents either. With the exception of Spain, Ireland has only played against Finland so far, most recently losing the game for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup in 2013 . Before that, there was a friendly game in 1987 that ended goalless.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	8th	8th	0	0	039: 200	+37	24
2.	Portugal	8th	4th	1	3	015:110	+4	13
3.	Finland	8th	4th	1	3	017:120	+5	13
4th	Ireland	8th	3	0	5	017:140	+3	09
5.	Montenegro	8th	0	0	8th	002:510	−49	00

09/17/2015	Turku	Finland	-	Montenegro	1: 0 (0: 0)
09/21/2015	Dublin	Ireland	-	Finland	0: 2 (0: 1)
10/27/2015	Moreira de Cónegos	Portugal	-	Ireland	1: 2 (1: 2)
	Helsinki	Finland	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 2)
11/26/2015	Dublin	Ireland	-	Spain	0: 3 (0: 2)
	Estoril	Portugal	-	Montenegro	6: 1 (4: 1)
December 01, 2015	Badajoz	Spain	-	Portugal	2: 0 (2: 0)
01/24/2016	Petrovac	Montenegro	-	Spain	0: 7 (0: 3)
04/07/2016	Petrovac	Montenegro	-	Ireland	0: 5 (0: 3)
04/08/2016	Covilhã	Portugal	-	Spain	1: 4 (0: 2)

04/12/2016	Petrovac	Montenegro	-	Finland	01: 7 (1: 3)
	Las Rozas de Madrid	Spain	-	Ireland	03: 0 (0: 0)
06/03/2016	Valkeakoski	Finland	-	Ireland	04: 1 (2: 0)
	Petrovac	Montenegro	-	Portugal	00: 3 (0: 2)
06/07/2016	Helsinki	Finland	-	Portugal	00-0
	Dublin	Ireland	-	Montenegro	09: 0 (3: 0)
09/15/2016	Las Rozas de Madrid	Spain	-	Montenegro	13: 0 (8: 0)
09/16/2016	Trofa	Portugal	-	Finland	03: 2 (2: 2)
09/20/2016	Leganés	Spain	-	Finland	05: 0 (1: 0)
	Dublin	Ireland	-	Portugal	00: 1 (0: 0)

Group 3

Of the teams in Group 3, Greece and Romania have played against each other most often: Romania won eight times, four games ended in draws and the Greek women won three times. The Romanians have also played against Ukraine several times, but could only win twice and draw three times, but lost four times. Greece and Ukraine, on the other hand, only played against each other twice, both games in qualifying for the 2007 World Cup were won by Ukraine. France played against all opponents apart from Albania and won all games: twice in qualifying for the 2003 World Cup against Ukraine, four times against Greece, including two games in qualifying for the Euro 2009 , and a friendly match against Romania in 2012. Albania has only played against Greece so far, winning once and losing once.

The French were the first team to qualify early for the European Championship finals in mid-April 2016, with two games still to go.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	8th	8th	0	0	027: 000	+27	24
2.	Romania	8th	5	1	2	017: 800	+9	16
3.	Ukraine	8th	4th	1	3	014:120	+2	13
4th	Greece	8th	2	0	6th	009:190	−10	06th
5.	Albania	8th	0	0	8th	003:310	−28	00

09/22/2015	Le Mans	France	-	Romania	3: 0 (2: 0)
10/22/2015	Fier	Albania	-	Greece	1: 4 (1: 3)
	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Romania	2: 2 (0: 1)
10/27/2015	Bucharest	Romania	-	Albania	3: 0 (2: 0)
	Lviv	Ukraine	-	France	0: 3 (0: 1)
11/27/2015	Katerini	Greece	-	Romania	1: 3 (0: 2)
	Tirana	Albania	-	France	0: 6 (0: 3)
December 01, 2015	Katerini	Greece	-	France	0: 3 (0: 1)
01/26/2016	Trikala	Greece	-	Albania	3: 2 (3: 2)
03/04/2016	Elbasan	Albania	-	Ukraine	0: 4 (0: 2)

03/08/2016	Athens	Greece	-	Ukraine	1: 3 (0: 1)
04/08/2016	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Albania	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Pitesti	Romania	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)
04/11/2016	Valenciennes	France	-	Ukraine	4: 0 (2: 0)
06/02/2016	Tirana	Albania	-	Romania	0: 3 (0: 1)
06/03/2016	Rennes	France	-	Greece	1: 0 (1: 0)
06/07/2016	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Greece	2: 0 (2: 0)
09/15/2016	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	-	Ukraine	2: 1 (2: 1)
09/20/2016	Paris	France	-	Albania	6: 0 (3: 0)
	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	-	Greece	4: 0 (2: 0)

Group 4

Group 4 is Denmark and Sweden, the two teams that have met most often in Europe so far. The Swedes were able to win 29 times in 52 games, the Danes were victorious eleven times, 12 games ended in a draw, the last time in a friendly game on April 8, 2015. Against Poland and Slovakia, they both won all games. Denmark twice against Poland in qualifying for the 2007 World Cup and against Slovakia in qualifying for Euro 2009 , the Swedes a total of four times against Poland in qualifying for Euro 1991 and the 2015 World Cup and twice against Slovakia in qualifying for the EM 1995 . Neither have played against Moldova, as have Poland and Slovakia. Poland and Slovakia have played against each other seven times, the Poles have won four times, two games have ended in a draw and the Slovaks have only won once.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	8th	7th	0	1	022: 300	+19	21st
2.	Denmark	8th	6th	1	1	022: 100	+21	19th
3.	Poland	8th	3	1	4th	010:160	−6	10
4th	Slovakia	8th	3	0	5	011:130	−2	09
5.	Moldova	8th	0	0	8th	001:330	−32	00

09/17/2015	Orhei	Moldova	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 2)
09/22/2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Poland	3: 0 (1: 0)
10/22/2015	Viborg	Denmark	-	Moldova	4: 0 (2: 0)
	Tychy	Poland	-	Slovakia	2: 0 (1: 0)
10/26/2015	Senec	Slovakia	-	Moldova	4: 0 (0: 0)
10/27/2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Denmark	1: 0 (0: 0)
11/26/2015	Senec	Slovakia	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 1)
11/27/2015	Orhei	Moldova	-	Poland	1: 3 (0: 0)
December 01, 2015	Orhei	Moldova	-	Slovakia	0: 4 (0: 2)
04/07/2016	Tychy	Poland	-	Denmark	0-0

04/08/2016	Poprad	Slovakia	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 1)
04/12/2016	Poprad	Slovakia	-	Poland	2: 1 (0: 1)
06/02/2016	Łódź	Poland	-	Sweden	0: 4 (0: 1)
	Viborg	Denmark	-	Slovakia	4: 0 (1: 0)
06/06/2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Moldova	6: 0 (2: 0)
06/07/2016	Viborg	Denmark	-	Poland	6: 0 (4: 0)
09/15/2016	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Slovakia	2: 1 (1: 0)
	Chișinău	Moldova	-	Denmark	0: 5 (0: 3)
09/20/2016	Viborg	Denmark	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Włocławek	Poland	-	Moldova	4: 0 (1: 0)

Group 5

Defending champions Germany met Russia and Croatia, as last in qualifying for the 2015 World Cup , when Germany won all their games. In total there were 14 wins and two draws against Russia and four wins against Croatia. Hungary was the only one of the four group opponents to whom Germany lost once, almost 30 years ago in the first few years of the national team in the Hungarians' first international match. Then there was a draw and five wins, u. a. in qualification for the European Championships in 1989 and 1991 . Turkey was the opponent in three games, including twice in qualifying for the EM 2013 , with Linda Bresonik scoring the 1000th international goal for the German team. In qualifying for the 2015 World Cup, the only games so far between Russia and Croatia that the Russians both won took place. FIFA counts the Hungarians' game against the Soviet team on October 6, 1991 as part of the European Championship qualification as the first game of the Russians. There were also three wins for Russia and a draw between the two. The Russians have never played against Turkey. Hungary, on the other hand, has already played six games against the Turks, all of which were won, all during qualifying for the European Championships in 1997 and 2001 and the 2003 World Cup , but in the B category.

Germany qualified as the second team for the final round on April 12, 2016, as Russia could get a maximum of 17 points after the 3: 3 in the home game against Hungary due to the games still open.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	8th	8th	0	0	035-000	+35	24
2.	Russia	8th	4th	2	2	014: 900	+5	14th
3.	Hungary	8th	2	2	4th	008:200	−12	08th
4th	Croatia	8th	2	1	5	008:150	−7	07th
5.	Turkey	8th	1	1	6th	003:240	−21	04th

09/17/2015	Erzurum	Turkey	-	Croatia	01: 4 (1: 1)
09/18/2015	Halle (Saale)	Germany	-	Hungary	12: 0 (7: 0)
09/22/2015	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Germany	00: 1 (0: 1)
10/21/2015	Budapest	Hungary	-	Turkey	01: 0 (0: 0)
10/22/2015	Wiesbaden	Germany	-	Russia	02: 0 (1: 0)
25/10/2015	Sandhausen	Germany	-	Turkey	07: 0 (3: 0)
	Osijek	Croatia	-	Hungary	01: 1 (0: 1)
11/25/2015	Fethiye	Turkey	-	Russia	00-0
11/29/2015	Felcsút	Hungary	-	Russia	00: 1 (0: 0)
11/30/2015	Rijeka	Croatia	-	Turkey	03: 0 (2: 0)

04/08/2016	Istanbul	Turkey	-	Germany	0: 6 (0: 2)
	Győr	Hungary	-	Croatia	2: 0 (1: 0)
04/12/2016	Osnabrück	Germany	-	Croatia	2: 0 (1: 0)
	St. Petersburg	Russia	-	Hungary	3: 3 (1: 1)
06/02/2016	Khimki	Russia	-	Turkey	2: 0 (1: 0)
06/06/2016	Antalya	Turkey	-	Hungary	2: 1 (2: 1)
	Koprivnica	Croatia	-	Russia	0: 3 (0: 3)
09/16/2016	Khimki	Russia	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)
09/20/2016	Győr	Hungary	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
	Khimki	Russia	-	Croatia	5: 0 (4: 0)

Group 6

The Italians have played against Switzerland 21 times so far, which makes them the most common opponent of the Swiss, and have won 18 times. Two games ended in a draw, one defeat in 1980. All six games were won against the Czech Republic, most recently in qualifying for the 2015 World Cup . There was only one game against Northern Ireland, in 1979 at the unofficial European Championship that was won 4-0. Like Switzerland and the Czech Republic, Italy have never played against Georgia. Only Northern Ireland played once against Georgia, in the first qualifying round for the European Championship 2009 , with Northern Ireland winning 4-0. In contrast, Northern Ireland lost all three games played so far against Switzerland, two of them in the game for 11th place in the Cyprus Cup . Northern Ireland and the Czech Republic only played against each other twice, both games in qualifying for the 2009 European Championship were won by the Czechs, who in 2007 also won the only game against the Swiss so far.

Thanks to the Czech victory against Northern Ireland on June 7th, the Swiss women were the group winners, as Italy was able to catch up with the Swiss women on points at the time, but lost the direct comparison and neither Northern Ireland nor the Czech Republic could outperform Switzerland.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Switzerland	8th	8th	0	0	034: 300	+31	24
2.	Italy	8th	6th	0	2	026: 800	+18	18th
3.	Czech Republic	8th	3	1	4th	013:180	−5	10
4th	Northern Ireland	8th	2	1	5	010:220	−12	07th
5.	Georgia	8th	0	0	8th	002:340	−32	00

09/18/2015	La Spezia	Italy	-	Georgia	6: 1 (3: 1)
09/22/2015	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Czech Republic	0: 3 (0: 0)
October 24, 2015	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Northern Ireland	0: 3 (0: 2)
	Cesena	Italy	-	Switzerland	0: 3 (0: 0)
10/27/2015	Chomutov	Czech Republic	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 2)
	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Georgia	4: 0 (2: 0)
11/27/2015	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	Switzerland	1: 8 (1: 5)
December 01, 2015	Neuchâtel	Switzerland	-	Czech Republic	5: 1 (4: 0)
04/09/2016	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Italy	2: 1 (2: 0)
04/12/2016	Opava	Czech Republic	-	Georgia	4: 1 (2: 1)

04/12/2016	Reggio nell'Emilia	Italy	-	Northern Ireland	3: 1 (0: 0)
06/03/2016	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Georgia	4: 0 (3: 0)
06/04/2016	Jablonec nad Nisou	Czech Republic	-	Switzerland	0: 5 (0: 3)
06/07/2016	Gori	Georgia	-	Italy	0: 7 (0: 3)
	Jablonec Nad Nisou	Czech Republic	-	Northern Ireland	3: 0 (2: 0)
08/03/2016	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	Czech Republic	1: 1 (0: 1)
09/15/2016	Gori	Georgia	-	Switzerland	0: 3 (0: 2)
09/16/2016	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	Italy	0: 3 (0: 1)
09/20/2016	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Northern Ireland	4: 0 (2: 0)
	Vercelli	Italy	-	Czech Republic	3: 1 (2: 1)

Group 7

England have never played against Estonia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, against which the first two games will be played. There were nine games against Belgium, England won seven, lost one and ended in a draw. The last games against Belgium took place 20 years ago in the qualification for the European Championship and World Cup in 1995 . The last games against Serbia, which were played during the European Championship qualification in 2013 , are fresher . England started the qualification with a 2: 2, then won the second leg 2: 0 and qualified for the European Championship in the other games. Belgium, on the other hand, have not yet played against any of the other group opponents apart from England. There was only one game between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, which Serbia won 1-0 in November 2014. Serbia has so far been the only one of these group opponents to play against Estonia and both have won one game each in qualifying for the 2011 World Cup .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	032: 100	+31	22nd
2.	Belgium	8th	5	2	1	027: 500	+22	17th
3.	Serbia	8th	3	1	4th	010:210	−11	10
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	3	0	5	008:170	−9	09
5.	Estonia	8th	0	0	8th	000:330	−33	00

09/17/2015	Tartu	Estonia	-	Serbia	0: 1 (0: 1)
09/21/2015	Tallinn	Estonia	-	England	0: 8 (0: 3)
09/22/2015	Lions	Belgium	-	Bosnia-H.	6: 0 (5: 0)
23/10/2015	Zenica	Bosnia-H.	-	Estonia	4: 0 (3: 0)
10/27/2015	Pećinci	Serbia	-	Estonia	3: 0 (1: 0)
	Zenica	Bosnia-H.	-	Belgium	0: 5 (0: 1)
11/25/2015	Stara Pazova	Serbia	-	Bosnia-H.	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/29/2015	Bristol	England	-	Bosnia-H.	1: 0 (0: 0)
11/30/2015	Lions	Belgium	-	Serbia	1: 1 (1: 1)
04/08/2016	Rotherham	England	-	Belgium	1: 1 (0: 1)

04/12/2016	Zenica	Bosnia-H.	-	England	0: 1 (0: 0)
	Lions	Belgium	-	Estonia	6: 0 (3: 0)
06/03/2016	Tartu	Estonia	-	Belgium	0: 5 (0: 2)
06/04/2016	High Wycombe	England	-	Serbia	7: 0 (3: 0)
06/06/2016	Tartu	Estonia	-	Bosnia-H.	0: 1 (0: 0)
06/07/2016	Stara Pazova	Serbia	-	England	0: 7 (0: 3)
09/15/2016	Stara Pazova	Serbia	-	Belgium	1: 3 (1: 1)
	Nottingham	England	-	Estonia	5: 0 (3: 0)
09/20/2016	Zenica	Bosnia-H.	-	Serbia	2: 4 (1: 1)
	Oud-Heverlee	Belgium	-	England	0: 2 (0: 0)

Group 8

Norway, Israel and Austria already played in one group in qualifying for the European Championship 2009 , Norway won all games against both, Austria both games against Israel. Against Wales, the Norwegians have only played one game at the 2012 Algarve Cup for 7th place, which they won 3-0. Norway is the only team in this group to have never played against Kazakhstan. Austria played against Kazakhstan for the first time in the last World Cup qualification and won both games. Since then, the Kazakh women have not played a game. Wales were opponents in qualifying for the EM 2001 and the 2003 World Cup , but in category B, where Austria won the games in Wales but only played a draw in the home games. Israel and Kazakhstan met in qualifying for the EM 2005 (Wales, which was also drawn from the groups, had withdrawn at the time) and in qualifying for the 2011 World Cup . Israel won three games and drew once against the Kazakh women. Wales and Kazakhstan met each other only once, in the first qualifying round for the Euro 2009 at a tournament in Macedonia and Wales won the decisive game for the group victory 2-1 to qualify for the second round.

The main qualification began with the Austrians' game in Kazakhstan. Nicole Billa scored both goals for a 2-0 win , making her the first goal scorer in the main qualification.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	029: 200	+27	22nd
2.	Austria	8th	5	2	1	018: 400	+14	17th
3.	Wales	8th	3	2	3	013:110	+2	11
4th	Kazakhstan	8th	1	1	6th	002:300	−28	04th
5.	Israel	8th	0	2	6th	002:170	−15	02

09/17/2015	Schymkent	Kazakhstan	-	Austria	0: 2 (0: 1)
09/22/2015	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Norway	0: 4 (0: 2)
09/22/2015	St. Polten	Austria	-	Wales	3: 0 (1: 0)
10/22/2015	Lod	Israel	-	Kazakhstan	0-0
23/10/2015	Ålesund	Norway	-	Wales	4: 0 (2: 0)
25/10/2015	Lod	Israel	-	Austria	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/26/2015	Haverfordwest	Wales	-	Kazakhstan	4: 0 (0: 0)
December 01, 2015	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Wales	2: 2 (1: 0)
04/06/2016	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 1)
	Steyr	Austria	-	Kazakhstan	6: 1 (5: 0)

04/10/2016	Steyr	Austria	-	Norway	00: 1 (0: 1)
04/12/2016	Schymkent	Kazakhstan	-	Wales	00: 4 (0: 2)
06/02/2016	Schymkent	Kazakhstan	-	Israel	01: 0 (0: 0)
	Oslo	Norway	-	Austria	02: 2 (1: 1)
06/06/2016	horn	Austria	-	Israel	04: 0 (3: 0)
06/07/2016	Newport	Wales	-	Norway	00: 2 (0: 0)
09/15/2016	Newport	Wales	-	Israel	03: 0 (2: 0)
	Molde	Norway	-	Kazakhstan	10: 0 (7: 0)
09/19/2016	Ulsteinvik	Norway	-	Israel	05: 0 (1: 0)
09/20/2016	Newport	Wales	-	Austria	00-0

Ranking of the runners-up

In addition to the eight group winners, the six best runners-up also qualify for the final round. In order to make all runners-up in the group comparable, the games of the runners-up against the bottom of the group are not taken into account.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	group	Last group
1.	Scotland	6th	5	0	1	016: 600	+10	15th	1	North Macedonia
2.	Denmark	6th	4th	1	1	013: 100	+12	13	4th	Moldova
3.	Italy	6th	4th	0	2	013: 700	+6	12	6th	Georgia
4th	Belgium	6th	3	2	1	016: 500	+11	11	7th	Estonia
5.	Austria	6th	3	2	1	013: 400	+9	11	8th	Israel
6th	Russia	6th	3	1	2	012: 900	+3	10	5	Turkey
7th	Romania	6th	3	1	2	011: 800	+3	10	3	Albania
8th.	Portugal	6th	2	1	3	006:100	−4	07th	2	Montenegro
Stand: Final stand

3rd qualifying round

The draw for the play-offs between the two worst runners-up in the group, to determine who has home rights first, took place on 23 September 2016 in Nyon .

	Result
October 21, 2016 in Lisbon
Portugal	0-0	Romania
October 25, 2016 in Cluj-Napoca
Romania	1: 1 a.d. (0: 0)	Portugal
Total:
Portugal	1: 1	Romania

Portugal qualified for the finals on the away goals rule .

Overview

Teams are qualified as group winners

Teams are qualified as one of the top six runners-up in the group

Team was able to qualify through the playoffs

Team failed in the playoffs

Teams could not qualify

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Iceland	Spain	France	Sweden	Germany	Switzerland	England	Norway
Scotland	Portugal	Romania	Denmark	Russia	Italy	Belgium	Austria
Slovenia Belarus North Macedonia	Finland Ireland Montenegro	Ukraine Greece Albania	Poland Slovakia Moldova	Hungary Croatia Turkey	Czech Republic Northern Ireland Georgia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Estonia	Wales Kazakhstan Israel

Qualification date

Netherlands	(Host)
France	April 11, 2016 as the winner of group 3
Germany	April 12, 2016 as the winner of group 5
Switzerland	June 4th at least as one of the best runners-up in the group, June 7th 2016 as the winner of group 6
Norway	June 7, 2016 as the winner of group 8
England	June 7th as one of the best runners-up, September 20th as group winner
Spain	June 7, 2016 as the winner of group 2
Sweden	September 15, 2016 as the winner of group 4
Scotland	September 16 at least as one of the best runners-up in the group
Belgium	September 16 at least as one of the best runners-up in the group
Iceland	September 16th as one of the best runners-up in the group, September 20th as group winner
Denmark	September 20th as one of the best runners-up in the group
Russia	September 20th as one of the best runners-up in the group
Italy	September 20th as one of the best runners-up in the group
Austria	September 20th as one of the best runners-up in the group
Portugal	October 25th in the playoffs of the worst runners-up in the group

List of goalscorers

This list shows the most successful goal scorers in the qualification. Players in italics were eliminated with their teams in the first qualifying round. Players in bold are qualified for the finals with their teams. Goals in the 1st qualifying round are listed in brackets.

rank	Player	Gates	Game minutes
1	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir	10	470
	Jane Ross	10	715
	Ada Hegerberg	10	720
4th	Verónica Boquete	8th	309
	Eugénie Le Sommer	8th	657
6th	Isabell Herlovsen	7th	352
	Helen Ward	7th	579
	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	7th	604
	Ana Maria Crnogorčević	7th	609
	Nadia Nadim	7th	644
	Pernille Harder	7th	682
12	Danielle Carter	6th	225
	Sonia Bermudez	6th	245
	Cristiana Girelli	6th	249
	Fabienne Humm	6th	472
	Karen Carney	6th	484
	Joanne Love	6th	644
	Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen	6th	667
	Milena Nikolić	6th	720
	Cláudia Neto	6th	802
21st	Rannvá Andreasen	5 (5)	270
	Stephanie Roche	5	310
	Alexandra Popp	5	316
	Ilaria Mauro	5	417
	Jill Scott	5	555
	Vicky Losada	5	571
	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	5	587
	Kim Little	5	630
	Áine O'Gorman	5	638
	Nina Burger	5	653
	Daryna Apanashchenko	5	703
	Tjaša Tibaut	5	720
	Zsanett Jakabfi	5	720
34	Edite Fernandes	4th	139
	Clarisse Le Bihan	4th	236
	Heidi Sevdal	4 (4)	266
	Jennifer Hermoso	4th	387
	Yulia Slessarchik	4th	549
	Lucie Voňková	4th	570
	Ramona Bachmann	4th	630
	Lara Prašnikar	4th	653
	Janice Cayman	4th	675
	Tessa Wullaert	4th	684
	Amanda Sampedro	4th	691
	Ștefania Vătafu	4th	695
	Maren Mjelde	4th	698
	Alexia Putellas	4th	702
	Nicole Billa	4th	704
	Chatia Chqonia	4 (4)	790
50	Fridolina Rolfö	3	125
	Nikita Parris	3	204
	Kheira Hamraoui	3	210
	Isabel Kerschowski	3	225
	Liene Vāciete	3 (3)	240
	Pauline Bremer	3	244
	Ylenia Carabott	3 (3)	270
	Dorianne Theuma	3 (3)	270
	Daniela Sabatino	3	321
	Mirela Tenkov	3	326
	Kosovars Asllani	3	360
	Marie-Laure Delie	3	385
	Jelena Čubrilo	3	441
	Dana Fecková	3	450
	Raffaella Manieri	3	450
	Tatiana Matweewa	3 (3)	461
	Tine De Caigny	3	540
	Rachel Furness	3	540
	Maja Joščak	3	557
	Katarzyna Daleszczyk	3	558
	Rachel Corsie	3	566
	Virginia Torrecilla	3	574
	Lele Chichinadze	3 (3)	587
	Anja noon	3	605
	Leonie Maier	3	630
	Martina Moser	3	681
	Lara Dickenmann	3	685
	Linda Sällström	3	695
	Fanndís Fridriksdóttir	3	699
	Barbara Kralj	3	707
	Emmi Alanen	3	708
	Aline Zeler	3	717
	Natasha Harding	3	720
	Louise Quinn	3	720
	Claudia Chiper	3 (3)	947

As of October 25, 2016, after qualification has been completed

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Preliminary round of the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 drawn. In: uefa.com. UEFA , January 19, 2015, accessed January 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking. (PDF) Last match date: November 27, 2014. In: uefa.com. UEFA, November 27, 2014, accessed January 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ UEFA European Women's Championship 2015-17 Coefficient Ranking of the Teams Participating in the Qualifying Competition. (PDF) In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed April 21, 2015 . 
4. ↑ The game was postponed for a new date on April 8, 2016 due to a serious accident on an access road, which meant that the stadium could not be reached. ( Irishfa.com: "Northern Ireland v Czech Republic postponed" ). August be re-enacted.
5. ↑ Statistics. In: uefa.com. UEFA, accessed June 8, 2016 . 
6. ↑ In the event of a substitution or suspension, UEFA counts the minute of the substitution or expulsion, e.g. B. Alexandra Popp , who was substituted in the game against Croatia at the 2nd half or Tatiana Matweewa , who received the red card in the 44th minute of the game against the Czech Republic .
7. ↑ Partly also referred to as Helen Lander by UEFA.