Soccer World Cup 2011 / Qualification

The qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2011 Women was held in 2009 and of 2010. Worldwide, 125 teams from the associations played for 15 starting positions. The field of participants in the final round was completed by the host Germany .

The FIFA Executive Committee decided at its meeting on 23 and 24 October 2008 to distribute the number of starting places new to the confederations.

• UEFA ( Europe ): 5 or 6 participants, including hosts Germany
• CAF ( Africa ): 2 participants
• AFC ( Asia ): 3 participants
• OFC ( Oceania ): 1 participant
• CONMEBOL ( South America ): 2 participants
• CONCACAF ( North and Central America and the Caribbean ): 2 or 3 participants

Between the fifth in the European zone and the third in the North American zone, playoff matches were played in a two-legged manner. Then there is defending champion Germany, which is automatically qualified as a host. What is new is that at least a third of the affiliated member associations of each confederation must take part in the qualifying matches with their respective national teams. If this does not happen, the FIFA Executive Committee will assess the number of starting places and reduce it if necessary. In Africa in particular, there have regularly been a large number of withdrawals prior to qualification.

European Zone / UEFA

41 of the 53 UEFA member associations had registered their national teams to take part in the qualifying matches . The draw was in the UEFA headquarters in on 17 March 2009 Swiss Nyon made. With Armenia , Azerbaijan and Macedonia , three countries took part in a World Cup qualification for the first time.

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The 41 registered teams were divided into five pots. The basis for the classification were the results of the respective national teams in the qualifications for the 2007 World Cup and the 2009 European Championship . The draw pots A, B, C and D each comprised eight teams, the draw pot E nine teams. The composition of the lottery pots was as follows:

• Pot A: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, France, Russia, Ukraine, Italy.
• Pot B: Finland, Iceland, Spain, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, Poland.
• Pot C: Switzerland, Austria, Serbia, Belarus, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Hungary.
• Pot D: Slovenia, Slovakia, Israel, Wales, Romania, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Bulgaria.
• Pot E: Croatia, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Malta, Macedonia, Georgia.

During the draw, the teams were drawn into eight groups. One group consisted of six, all the others of five teams. Within the groups, the game was played in the everyone-against-everyone system, which means that each team played a return match against each other. The group matches were played from September 19, 2009 to August 25, 2010.

The group winners qualified for the play-off games. If two or more teams are tied after the group matches have ended, the following criteria were taken into account in order to decide on the placement:

• a) Direct comparison (number of points, goal difference , goals scored, away goals scored)
• b) Repetition of criterion a) among the remaining teams
• c) Results from all group matches (goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, fair play rating)
• d) The lot

The eight group winners were divided into four games by drawing lots again. The teams determined the four teams that qualified directly for the World Cup finals in the first and second leg. These games took place on 11./12. and 15./16. September 2010. The four losers of these play-offs determined the European participant in the relegation with the CONCACAF third in two further rounds in the first and second leg. These games took place from October 2 to 7 and October 23 to 28, 2010.

Overview

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

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

Group stage

Group 1

France and Iceland won all their games against other teams without conceding a goal. In a direct comparison, the French women won 2-0 at home and 1-0 on Iceland and qualified for the playoff round. They were the only team to win all games and, like the Danes, remained without conceding a goal, but had to play two more games, which was partly responsible for the fact that they were able to score the most goals. With an average of 5 goals per game, they had the second best goal rate after Denmark.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	France	10	10	0	0	50: 00	30th
2	Iceland	10	8th	0	2	33: 03	24
3	Northern Ireland	10	3	2	5	08:16	11
4th	Estonia	10	3	1	6th	07:44	10
5	Serbia	10	2	3	5	07:19	09
6th	Croatia	10	0	2	8th	04:27	02

08/15/2009	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Serbia	05: 0 (1: 0)
09/17/2009	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Estonia	12: 0 (7: 0)
09/23/2009	Zaprešić	Croatia	-	France	00: 7 (0: 3)
09/26/2009	Niš	Serbia	-	Croatia	01: 1 (0: 1)
October 24, 2009	Lyon	France	-	Iceland	02: 0 (1: 0)
	Zaprešić	Croatia	-	Northern Ireland	00: 1 (0: 1)
October 28, 2009	Le Havre	France	-	Estonia	12: 0 (6: 0)
	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Iceland	00: 1 (0: 0)
11/21/2009	Inđija	Serbia	-	France	00: 2 (0: 2)
03/27/2010	Boulogne-sur-Mer	France	-	Northern Ireland	06: 0 (2: 0)
03/27/2010	Vrbovec	Croatia	-	Estonia	00: 3 (0: 2)
	Banatsky Dvor	Serbia	-	Iceland	00: 2 (0: 0)
03/31/2010	Banatsky Dvor	Serbia	-	Estonia	04: 0 (1: 0)
	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	France	00: 4 (0: 2)
	Vrbovec	Croatia	-	Iceland	00: 3 (0: 2)

05/09/2010	Vrbovec	Croatia	-	Serbia	1: 2 (1: 1)
06/05/2010	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Northern Ireland	2: 1 (2: 0)
06/19/2010	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Northern Ireland	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Rakvere	Estonia	-	Serbia	1: 0 (0: 0)
06/20/2010	Besançon	France	-	Croatia	3: 0 (1: 0)
06/22/2010	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Croatia	3: 0 (2: 0)
06/23/2010	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	-	Serbia	0-0
	Tallinn	Estonia	-	France	0: 6 (0: 1)
07/24/2010	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	-	Estonia	3: 0 (0: 0)
08/21/2010	Požarevac	Serbia	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	France	0: 1 (0: 0)
08/22/2010	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Croatia	1: 1 (1: 0)
08/25/2010	Rakvere	Estonia	-	Iceland	0: 5 (0: 2)
	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Croatia	3: 1 (1: 0)
	Troyes	France	-	Serbia	7: 0 (3: 0)

Group 2

Two players managed to score six goals in one game. Sylvia Smit did it in the Netherlands' 13-1 victory over Macedonia, and Isabell Herlovsen in Norway's 14-0 win over Macedonia . With a 4-0 win in Slovakia, Norway qualified early for the playoffs.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	39: 02	22nd
2	Netherlands	8th	5	2	1	30: 07	17th
3	Belarus	8th	4th	1	3	17:14	13
4th	Slovakia	8th	2	0	6th	15:13	06th
5	North Macedonia	8th	0	0	8th	03:68	00

09/19/2009	Senec	Slovakia	-	Macedonia	09: 0 (5: 0)
October 24, 2009	Bekkestua	Norway	-	Netherlands	03: 0 (2: 0)
October 25, 2009	Kumanovo	Macedonia	-	Belarus	01: 6 (1: 3)
October 28, 2009	Skien	Norway	-	Slovakia	01: 0 (0: 0)
October 29, 2009	Zwolle	Netherlands	-	Macedonia	13: 1 (6: 0)
11/21/2009	The hague	Netherlands	-	Belarus	01: 1 (1: 0)
03/27/2010	Almelo	Netherlands	-	Slovakia	02: 0 (1: 0)
	Hønefoss	Norway	-	Macedonia	14: 0 (8: 0)
03/30/2010	Hrodna	Belarus	-	Norway	00: 5 (0: 2)
04/01/2010	Senec	Slovakia	-	Netherlands	00: 1 (0: 0)

04/22/2010	Kumanovo	Macedonia	-	Netherlands	0: 7 (0: 6)
04/28/2010	Maladsetschna	Belarus	-	Macedonia	6: 0 (2: 0)
06/19/2010	Zlaté Moravce	Slovakia	-	Belarus	0: 2 (0: 2)
	Zwolle	Netherlands	-	Norway	2: 2 (1: 1)
06/23/2010	Skien	Norway	-	Belarus	3: 0 (1: 0)
	Prilep	Macedonia	-	Slovakia	1: 6 (0: 2)
08/21/2010	Senec	Slovakia	-	Norway	0: 4 (0: 3)
	Maladsetschna	Belarus	-	Netherlands	0: 4 (0: 1)
08/25/2010	Prilep	Macedonia	-	Norway	0: 7 (0: 4)
	Maladsetschna	Belarus	-	Slovakia	2: 0 (0: 0)

Group 3

The decision to win the group was made on the last day of the match in a direct encounter between the two leading teams, with a draw for the Danes, while the Scottish women had to win. The 0-0 draw made the Danes the last team to qualify for the playoffs, but if they had won, they would have reached fourth place in the group winners' list. In fifth place, they were drawn against a team in 1st to 4th place. With 5.63 goals per game, they had the best rate of goals and, like the French, did not concede. A third of all goals fell in the record win against Georgia.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	8th	6th	2	0	45: 00	20th
2	Scotland	8th	6th	1	1	24: 05	19th
3	Greece	8th	3	0	5	10:20	09
4th	Bulgaria	8th	2	2	4th	09:25	08th
5	Georgia	8th	0	1	7th	03:41	01

09/23/2009	Athens	Greece	-	Denmark	00: 6 (0: 4)
October 21, 2009	Lovech	Bulgaria	-	Greece	00: 1 (0: 0)
October 24, 2009	Athens	Greece	-	Scotland	00: 1 (0: 0)
	Vejle	Denmark	-	Georgia	15: 0 (7: 0)
October 28, 2009	Lovech	Bulgaria	-	Denmark	00-0
October 29, 2009	Edinburgh	Scotland	-	Georgia	03: 1 (0: 0)
11/21/2009	Lovech	Bulgaria	-	Georgia	05: 0 (2: 0)
11/26/2009	Athens	Greece	-	Georgia	05: 0 (2: 0)
03/27/2010	Vejle	Denmark	-	Bulgaria	09: 0 (5: 0)
	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Scotland	01: 3 (1: 1)

04/01/2010	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Denmark	0: 7 (0: 4)
	Falkirk	Scotland	-	Bulgaria	8: 1 (2: 1)
04/15/2010	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Greece	0: 3 (0: 2)
06/19/2010	Lovech	Bulgaria	-	Scotland	0: 5 (0: 2)
	Vejle	Denmark	-	Greece	7: 0 (2: 0)
06/24/2010	Kilmarnock	Scotland	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 1)
08/21/2010	Dumbarton	Scotland	-	Greece	4: 1 (2: 1)
	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Bulgaria	1: 1 (1: 0)
08/25/2010	Arta	Greece	-	Bulgaria	1: 2 (1: 0)
	Vejle	Denmark	-	Scotland	0-0

Group 4

The decision on group victory was made in the last game between the two leading teams, although a draw in Ukraine would have been enough for the Poles to advance to the playoffs. The Poles also took the lead 1-0, but in the second half the Ukrainians were able to turn the game around and reach the playoff round with a 3-1 with the lowest number of points of all group winners. Daryna Apanashchenko played a decisive role in this and increased her goal account to 10 with two goals. Bosnia-Herzegovina was the only European team to remain without a goal.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Ukraine	8th	5	2	1	24: 09	17th
2	Poland	8th	5	1	2	18: 09	16
3	Hungary	8th	4th	3	1	15:10	15th
4th	Romania	8th	2	2	4th	14:13	08th
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	0	0	8th	00:30	00

09/19/2009	Nowy Sącz	Poland	-	Ukraine	4: 1 (3: 0)
	Sarajevo	Bosnia-H.	-	Hungary	0: 2 (0: 0)
09/23/2009	Buftea	Romania	-	Bosnia-H.	4: 0 (3: 0)
09/24/2009	Sopron	Hungary	-	Poland	4: 2 (1: 1)
October 24, 2009	Grodzisk	Poland	-	Romania	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 25, 2009	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Bosnia-H.	7: 0 (6: 0)
October 28, 2009	Sopron	Hungary	-	Romania	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 29, 2009	Sarajevo	Bosnia-H.	-	Poland	0: 4 (0: 1)
11/14/2009	Sopron	Hungary	-	Ukraine	1: 1 (1: 0)
03/27/2010	Sarajevo	Bosnia-H.	-	Romania	0: 5 (0: 1)

03/31/2010	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Poland	1: 4 (1: 2)
	Sopron	Hungary	-	Bosnia-H.	2: 0 (2: 0)
05/20/2010	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Hungary	4: 2 (2: 1)
06/19/2010	Sarajevo	Bosnia-H.	-	Ukraine	0: 5 (0: 2)
	Kielce	Poland	-	Hungary	0-0
06/23/2010	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Ukraine	0-0
06/24/2010	Racibórz	Poland	-	Bosnia-H.	1: 0 (0: 0)
08/21/2010	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Romania	3: 1 (1: 0)
08/25/2010	Mogoșoaia	Romania	-	Hungary	2: 3 (1: 2)
	Chernihiv	Ukraine	-	Poland	3: 1 (0: 1)

Group 5

England was already certain of the group winners ahead of time, as the English team won the direct comparison with Spain. The Spaniard Adriana Martín Santamaría scored the most goals in the group stage with 16 goals.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	England	8th	7th	1	0	30: 02	22nd
2	Spain	8th	6th	1	1	37: 04	19th
3	Austria	8th	3	1	4th	14:12	10
4th	Turkey	8th	2	1	5	10:23	07th
5	Malta	8th	0	0	8th	01:51	00

09/19/2009	Ta 'Qali	Malta	-	Spain	0:13 (0: 8)
October 24, 2009	Cordoba	Spain	-	Austria	2: 0 (2: 0)
October 25, 2009	Blackpool	England	-	Malta	8: 0 (4: 0)
October 29, 2009	Amstetten	Austria	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/18/2009	Ta 'Qali	Malta	-	Austria	0: 2 (0: 1)
11/21/2009	Manisa	Turkey	-	Spain	0: 5 (0: 0)
11/26/2009	İzmir	Turkey	-	England	0: 3 (0: 3)
03/25/2010	London	England	-	Austria	3: 0 (1: 0)
03/27/2010	Ta 'Qali	Malta	-	Turkey	0: 2 (1: 0)
04/01/2010	London	England	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)

04/07/2010	Guadalajara	Spain	-	Turkey	5: 1 (4: 0)
04/11/2010	Trabzon	Turkey	-	Malta	5: 1 (4: 0)
05/20/2010	Ta 'Qali	Malta	-	England	0: 6 (0: 3)
06/09/2010	Ottensheim	Austria	-	Malta	6: 0 (2: 0)
06/19/2010	Aranda de Duero	Spain	-	England	2: 2 (1: 0)
06/23/2010	Anger	Austria	-	Turkey	4: 0 (3: 0)
06/24/2010	Segovia	Spain	-	Malta	9: 0 (1: 0)
07/29/2010	Walsall	England	-	Turkey	3: 0 (1: 0)
08/21/2010	Krems	Austria	-	England	0: 4 (0: 3)
08/25/2010	Samsun	Turkey	-	Austria	2: 2 (1: 0)

Group 6

With the win against Kazakhstan, the Swiss reached the playoff round on the penultimate matchday, but the decisive factor was the 3-0 win over direct rivals Russia, with which they equalized the 1-2 home defeat against the Russians and won the direct comparison. This made Switzerland the only team that was not assigned to Pot A at the time of the draw to reach the playoffs.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Switzerland	8th	7th	0	1	28: 06	21st
2	Russia	8th	6th	1	1	30: 06	19th
3	Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	12:10	13
4th	Israel	8th	2	0	6th	04:24	06th
5	Kazakhstan	8th	0	0	8th	04:32	00

09/19/2009	Well	Switzerland	-	Ireland	2: 0 (0: 0)
09/23/2009	to bathe	Switzerland	-	Russia	1: 2 (0: 2)
09/24/2009	Cork	Ireland	-	Kazakhstan	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 24, 2009	Nes Tzijona	Israel	-	Kazakhstan	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 25, 2009	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Ireland	3: 0 (1: 0)
October 28, 2009	Nes Tzijona	Israel	-	Switzerland	1: 2 (0: 0)
October 29, 2009	Taldyqorghan	Kazakhstan	-	Ireland	1: 2 (1: 0)
11/17/2009	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Russia	1: 6 (0: 2)
03/21/2010	Nes Tzijona	Israel	-	Ireland	0: 3 (0: 1)
03/27/2010	Well	Switzerland	-	Israel	6: 0 (2: 0)

03/28/2010	Taldyqorghan	Kazakhstan	-	Russia	0: 6 (0: 2)
03/31/2010	Dublin	Ireland	-	Switzerland	1: 2 (0: 1)
06/19/2010	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Switzerland	0: 3 (0: 1)
	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Israel	0: 1 (0: 0)
06/23/2010	Karagandy	Kazakhstan	-	Switzerland	2: 4 (2: 2)
06/24/2010	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Israel	4: 0 (3: 0)
08/21/2010	Wexford	Ireland	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 0)
	Freiburg	Switzerland	-	Kazakhstan	8: 0 (5: 0)
08/25/2010	Krasnoarmeisk	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	8: 0 (2: 0)
	Dublin	Ireland	-	Israel	3: 0 (0: 0)

Group 7

The Italians were the first team to qualify for the playoff round with a 3-1 win against their direct rivals Finland.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Italy	8th	7th	1	0	38: 03	22nd
2	Finland	8th	6th	1	1	25: 06	19th
3	Portugal	8th	4th	0	4th	17:10	12
4th	Slovenia	8th	2	0	6th	07:27	06th
5	Armenia	8th	0	0	8th	01:42	00

09/19/2009	Domžale	Slovenia	-	Italy	0: 8 (0: 6)
	Yerevan	Armenia	-	Finland	0: 4 (0: 2)
09/23/2009	Rieti	Italy	-	Portugal	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 24, 2009	Krško	Slovenia	-	Finland	0: 3 (0: 0)
	Yerevan	Armenia	-	Italy	0: 8 (0: 3)
October 28, 2009	Yerevan	Armenia	-	Slovenia	1: 5 (0: 2)
	Tondela	Portugal	-	Finland	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/21/2009	Helsinki	Finland	-	Armenia	7: 0 (5: 0)
	Nova Gorica	Slovenia	-	Portugal	0: 4 (0: 0)
11/25/2009	Francavilla	Italy	-	Armenia	7: 0 (2: 0)

03/27/2010	Velenje	Slovenia	-	Armenia	1: 0 (0: 0)
03/27/2010	Tocha	Portugal	-	Italy	1: 3 (1: 2)
03/31/2010	Ascoli Piceno	Italy	-	Finland	1: 1 (1: 1)
	Tocha	Portugal	-	Armenia	7: 0 (5: 0)
06/19/2010	Portogruaro	Italy	-	Slovenia	6: 0 (3: 0)
	Vantaa	Finland	-	Portugal	4: 1 (2: 1)
06/23/2010	Vantaa	Finland	-	Italy	1: 3 (0: 1)
	Cartaxo	Portugal	-	Slovenia	1: 0 (0: 0)
08/25/2010	Yerevan	Armenia	-	Portugal	0: 3 (0: 1)
	Mariehamn	Finland	-	Slovenia	4: 1 (1: 1)

Group 8

Sweden secured the ticket for the play-off round on the penultimate matchday with a 1-0 win in the Czech Republic. Welshwoman Helen Lander scored six goals in a 15-0 win over Azerbaijan. In the games against Azerbaijan, three countries achieved their highest victories to date.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	8th	7th	1	0	36: 03	22nd
2	Czech Republic	8th	4th	1	3	19: 06	13
3	Belgium	8th	3	1	4th	18:13	10
4th	Wales	8th	3	0	5	23:16	09
5	Azerbaijan	8th	1	1	6th	02:60	04th

09/20/2009	Haverfordwest	Wales	-	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)
09/23/2009	Llanelli	Wales	-	Czech Republic	2: 0 (1: 0)
	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Belgium	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 24, 2009	Baku	Azerbaijan	-	Sweden	0: 3 (0: 1)
October 25, 2009	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Wales	2: 1 (2: 1)
October 28, 2009	Lions	Belgium	-	Sweden	1: 4 (0: 1)
	Baku	Azerbaijan	-	Wales	2: 1 (2: 1)
11/22/2009	Baku	Azerbaijan	-	Belgium	0-0
11/26/2009	Písek	Czech Republic	-	Belgium	1: 2 (0: 2)
03/27/2010	Baku	Azerbaijan	-	Czech Republic	0: 5 (0: 3)

03/28/2010	Brussels	Belgium	-	Wales	02: 3 (0: 2)
03/31/2010	Broughton	Wales	-	Sweden	00: 4 (0: 0)
04/01/2010	Brussels	Belgium	-	Czech Republic	00: 3 (0: 2)
06/19/2010	Tubize	Belgium	-	Azerbaijan	11: 0 (8: 0)
	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Czech Republic	00-0
06/23/2010	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Azerbaijan	17: 0 (7: 0)
08/21/2010	Newtown	Wales	-	Azerbaijan	15: 0 (6: 0)
	Prague	Czech Republic	-	Sweden	00: 1 (0: 1)
08/25/2010	Horní Počernice	Czech Republic	-	Azerbaijan	08: 0 (5: 0)
	Vaxjo	Sweden	-	Wales	05: 1 (2: 0)

Play-off phase

group	team	Points	Games	coefficient
8th	Sweden	46	16	2.875
1	France	51	18th	2.833
2	Norway	44	16	2.750
5	England	42	16	2.625
3	Denmark	41	16	2.563
7th	Italy	40	16	2,500
4th	Ukraine	36	16	2.250
6th	Switzerland	32	16	2,000
highlighted in green: seeded teams

The winners of the eight groups had qualified for the play-off round. The eight teams were divided into four seeded and four unseeded teams based on the results of the qualifying matches for the European Championship 2009 and the World Championship 2011. The points scored in the qualifications were divided by the number of games played. Sweden had the highest coefficient and Switzerland the smallest. Denmark missed seeded team status in the goalless draw with Scotland.

The draw for the play-off pairings took place on August 30, 2010 in Nyon . Each seeded team was drawn to an unset team. The games take place in a home and away leg. The winners of the four games qualified directly for the World Cup finals. The four losers played in two more knockout rounds for a place in the play-off games against the third of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 . Italy qualified for this play-off against the team from the United States, but lost both first and second leg 0-1.

1 round

First legs on 11/12, second legs on 15/16 September 2010

September 11, 2010	France	-	Italy	Besançon	0-0
September 15, 2010	Italy	-	France	Gubbio	2: 3 (1: 0)
September 12, 2010	England	-	Switzerland	Shrewsbury	2: 0 (0: 0)
September 16, 2010	Switzerland	-	England	Well	2: 3 (1: 2)
September 11, 2010	Ukraine	-	Norway	Chernihiv	0: 1 (0: 1)
September 15, 2010	Norway	-	Ukraine	Bærum	2: 0 (1: 0)
September 11, 2010	Sweden	-	Denmark	Gothenburg	2: 1 (1: 0)
September 16, 2010	Denmark	-	Sweden	Vejle	2: 2 n.V. (2: 0, 2: 1)

2nd round

First legs on 2/3, second legs on 6 October 2010

October 3, 2010	Denmark	-	Switzerland	Vejle	1: 3 (0: 1)
October 7, 2010	Switzerland	-	Denmark	Aarau	0-0
October 2, 2010	Ukraine	-	Italy	Chernihiv	0: 3 (0: 0)
October 6, 2010	Italy	-	Ukraine	Latina	0-0

3rd round

First leg on October 23, second leg on October 27, 2010

October 23, 2010	Italy	-	Switzerland	Treviso	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 27, 2010	Switzerland	-	Italy	Aarau	2: 4 (0: 0)

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

→ see main article : Sudamericano Femenino 2010

The South American continental association CONMEBOL determined its two participants as before at the Sudamericano Femenino , the continental championship. The tournament took place from November 4 to November 21, 2010 in Ecuador . The contingent had not changed since qualifying for the 2007 World Cup. In addition to runner-up world champion Brazil , which has participated in all previous World Cup tournaments, Colombia was able to qualify for a World Cup for the first time . The Colombians have not played an international match outside of South America before the start of the World Cup, so this will be the first time at the finals in Germany.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

→ see main article : CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010

The Continental Association of North, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF has determined its participants in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup . The tournament was held in Mexico from October 28 to November 8, 2010 . 23 of the 40 member associations had registered their respective national teams for the qualification.

The national teams of Canada , Mexico and the USA were automatically qualified for the finals. The remaining 20 teams played in two separate zones, Central America and the Caribbean , for the remaining five places in the finals.

In the finals, Canada as the winner and Mexico as second qualified directly for the World Cup. The Americans, who lost a game against the Mexicans for the first time in the semifinals, were able to win the play-offs against the Italians, who were fifth in the European qualifying, with two 1-0 wins as the third CONCACAF representative for the finals to qualify.

Qualification mode

→ see main article : CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 / qualification

In the Caribbean zone, the qualification was held in two rounds. In the first round from March 3 to April 1, 2010, 15 teams played in five groups of three for a place in the second round. Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago received byes. Together with the five group winners and the group runner-up with the best points, they formed two groups of four in the second qualifying round. The group winners and runners-up determined the three Caribbean representatives at the Gold Cup in a further round. Guyana , Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago qualified . In the Central America zone, the six participants played against each other in two groups of three. The two group winners Costa Rica and Guatemala were able to qualify for the finals.

Asian Zone / AFC

see main article: 2010 Asian Women's Football Championship

As in previous world championships, the Asian participants were played at the Asian championship. The Asian Cup was played from May 19 to 30, 2010 in the People's Republic of China . A total of 16 of the 46 member associations reported their respective national teams.

The five strongest Asian national teams qualified directly for the finals. Those five teams included defending champions North Korea , China , Australia , Japan and South Korea . The other eleven teams played in two qualifying rounds for the remaining three places in the finals.

mode

see main article: 2010 Asian Women's Football Championship / Qualification

In the first qualifying round from April 25 to May 3, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia ), the five weakest teams met. The five teams played each against each other for three places in the second qualifying round. Jordan , Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan qualified for the second qualifying round.

The second qualifying round was played in three groups of three teams each from July 4th to 14th, 2009. Within these groups, everyone against everyone was played. The three group winners Myanmar , Thailand and Vietnam prevailed and qualified for the final round.

African Zone / CAF

see main article: 2010 Women's African Cup of Nations

The African continental federation CAF determined its two participants at the African Cup of Nations 2010 in South Africa . Of the 55 member associations, 24 had registered their respective national team.

Eight teams took part in the final round. The two finalists qualified for the world championship. Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea were able to qualify as World Cup participants with their victories in the semi -finals. It will be the first World Cup participation for Equatorial Guinea and the World Cup games will be the first games outside of Africa for the Equatorial Guineans.

Qualification mode

see main article: 2010 African Football Championship / Qualification

Host South Africa was automatically qualified for the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The remaining teams were determined in two rounds in the knockout system with home and away legs.

In the first qualifying round from March 5 to 21, 2010, 18 teams met in nine games. Since Egypt, Kenya and Togo withdrew their teams, only six games took place. The teams from Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and Tunisia received a bye.

The winners of the first round and the five teams awarded a bye determined the other participants in the final round in the second qualifying round. The games took place from May 21 to June 6, 2010.

Oceanic Zone / OFC

see main article: 2010 Ocean Women's Football Championship

The Oceanic Continental Association OFC determined its representative at the Oceania Championship 2010. The tournament took place from September 27 to October 8, 2010 in the New Zealand metropolis of Auckland . Eight teams took part in the tournament. New Zealand qualified as Oceania's representative.

Relegation

The third in the CONCACAF qualification (USA) was able to qualify as the last participant for the World Cup finals against the fifth in the UEFA qualification (Italy) with two 1-0 wins in two legs. The goals scored in both games were added together. The team with the higher number of goals won and qualified for the World Cup. Further criteria would initially have been the higher number of goals scored away from home . If no decision had been made after that, the second leg would initially have been extended and possibly decided on penalties .

First leg on 20th, second leg on November 27, 2010

November 20, 2010	Padua	Italy	-	United States		0: 1 (0: 0)
November 27, 2010	Bridgeview	United States	-	Italy		1: 0 (1: 0)

This makes Italy the qualifying participant with the most games (16) who failed to qualify.

Teams qualified for the 2011 World Cup

team	Qualified as	World Cup participation	World ranking
Equatorial Guinea	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2010	1	62
Australia	Asian champion 2010	5	12
Brazil	South American Champion 2010	6th	3
Germany	Host	6th	2
England	UEFA play-off winners	3	10
France	UEFA play-off winners	2	8th
Japan	3rd of the Asian Cup	6th	5
Canada	North and Central America Champion 2010	5	9
Colombia	2nd of the South American Championship 2010	1	32
Mexico	2nd of the North and Central American Championship 2010	2	22nd
New Zealand	Oceania Champion 2010	3	23
Nigeria	African Champion 2010	6th	27
North Korea	2nd of the 2010 Asian Cup	4th	6th
Norway	UEFA play-off winners	6th	7th
Sweden	UEFA play-off winners	6th	4th
United States	Relegation winner	6th	1

Goal scorers

For the qualification in Africa and Asia, only the goals in the continental championship were taken into account, no goal scorers of the prequalification are known. All the Asian goal scorers listed were directly qualified for the Asian Cup. The Oceanic and South American championships were held without pre-qualification. CONCACAF counts both the goals in qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the goals in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Players marked in italics only took part in the pre-qualification, the USA, Canada and Mexico were directly qualified for the Gold Cup. Players marked in bold were qualified for the World Cup with their teams, but not all of them were in the squad.

Africa (CAF) Surname Gates 1.  Perpetua Nkwocha 11 2.  Amanda Dlamini 04th 3.  Salimata Simpore 03  Desire Oparanoia 03 5.  Gloria Chinasa Okoro 02  Jade Boho Sayo 02  Agnes Aduaku 02  Christine Patiance Mania 02

Asia (AFC) Surname Gates 1.  Yoo Young-a 3  Kozue Andō 3  Homare Sawa 3  Jo Yun-mi 3 5.  Mami Yamaguchi 2  Samantha Kerr 2  Zhang Rui (soccer player) 2

Europe (UEFA) Surname Gates 1.  Adriana Martín Santamaría 16 2.  Gaëtane Thiney 12 3.  Patrizia Panico 11  Johanna Rasmussen 11 5.  Daryna Apanashenko 10  Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 10 7th  Pamela Conti 09  Marie-Laure Delie 09  Isabell Herlovsen 09 10.  Cathrine Paaske Sørensen 08th  Sylvia Smit 08th

North and Central America (CONCACAF) Surname Gates 1.  Abby Wambach 8th 2.  Yesenia Yamilet Gallardo Martinez 7 (7) 3.  Kenaya Cordner 6 (5)  Maribel Domínguez 6th  Christine Sinclair 6th 6th  Tiana Hackette 5 (5)  Alyson Heydorn 5 (5)  Esmeralda Negrón 5 (5)  Amy Rodriguez 5 10.  Cossette Brathwaite 4 (4)  Mariam El-Masri 4 (2)  Jonelle Filigno 4th  Vanessa Jean 4 (4)  Ingrid Christina Ramos 4 (4)  Ashley Rodrigues 4 (4)  Adeline Saintilmond 4 (3)

Oceania (OFC) Surname Gates 1.  Amber Hearn 12 2.  Sarah Gregorius 07th  Rosie White 07th  Hannah Wilkinson 07th 5.  Zeena Limbai 05 6th  Ria Percival 04th  Hayley Moorwood 04th 8th.  Heimiri Alvarez 03

South America (CONMEBOL) Surname Gates 1.  Marta 9 2.  Cristiane 8th 3.  Yoreli Rincon 5 4th  Gloria Villamayor 4th 5.  Karen Araya 3  Francisca Lara 3  Palmira Loayza 3  Mónica Quinteros 3

(As of November 27, 2010)

Web links

• Official FIFA page on qualifying for the 2011 Women's World Cup
• Official DFB website for qualifying for the 2011 Women's World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ womensoccer.de: Women's Soccer World Cup 2011: Asia gets third place on the grid
2. ↑ uefa.com: World Cup qualifying draw is pending
3. ↑ womensoccer.de: WM 2011: European qualification groups drawn
4. ↑ Iceland's biggest victory, one of the two biggest defeats in Estonia
5. ↑ One of the two biggest defeats in Estonia
6. ↑ One of the two highest victories in the Netherlands
7. ↑ Macedonia's greatest defeat
8. ↑ Denmark's greatest victory, Georgia’s greatest defeat
9. ↑ One of the three highest victories in Bulgaria
10. ↑ Until June 16, 2012 Bulgaria's greatest defeat
11. ↑ Ukraine's highest victory
12. ↑ The game was originally supposed to take place on April 21, 2010, but has been canceled due to the restrictions on air traffic due to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland .
13. ↑ Malta's greatest defeat
14. ↑ Russia's highest victory
15. ↑ Finland's highest victory
16. ↑ Portugal's highest victory
17. ↑ Belgium's highest victory and Azerbaijan's highest defeat by June 23
18. ↑ Sweden's highest victory and Azerbaijan's highest defeat
19. ↑ Biggest win for the Welsh team
20. ↑ uefa.com: Coefficient ranking list (English)
21. ↑ uefa.com: The women's teams for the play-offs have been set
22. ↑ cbn.co.za: Women's Soccer gets Boost in 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ fifa.com: FIFA / Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking
24. ↑ In brackets, goals for qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup
25. ↑ Incl. 1 goal in the relegation games against Italy