Football Women's World Cup 2019 / Qualification

The qualification for the 2019 Women's World Cup took place in 2017 and 2018. The registered selection teams played for 23 free places alongside the French women who were qualified as hosts ex officio .

Finals places

• UEFA ( Europe ): 8 participants plus host France
• CAF ( Africa ): 3 participants
• AFC ( Asia ): 5 participants
• OFC ( Oceania ): 1 participant
• CONMEBOL ( South America ): 2 participants plus 1 place in the play-offs against the fourth from CONCACAF
• CONCACAF ( North and Central America and the Caribbean ): 3 participants plus 1 place in the play-offs against the third from CONMEBOL

Teams qualified for the World Cup

nation	Qualified as	Qualified on	FIFA rank	Participation in the finals
				number	last
France	UEFA; host	03/19/2015	3	04th	2015
People's Republic of China	AFC; Asian Championship, 3rd place	04/09/2018	15th	07th	2015
Thailand	AFC; Asian Championship, 4th place	04/12/2018	29	02	2015
Australia	AFC; Asian Championship, 2nd place	04/13/2018	6th	07th	2015
Japan	AFC; Asian champion	04/13/2018	8th	08th	2015
South Korea	AFC; Asian Championship, 5th place	04/16/2018	14th	03	2015
Brazil	CONMEBOL; South American champions	April 19, 2018	10	08th	2015
Chile	CONMEBOL; South American Championship, 2nd place	04/22/2018	38	01	-
Spain	UEFA; Winner group 7	06/08/2018	12	02	2015
Italy	UEFA; Winner group 6	06/08/2018	16	03	1999
England	UEFA; Winner group 1	08/31/2018	4th	05	2015
Scotland	UEFA; Winner group 2	04.09.2018	20th	01	-
Norway	UEFA; Winner group 3	04.09.2018	13	08th	2015
Sweden	UEFA; Winner group 4	04.09.2018	9	08th	2015
Germany	UEFA; Winner group 5	04.09.2018	2	08th	2015
Canada	CONCACAF; Second	14.10.2018	5	07th	2015
United States	CONCACAF; First	14.10.2018	1	08th	2015
Jamaica	CONCACAF; Third	October 17, 2018	53	01	-
Netherlands	UEFA; Play-off winner	11/13/2018	7th	02	2015
Argentina	CONMEBOL; Winner intercontinental play-offs ( CONCACAF )	11/13/2018	36	03	2007
Nigeria	CAF; African champions	11/27/2018	39	08th	2015
South Africa	CAF; African Championship 2nd place	11/27/2018	48	01	-
Cameroon	CAF; African Championship 3rd place	11/30/2018	46	02	2015
New Zealand	OFC; Oceania Champion	December 01, 2018	19th	05	2015

Remarks

1. ↑ As of December 7, 2018
2. ↑ including the 2019 World Cup

European Zone / UEFA

mode

46 of UEFA's 55 member associations had registered their national teams to take part in the qualifying matches . With Andorra and Kosovo , two countries took part in a World Cup qualification for the first time. Bulgaria and Macedonia did not register any team from the participants in the last qualification. A ranking list was first created for the registered teams.

The 16 countries with the lowest coefficients had to contest the pre-qualification. On January 19, 2017, four groups with four teams each were drawn, each of which played for five places in the qualification in the form of a mini-tournament between April 6 and 11, 2017. The four group winners and the best second-placed team, whereby only the results against the first and third count, and the remaining 30 teams then contested the main qualification in seven groups of five from September 2017 to September 2018. The seven group winners qualified - in addition to hosts France - directly for the World Cup, the four best runners-up contested a play-off round in October / November 2018 to determine the ninth and last European World Cup participant.

For the European teams, the World Cup qualification was also the indirect qualification for the women's soccer tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics , as only the three best European teams qualify for the Olympic Games at the World Cup finals.

Pre-qualification

The hosts of the mini-tournaments are in bold .

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Kazakhstan	Greece	Israel	Turkey
Estonia	Albania	Moldova	Faroe Islands
Georgia	Malta	Lithuania	Montenegro
Latvia	Kosovo	Andorra	Luxembourg

Group 1

All games in Georgia in the Micheil Meschi Stadium in Tbilisi , with the parallel game taking place on a side square.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Latvia	3	1	2	0	007: 300	+4	05
3.	Georgia	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Estonia	3	0	0	3	001: 700	−6	00

04/06/2017	Tbilisi	Estonia	-	Latvia	0: 4 (0: 2)
	Tbilisi	Kazakhstan	-	Georgia	1: 0 (1: 0)
04/08/2017	Tbilisi	Kazakhstan	-	Latvia	2: 2 (0: 2)
	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Estonia	2: 1 (2: 0)
04/11/2017	Tbilisi	Latvia	-	Georgia	1: 1 (1: 1)
	Tbilisi	Estonia	-	Kazakhstan	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group 2

All matches in Albania in the Elbasan Arena or in the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in Tirana .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Albania	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Greece	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	06th
3.	Malta	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
4th	Kosovo	3	0	0	3	003:120	−9	00

04/06/2017	Elbasan	Albania	-	Kosovo	3: 2 (1: 1)
	Tirana	Greece	-	Malta	1: 0 (1: 0)
04/08/2017	Tirana	Greece	-	Kosovo	6: 0 (4: 0)
	Elbasan	Malta	-	Albania	0-0
04/11/2017	Tirana	Kosovo	-	Malta	1: 3 (0: 3)
	Elbasan	Albania	-	Greece	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group 3

All matches in Lithuania at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius , except for the game between Andorra and Lithuania, which was played at the National Football Academy Stadium in Kaunas .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Israel	3	2	1	0	009-000	+9	07th
2.	Moldova	3	2	1	0	006-000	+6	07th
3.	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Andorra	3	0	0	3	000:130	−13	00

04/06/2017	Vilnius	Moldova	-	Andorra	4: 0 (3: 0)
	Vilnius	Israel	-	Lithuania	2: 0 (0: 0)
04/08/2017	Vilnius	Lithuania	-	Moldova	0: 2 (0: 0)
	Vilnius	Israel	-	Andorra	7: 0 (5: 0)
04/11/2017	Kaunas	Andorra	-	Lithuania	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Vilnius	Moldova	-	Israel	0-0

Group 4

All games took place in the Faroe Islands in Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn , except for the game between Luxembourg and Montenegro, which took place in Gundadalur .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Faroe Islands	3	3	0	0	009: 300	+6	09
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	1	013: 300	+10	06th
3.	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	008: 600	+2	03
4th	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	003:210	−18	00

04/06/2017	Tórshavn	Turkey	-	Montenegro	3: 0 (3: 0)
	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Luxembourg	5: 1 (3: 0)
04/08/2017	Tórshavn	Montenegro	-	Faroe Islands	1: 2 (0: 0)
	Tórshavn	Turkey	-	Luxembourg	9: 1 (3: 0)
04/11/2017	Gundadalur	Luxembourg	-	Montenegro	1: 7 (0: 4)
	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Turkey	2: 1 (1: 1)

Main qualification

draw

The draw took place on April 25, 2017 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The 35 participants were drawn into seven groups of five, with one team from Pot A to E being drawn for each group. The pots were allocated according to the UEFA coefficient.

• Pot A: Germany, England, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Italy
• Pot B: Netherlands, Iceland, Scotland, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Russia
• Pot C: Finland, Ukraine, Wales, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Ireland
• Pot D: Portugal, Serbia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Slovakia, Slovenia
• Pot E: Northern Ireland, Croatia, the four group winners Albania, Faroe Islands, Israel and Kazakhstan as well as the best group runner-up Moldova from the pre-qualification

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	8th	7th	1	0	029: 100	+28	22nd
2.	Wales	8th	5	2	1	007: 300	+4	17th
3.	Russia	8th	4th	1	3	016:130	+3	13
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	1	0	7th	003:190	−16	03
5.	Kazakhstan	8th	1	0	7th	002:210	−19	03

09/17/2017	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Wales	0: 1 (0: 0)
09/19/2017	Birkenhead	England	-	Russia	6: 0 (4: 0)
October 21, 2017	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	0: 2 (0: 1)
October 24, 2017	St. Petersburg	Russia	-	Wales	0-0
11/24/2017	Cardiff	Wales	-	Kazakhstan	1: 0 (0: 0)
	Walsall	England	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	4: 0 (1: 0)
11/28/2017	Zenica	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Wales	0: 1 (0: 0)
	Colchester	England	-	Kazakhstan	5: 0 (1: 0)
04/05/2018	Zenica	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Russia	1: 6 (1: 2)
04/06/2018	Southampton	England	-	Wales	0-0

04/09/2018	Astana	Kazakhstan	-	Russia	0: 3 (0: 0)
04/10/2018	Zenica	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	England	0: 2 (0: 0)
07.06.2018	Swansea	Wales	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	1: 0 (0: 0)
06/08/2018	Moscow	Russia	-	England	1: 3 (1: 3)
06/12/2018	Zenica	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Kazakhstan	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Newport	Wales	-	Russia	3: 0 (0: 0)
08/30/2018	Moscow	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	3: 0 (2: 0)
08/31/2018	Newport	Wales	-	England	0: 3 (0: 0)
04.09.2018	Moscow	Russia	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	3: 0 (3: 0)
	Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	-	England	0: 6 (0: 2)

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	8th	7th	0	1	019: 700	+12	21st
2.	Switzerland	8th	6th	1	1	021: 500	+16	19th
3.	Poland	8th	3	2	3	016:120	+4	11
4th	Albania	8th	1	1	6th	006:220	−16	04th
5.	Belarus	8th	1	0	7th	005:210	−16	03

09/15/2017	Elbasan	Albania	-	Switzerland	1: 4 (0: 3)
	Łęczna	Poland	-	Belarus	4: 1 (3: 1)
09/19/2017	Minsk	Belarus	-	Albania	1: 0 (0: 0)
	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Poland	2: 1 (2: 1)
October 19, 2017	Minsk	Belarus	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 24, 2017	Paisley	Scotland	-	Albania	5: 0 (2: 0)
11/24/2017	Shkodra	Albania	-	Poland	1: 4 (0: 3)
	Schaffhausen	Switzerland	-	Belarus	3: 0 (2: 0)
11/28/2017	Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Albania	5: 1 (2: 1)
04/05/2018	Schaffhausen	Switzerland	-	Scotland	1: 0 (1: 0)

04/06/2018	Włocławek	Poland	-	Albania	1: 1 (1: 0)
04/10/2018	Elbasan	Albania	-	Belarus	1: 0 (0: 0)
	Paisley	Scotland	-	Poland	3: 0 (0: 0)
07.06.2018	Falkirk	Scotland	-	Belarus	2: 1 (1: 1)
06/12/2018	Kielce	Poland	-	Scotland	2: 3 (1: 0)
	Minsk	Belarus	-	Switzerland	0: 5 (0: 3)
08/30/2018	Paisley	Scotland	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (2: 1)
08/31/2018	Minsk	Belarus	-	Poland	1: 4 (0: 1)
04.09.2018	Mielec	Poland	-	Switzerland	0-0
	Shkodra	Albania	-	Scotland	1: 2 (1: 1)

Sources: Swiss Football Association, Belaruskaja Federazyja Futbola, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, The Scottish Football Association Ltd.

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	0	1	022: 400	+18	21st
2.	Netherlands	8th	6th	1	1	022: 200	+20	19th
3.	Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	010: 600	+4	13
4th	Northern Ireland	8th	1	0	7th	004:270	−23	03
5.	Slovakia	8th	1	0	7th	004:230	−19	03

09/15/2017	Fredrikstad	Norway	-	Northern Ireland	4: 1 (2: 0)
09/19/2017	Sarpsborg	Norway	-	Slovakia	6: 1 (6: 0)
	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	-	Ireland	0: 2 (0: 1)
October 24, 2017	Senec	Slovakia	-	Ireland	0: 2 (0: 2)
	Groningen	Netherlands	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
11/24/2017	Senec	Slovakia	-	Netherlands	0: 5 (0: 3)
11/28/2017	Žilina	Slovakia	-	Northern Ireland	1: 3 (1: 1)
	Nijmegen	Netherlands	-	Ireland	0-0
04/06/2018	Dublin	Ireland	-	Slovakia	2: 1 (0: 0)
	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Northern Ireland	7: 0 (4: 0)

04/10/2018	Dublin	Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 2)
	Portadown	Northern Ireland	-	Norway	0: 3 (0: 0)
06/08/2018	Dublin	Ireland	-	Norway	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Portadown	Northern Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 5 (0: 1)
06/12/2018	Stavanger	Norway	-	Ireland	1: 0 (1: 0)
	Heerenveen	Netherlands	-	Slovakia	1: 0 (0: 0)
08/31/2018	Dublin	Ireland	-	Northern Ireland	4: 0 (3: 0)
	Senec	Slovakia	-	Norway	0: 4 (0: 3)
04.09.2018	Oslo	Norway	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (2: 1)
	Portadown	Northern Ireland	-	Slovakia	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	8th	7th	0	1	022: 200	+20	21st
2.	Denmark	8th	5	1	2	022: 800	+14	16
3.	Ukraine	8th	4th	1	3	009:100	−1	13
4th	Hungary	8th	1	1	6th	008:260	−18	04th
5.	Croatia	8th	0	3	5	005:200	−15	03

09/15/2017	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Croatia	1: 1 (0: 0)
09/19/2017	Győr	Hungary	-	Denmark	1: 6 (1: 2)
	Varaždin	Croatia	-	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 0)
October 19, 2017	Győr	Hungary	-	Croatia	2: 2 (0: 0)
October 20, 2017	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Denmark	3-0
October 24, 2017	Zagreb-Lučko	Croatia	-	Denmark	0: 4 (0: 2)
	Borås	Sweden	-	Hungary	5: 0 (4: 0)
11/24/2017	Balmazújváros	Hungary	-	Ukraine	0: 1 (0: 0)
04/05/2018	Zadar	Croatia	-	Ukraine	0: 3 (0: 3)
	Szombathely	Hungary	-	Sweden	1: 4 (0: 2)

04/09/2018	Zadar	Croatia	-	Hungary	1: 3 (0: 1)
	Viborg	Denmark	-	Ukraine	1: 0 (0: 0)
07.06.2018	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Croatia	4: 0 (1: 0)
06/08/2018	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Denmark	1: 5 (0: 2)
06/12/2018	Viborg	Denmark	-	Hungary	5: 1 (2: 1)
	Lviv	Ukraine	-	Sweden	1: 0 (1: 0)
08/30/2018	Gothenburg	Sweden	-	Ukraine	3: 0 (2: 0)
	Viborg	Denmark	-	Croatia	1: 1 (0: 0)
04.09.2018	Viborg	Denmark	-	Sweden	0: 1 (0: 0)
	Ternopil	Ukraine	-	Hungary	2: 0 (2: 0)

Group 5

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	8th	7th	0	1	038: 300	+35	21st
2.	Iceland	8th	5	2	1	022: 600	+16	17th
3.	Czech Republic	8th	4th	2	2	020: 800	+12	14th
4th	Slovenia	8th	2	0	6th	009:200	−11	06th
5.	Faroe Islands	8th	0	0	8th	001:530	−52	00

09/14/2017	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Czech Republic	00: 8 (0: 6)
09/16/2017	Ingolstadt	Germany	-	Slovenia	06: 0 (4: 0)
09/18/2017	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Faroe Islands	08: 0 (4: 0)
09/19/2017	Ústí nad Labem	Czech Republic	-	Germany	00: 1 (0: 0)
October 20, 2017	Wiesbaden	Germany	-	Iceland	02: 3 (1: 1)
	Domžale	Slovenia	-	Czech Republic	00: 4 (0: 2)
October 24, 2017	Großaspach	Germany	-	Faroe Islands	11: 0 (6: 0)
	Znojmo	Czech Republic	-	Iceland	01: 1 (0: 1)
11/24/2017	Ajdovscina	Slovenia	-	Faroe Islands	05: 0 (4: 0)
04/06/2018	Lendava	Slovenia	-	Iceland	00: 2 (0: 2)

04/07/2018	Halle (Saale)	Germany	-	Czech Republic	4: 0 (2: 0)
04/10/2018	Domžale	Slovenia	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 2)
	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Iceland	0: 5 (0: 1)
07.06.2018	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Slovenia	0: 4 (0: 2)
06/11/2018	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Slovenia	2: 0 (0: 0)
06/12/2018	Chomutov	Czech Republic	-	Faroe Islands	4: 1 (1: 0)
08/31/2018	Jablonec nad Nisou	Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	2: 0 (1: 0)
09/01/2018	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)
04.09.2018	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	-	Germany	0: 8 (0: 3)
	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Czech Republic	1: 1 (0: 1)

Group 6

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	8th	7th	0	1	019: 400	+15	21st
2.	Belgium	8th	6th	1	1	028: 600	+22	19th
3.	Portugal	8th	3	2	3	022: 800	+14	11
4th	Romania	8th	1	2	5	007:150	−8	05
5.	Moldova	8th	0	1	7th	002:450	−43	01

09/15/2017	La Spezia	Italy	-	Moldova	5: 0 (4: 0)
09/19/2017	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)
	Lions	Belgium	-	Moldova	12: 0 (5: 0)
October 20, 2017	Lions	Belgium	-	Romania	3: 2 (2: 1)
October 24, 2017	Castel di Sangro	Italy	-	Romania	3: 0 (0: 0)
	Penafiel	Portugal	-	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/24/2017	Setubal	Portugal	-	Moldova	8: 0 (2: 0)
11/28/2017	Bucharest	Romania	-	Moldova	3: 1 (1: 0)
	Estoril	Portugal	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 1)
04/06/2018	Vadul lui Voda	Moldova	-	Italy	1: 3 (1: 2)

04/06/2018	Lions	Belgium	-	Portugal	1: 1 (0: 0)
04/10/2018	Ferrara	Italy	-	Belgium	2: 1 (1: 1)
	Vadul lui Voda	Moldova	-	Romania	0-0
06/08/2018	Florence	Italy	-	Portugal	3: 0 (2: 0)
06/10/2018	Chișinău	Moldova	-	Belgium	0: 7 (0: 1)
06/12/2018	Botoșani	Romania	-	Portugal	1: 1 (1: 1)
08/30/2018	Chișinău	Moldova	-	Portugal	0: 7 (0: 4)
08/31/2018	Botoșani	Romania	-	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)
04.09.2018	Lions	Belgium	-	Italy	2: 1 (2: 1)
	Felgueiras	Portugal	-	Romania	5: 1 (2: 1)

Sources: Federația Română de Fotbal, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Royal Belgian Football Association.

Group 7

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	8th	8th	0	0	025: 200	+23	24
2.	Austria	8th	5	1	2	019: 700	+12	16
3.	Finland	8th	3	1	4th	009:130	−4	10
4th	Serbia	8th	2	1	5	005:130	−8	07th
5.	Israel	8th	0	1	7th	000:230	−23	01

09/19/2017	Kruševac	Serbia	-	Austria	0: 4 (0: 3)
October 19, 2017	Belgrade	Serbia	-	Israel	2: 0 (2: 0)
10/22/2017	Helsinki	Finland	-	Serbia	1: 0 (0: 0)
23.10.2017	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Spain	0: 6 (0: 2)
11/23/2017	Maria Enzersdorf	Austria	-	Israel	2: 0 (1: 0)
11/24/2017	Belgrade	Serbia	-	Spain	1: 2 (0: 1)
11/26/2017	Helsinki	Finland	-	Israel	4: 0 (2: 0)
11/28/2017	Palma	Spain	-	Austria	4: 0 (3: 0)
01/22/2018	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Finland	0-0
04/05/2018	Maria Enzersdorf	Austria	-	Serbia	1: 1 (1: 1)

04/06/2018	Tampere	Finland	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 1)
04/10/2018	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Serbia	0: 1 (0: 0)
	Maria Enzersdorf	Austria	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 1)
07.06.2018	Murcia	Spain	-	Israel	2: 0 (0: 0)
06/08/2018	Helsinki	Finland	-	Austria	0: 2 (0: 1)
06/12/2018	Zemun	Serbia	-	Finland	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Austria	0: 6 (0: 2)
08/31/2018	Santander	Spain	-	Finland	5: 1 (3: 1)
04.09.2018	Wiener Neustadt	Austria	-	Finland	4: 1 (2: 1)
	Logroño	Spain	-	Serbia	3: 0 (2: 0)

Balance of the group stage

Teams are directly qualified as group first.

Qualified as the winner of the playoffs of the four best runners-up in the group

Teams were eliminated in the playoffs of the four best runners-up in the group

Teams were eliminated in the group stage

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
England	Scotland	Norway	Sweden	Germany	Italy	Spain
0		Netherlands
0	Switzerland		Denmark		Belgium
Wales Russia Bosnia and Herzegovina Kazakhstan	Poland Albania Belarus	Ireland Northern Ireland Slovakia	Ukraine Croatia Hungary	Iceland Czech Republic Slovenia Faroe Islands	Portugal Romania Moldova	Austria Finland Serbia Israel

Ranking of the runners-up

Pl.	team	group	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	Fifth place in the group
1.	Netherlands	3	6th	4th	1	1	16: 2	+14	13	Slovakia
2.	Switzerland	2	6th	4th	1	1	13: 5	+8	13	Belarus
3.	Belgium	6th	6th	4th	1	1	9: 6	+3	13	Moldova
4th	Denmark	4th	6th	4th	0	2	17: 7	+10	12	Croatia
5.	Iceland	5	6th	3	2	1	9: 6	+3	11	Faroe Islands
6th	Wales	1	6th	3	2	1	5: 3	+2	11	Kazakhstan
7th	Austria	7th	6th	3	1	2	11: 7	+4	10	Israel

Playoffs

The draw took place on September 7, 2018.

Round 1

October 5, 2018 in Rat Verlegh Stadium , Breda	Netherlands	-	Denmark		2: 0 (2: 0)
October 9, 2018 in Energi Viborg Arena , Viborg	Denmark	-	Netherlands		1: 2 (1: 1)
5th October 2018 in Den Dreef Stadium , Leuven	Belgium	-	Switzerland		2: 2 (1: 0)
October 9, 2018 in Tissot Arena , Biel / Bienne	Switzerland	-	Belgium		1: 1 (1: 0)

Switzerland reached the second round due to the away goals rule .

round 2

09 November 2018 in the Galgenwaard Stadium , Utrecht	Netherlands	-	Switzerland		3: 0 (0: 0)
November 13, 2018 in LIPO Park , Schaffhausen	Switzerland	-	Netherlands		1: 1 (0: 0)

This qualified the Netherlands for the World Cup.

Asian Zone / AFC

→ Main article : 2018 Asian Women's Soccer Cup

→ Main article : 2018 Asian Women's Football Championship / Qualification

The Asian Continental Association (AFC) identified its participants in the 2018 Asian Cup , which took place in Jordan from April 6 to 22, 2018. For this were Japan , Australia and the PRC and hosts Jordan qualifies automatically. Of the remaining 20 registered teams, 18 fought in four groups for the remaining four starting places. The draw for this took place on January 21, 2017. So that the Jordanian team could get match practice, they also took part in the qualifying games. Since they were group winners, the second-placed team in this group also qualified for the Asian Cup, while only the group winners qualified in the other groups. Qualification began on April 3 and ended on April 12, 2017. The group draw for the Asian Cup took place in December 2017.

China became the first team after hosts France to qualify for the World Cup finals on April 9, 2018. This also succeeded Thailand three days later with a 3-1 in a direct duel for second place against the Philippines. On April 13, Australia and ex-world champions Japan qualified, who separated 1: 1 in the last group game, after both played 0-0 against South Korea and beat Vietnam 8-0 and 4-0 respectively. South Korea, which also defeated Vietnam 4-0, became third in the group due to the one less goal scored and still had the chance to get the last Asian World Cup ticket in the game against the Philippines. Like four years before, Japan beat Australia 1-0 in the final and China finished third.

African Zone / CAF

The African representatives were determined at the 2018 African Cup of Nations, which took place in Ghana from November 17 to December 1, 2018 . The qualification for this began in February 2018. On 5 October 2017, the team of Equatorial Guinea has been ruled out in the event of a successful qualification of the World Cup because they had used several non-eligible players in the qualification for the Olympic Games 2016th Equatorial Guinea qualified for the African Championship in June, as did Algeria, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Zambia and South Africa. On November 27, 2018, Nigeria and, for the first time, South Africa qualified for the World Cup finals by reaching the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon won the third African World Cup ticket in the game for third place against Mali.

Central and North America as well as the Caribbean / CONCACAF

The representatives of CONCACAF were determined at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 . Canada, Mexico and the USA were automatically qualified for the Gold Cup. Five other teams, including two from Central America ( UNCAF ) and three from the Caribbean ( CFU ), could at regional tournaments qualify . Costa Rica and Panama from Central America as well as Jamaica and Cuba were the first teams to land after two rounds in the Caribbean. Trinidad & Tobago was the last team to qualify.

By making it to the finals, the USA and Canada qualified for the World Cup. In the game for third place, Jamaica beat Panama on penalties and qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time. Panama lost to Argentina in the Pan American playoff. The last World Cup participants Costa Rica and Mexico failed in the group stage.

South America / CONMEBOL

→ Main article : 2018 South American Women's Football Championship

In South America, the 2018 South American Women's Soccer Championship serves as a qualifying tournament. This took place in Chile from April 4th to 22nd, 2018 . Brazil was the first South American team to qualify on the second match day of the final round, making it the eighth time to take part. As the second team, Chile qualified by beating Argentina 4-0 in the last game and can thus take part in the World Cup finals for the first time.

Playoffs CONMEBOL / CONCACAF

Argentina secured the last place to participate, which was played between the continental associations CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean):

November 8, 2018 in Partido Avellaneda , Estadio Julio H. Grondona	Argentina	-	Panama		4: 0 (2: 0)
November 13, 2018 in Panama City , Estadio Rommel Fernández	Panama	-	Argentina		1: 1 (1: 0)

Oceania / OFC

Oceanic Representative New Zealand qualified at the 2018 Oceania Women's Soccer Championship in New Caledonia. The Cook Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga were directly qualified for this, while Fiji qualified as the eighth team at a tournament in August 2018.

Best goalscorers

The following tables show the top scorer in the qualification.

Europe (UEFA) 0 space Player Gates 1.  Janice Cayman 10 2.  Nadia Nadim 7th  Cristiana Girelli 7th  Vivianne Miedema 7th  Lisa-Marie Utland 7th  Jennifer Hermoso 7th 7th  Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen 6th  Alexandra Popp 6th  Lea Schüller 6th  Nikita Parris 6th  Sherida Spitse 6th  Caroline Graham Hansen 6th  Elena Danilova 6th  Nadezhda Smirnova 6th  Lara Dickenmann 6th 16. 06 players 5 22nd 21 players 4th 43. 24 players 3 67. 54 players 2 121. 155 players 1 In addition, an own goal each from Andorran Miriam Tizón Fernández , Kosovar Blerina Musa , Latvian Anastasija Ročāne , Lithuanian Algimantė Mikutaitė and Luxembourgish Sarah Elias in the front and Albanian Lavdie Begolli , Bosnian Amira Spahić , Finnish Emma Koivisto and Minna Koivisto Meriluoto , Marie Hourihan from Ireland , Matea Bošnjak from Croatia , Nadejda Colesnicenco (3) from Moldova , Olga Cuşinova and Eugenia Miron , Rachel Furness and Billie Simpson from Northern Ireland , Andreea Corduneanu and Melinda Magdolna Nagy from Romania , Elwirain Todua from Russia Sophie Howard , the Serbín Mirela Tenkov , the Slovenian Lana Golob , the Czech Eva Bartoňová and the Belarusians Valeria Karachun and Anna Kosjupa in the main qualification, the Belgian Davina Philtjens in the playoffs of the group runners-up . Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their team, players in italics have been eliminated with their teams, goals in bold were scored in the main qualification.

Asia (AFC) 0 space Player Gates 1.  Maysa Jbarah 14 (13) 2.  Stephanie Alnaber 9 (9) 3.  Win Theingi Tun 8 (8) 4th  Li Ying 7th  Shahnaz Jebreen 7 (6) 6th  Zahra Ghanbari 6 (6)  Cho So-hyun 6 (3)  Huỳnh Như 6 (6) 9.  Sara Zohrabinia 5 (5)  Yee Yee Oo 5 (5)  Lee Geum-min 5 (4)  Kanjana Sung-Ngoen 5 (1) 13. 13 players 4th 26th 14 players 3 40. 15 players 2 55. 53 players 1 All goals of the 2018 Asian Cup, including qualification (goals in qualification in brackets); In addition, own goals by Hong Kong's Ho Wan Tung, Palestinian Miral Alsarras and Singapore's Pang Yen Ping Angelyn in qualifying and Jordanian Yasmeen Khair (2) as well as Thai's Kanjanaporn Saengkoon and Vietnamese Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung in the Asian Cup. Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their team. Oceania (OFC) space Player Gates 1.  Trina Davis 9 (4) 2.  Cema Nasau 8 (3)  Sarah Gregorius 8th  Meagen Gunemba 8th 5.  Luisa Tamanitoakula 6th  Emma Rolston 6th  Rosie White 6th 8th.  Betsy Hassett 5  Annalie Longo 5  Marie Kaipu 5 11. 2 players 4th 13. 4 players 3 17th 8 players 2 25th 16 players 1 All goals of the Oceania Championship 2018, including qualification (goals in qualification in brackets); Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup. In addition, one own goal each by Mereoni Tora (Fiji against New Zealand) and Hana Kimitete (Tahiti against Samoa)

North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) space Player Gates 1.  Khadija Shaw 19 (16) 2.  María Pérez 9 (9) 3.  Rachel Pelaez 7 (7)  Kayla Taylor 7 (7)  Alex Morgan 7th 6th  Jody Brown 6 (2)  Adriana Leon 6th  Phoenetia Browne 6 (6)  Mariah Shade 6 (6) 10.  Mikerline Saint Felix 5 (5)  Lilian Perez 5 (5)  Micaela Castain 5 (5)  Brittney Lawrence 5 (5)  Tasha St. Louis 5 (5) 15th 15 players 4th 30th 18 players 3 48. 26 players 2 74. 77 players 1 All goals of the Gold Cup 2018, including qualification (goals in qualification in brackets); In addition, one own goal each by Shakeela Romney (Anguilla), Joraine Maduro (Aruba), Katelyn Wiater (American Virgin Islands) and Cadeejah Procter (Antigua and Barbuda). Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their team, players in italics have been eliminated with their team in the qualification for the Gold Cup. South America (CONMEBOL) space Player Gates 1.  Catalina Usme 9 2.  Bia Zaneratto 6th 3.  Florencia Soledad Jaimes 5  Deyna Castellanos 5 5.  Mariana Florencia Bonsegundo 4th  Cristiane 4th  Mônica 4th 8th.  Estefania Banini 3  Mariana Larroquette 3  Andressinha 3  Debinha 3  Yanara Aedo 3  Ysaura Viso 3 14th 11 players 2 25th 26 players 1 * Players marked in bold are qualified for the World Cup finals with their teams. In addition, an own goal by the Argentine Agustina Barroso

Africa (CAF) 0 space Player Gates 1.  Loza Abera 8 (8) 2.  Desire Oparanoia 7 (4) 3.  Gabrielle Onguéné 5 (3)  Asisat Oshoala 5 (2)  Thembi Kgatlana 5 6th  Rehima Zergaw 4 (4)  Ninon Abena 4 (2)  Ajara Nchout 4 (2)  Racheal Kundananji 4 (1) 10.  Fatima Sekouane 3 (3)  Salimata Simpore 3 (3)  Fatoumata Diarra 3  Bassira Touré 3 (1)  Barbara Banda 3 (3)  Jermaine Seoposenwe 3/5 (2/4) 16. 10/11 players 2 26./27. 59 players 1 Players in bold are qualified for the World Cup with their teams. Players in italics are eliminated with their teams in the first or second round of qualification . In addition, an own goal by Kouanda (Burkina Faso against Gambia) in qualifying and an own goal by Aurelle Awona (Cameroon against Mali) in the Africa Cup.

Web links

• fifa.com: New milestones in the preliminary round of the Asian qualifiers
• fifa.com: European quintet clears first hurdle

Individual evidence

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17. ↑ fifa.com: Korea Republic can plan for France 2019
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20. ↑ fifa.com: Panama and Costa Rica stay in the running
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27. ↑ According to CAF, she scored four goals in qualification, the South African association only mentions 2 goals in their https://www.safa.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BANYANAAFCONGhanaMediaGuide.pdf match reports], instead Leandra twice Smeda as a goal scorer.