UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

Tie breakers

If two or more teams are tied in points the tie breakers are in ascending order:[1]

  1. Points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. higher number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in matches between tied teams (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

If the number of tied teams is reduced now, tie breakers 1 to 4 are applied again to the still tied teams. Only then the next tie breakers are used

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. higher number of goals scored in all matches
  3. position in the UEFA women’s national team coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in all matches (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

Preliminary round

Eight teams were divided into two groups of four. The two group winners qualified for the actual qualification round. The draw took place on 3 December 2010.[2] The games were played from 3 to 8 March 2011. The hosts of the two one-venue preliminary round groups are indicated below in italics.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Macedonia 321072+57
 Lithuania 311153+24
 Luxembourg 310249−53
 Latvia 310213−23

Source: UEFA.com

Lithuania 1–1 Macedonia
Budrytė  71' Report Andonova  21'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Luxembourg 2–0 Latvia
Settanni  60' (pen.)
Berscheid  70'		 Report
Attendance: 15
Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)
Luxembourg 1–5 Macedonia
Settanni  82' Report Andonova  21', 62'
Brahimi  24'
Salihi  59'
Rochi  90+3'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Latvia 1–0 Lithuania
Sokolova  13' Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Lithuania 4–1 Luxembourg
Imanalijeva  45+2', 85'
Vanagaitė  48'
Stasiulytė  59'		 Report Thompson  65'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)
Macedonia 1–0 Latvia
Rochi  31' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Armenia 312021+15
 Malta 311123−14
 Georgia 31111104
 Faroe Islands 31022203

Source: UEFA.com

Georgia 0–1 Malta
Report D'Agostino  90+1'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Armenia
Report Kostanyan  8'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)
Armenia 0–0 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
Faroe Islands 2–0 Malta
Josephsen  26'
O. Hansen  86'		 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)
Georgia 1–0 Faroe Islands
Chichinadze  90+5' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)
Malta 1–1 Armenia
Cuschieri  14' Report Mangasaryan  64'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)

Qualification round

The two winners of the preliminary round will join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up will play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage will run from September 2011 to September 2012.

Seeding
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E

 Germany (Holder)
 Norway
 England
 France
 Italy
 Denmark
 Finland

 Russia
 Netherlands
 Iceland
 Spain
 Ukraine
 Scotland
 Czech Republic

  Switzerland
 Poland
 Republic of Ireland
 Austria
 Belgium
 Belarus
 Slovenia

 Hungary
 Serbia
 Portugal
 Greece
 Slovakia
 Romania
 Wales

 Bulgaria
 Northern Ireland
 Turkey
 Israel
 Estonia
 Croatia
 Kazakhstan
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Armenia
 Macedonia

Due to the risk of suspension by FIFA of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation (NFSBiH), Bosnia and Herzegovina have automatically been drawn in sixth position in Group 1 in order to avoid the possibility of a five-team group being reduced to four.[3] The draw was made on March 14, 2011.[4]

Group 1
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 10 9 1 0 35 0 +35 28
 Russia 10 7 1 2 31 6 +25 22
 Poland 10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 17
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 3 1 6 12 21 −9 10
 Greece 10 0 5 5 7 20 −13 5
 Macedonia 10 0 2 8 5 49 −44 2
Source: UEFA.com
Bosnia and Herzegovina  – 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
Greece  2–3 – 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4
Italy  4–0 2–0 – 9–0 1–0 2–0
Macedonia  2–6 1–1 0–9 – 0–3 0–6
Poland  4–0 2–0 0–5 4–0 – 0–3
Russia  4–1 4–0 0–2 8–0 1–1 –
  • The Poland–Russia match ended 0–2 originally but was awarded a 3–0 win for Russia by the UEFA.

Group 2
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10 9 1 0 64 3 +61 28
 Spain 10 6 2 2 43 14 +29 20
 Romania 10 5 1 4 20 20 0 16
  Switzerland 10 5 0 5 29 24 +5 15
 Kazakhstan 10 2 1 7 4 55 −51 7
 Turkey 10 0 1 9 4 48 −44 1
Source: UEFA.com
Germany  – 17–0 5–0 5–0 4–1 10–0
Kazakhstan  0–7 – 0–3 0–4 1–0 2–0
Romania  0–3 3–0 – 0–4 4–2 7–1
Spain  2–2 13–0 0–0 – 3–2 4–0
Switzerland   0–6 8–1 4–1 4–3 – 5–0
Turkey  0–5 0–0 1–2 1–10 1–3 –

Spain's María Paz Vilas set a new competition record when she scored seven goals against Kazakhstan.[5]

Group 3
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 10 8 0 2 35 9 +26 24
 Iceland 10 7 1 2 28 4 +24 22
 Belgium 10 6 2 2 18 8 +10 20
 Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 12 15 −3 11
 Hungary 10 3 1 6 18 22 −4 10
 Bulgaria 10 0 0 10 1 54 −53 0
Source: UEFA.com
Belgium  – 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Bulgaria  0–1 – 0–4 0–10 0–1 0–3
Hungary  1–3 9–0 – 0–1 2–2 0–5
Iceland  0–0 6–0 3–0 – 2–0 3–1
Northern Ireland  0–2 4–1 0–1 0–2 – 3–1
Norway  3–2 11–0 6–0 2–1 2–0 –

Group 4
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 8 8 0 0 32 2 +30 24
 Scotland 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16
 Wales 8 3 1 4 12 14 −2 10
 Republic of Ireland 8 3 0 5 8 11 −3 9
 Israel 8 0 0 8 1 35 −34 0
Source: UEFA.com
France  – 5–0 4–0 2–0 4–0
Israel  0–5 – 0–2 1–6 0–2
Republic of Ireland  1–3 2–0 – 0–1 0–1
Scotland  0–5 8–0 2–1 – 2–2
Wales  1–4 5–0 0–2 1–2 –

Group 5
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 8 6 1 1 22 4 +18 19
 Ukraine 8 5 1 2 18 4 +14 16
 Belarus 8 4 1 3 10 17 −7 13
 Slovakia 8 3 1 4 8 7 +1 10
 Estonia 8 0 0 8 5 31 −26 0
Source: UEFA.com
Belarus  – 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–5
Estonia  2–4 – 0–5 0–2 1–4
Finland  4–0 6–0 – 2–0 0–1
Slovakia  3–0 3–1 0–1 – 0–2
Ukraine  0–1 5–0 1–2 0–0 –

Group 6
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 8 6 2 0 22 2 +20 20
 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 2 +18 19
 Serbia 8 4 1 3 15 18 −3 13
 Slovenia 8 1 1 6 6 21 −15 4
 Croatia 8 0 1 7 6 26 −20 1
Source: UEFA.com
Croatia  – 0–6 0–3 1–4 3–3
England  3–0 – 1–0 2–0 4–0
Netherlands  2–0 0–0 – 6–0 3–1
Serbia  4–2 2–2 0–4 – 3–0
Slovenia  1–0 0–4 0–2 1–2 –

Group 7
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 8 7 0 1 28 3 +25 21
 Austria 8 6 1 1 16 9 +7 19
 Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 16 9 +7 13
 Portugal 8 2 0 6 16 13 +3 6
 Armenia 8 0 0 8 2 44 −42 0
Source: UEFA.com
Armenia  – 2–4 0–2 0–5 0–8
Austria  3–0 – 1–1 3–1 1–0
Czech Republic  5–0 2–3 – 0–2 1–0
Denmark  11–0 3–0 1–0 – 2–0
Portugal  6–0 0–1 2–5 0–3 –

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualify automatically for the tournament, while the remainder will enter the play-offs. As some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group will not be included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team will count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table. The Netherlands finished as best runners-up.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Netherlands 611202+1819
7 Austria 611169+719
5 Ukraine 512184+1416
1 Russia 512176+1116
4 Scotland 5122112+916
3 Iceland 512124+816
2 Spain 4222913+1614

Play-off round

The six teams advancing as runners-up were drawn against each other to qualify three team through a two legged play-off. The three nations with the highest UEFA coefficients were seeded and played their second leg at home. The draw took place on Friday, 21 September 2012, at 12:45 local time at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[6]

The seeded teams were Iceland, Russia and Spain.[7]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland  3–4  Spain 1–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine  4–6  Iceland 2–3 2–3
Austria  1–3  Russia 0–2 1–1

First leg
Scotland 1–1 Spain
Little  26' (pen.) Report Adriana  30'
Attendance: 4,058
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Ukraine 2–3 Iceland
Romanenko  39'
Chorna  51'		 Report Ómarsdóttir  5'
Magnúsdóttir  25'
Viðarsdóttir  64'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
Austria 0–2 Russia
Report Savchenkova  25'
Shlyapina  43'
Attendance: 3,600

Second leg
Spain 3–2 (a.e.t.) Scotland
Adriana  74'
Meseguer  113'
Boquete  120+2'		 Report Mitchell  62'
Little  98'
Attendance: 800

Spain won 4–3 on aggregate.

Russia 1–1 Austria
Kostyukova  30' Report Puntigam  75'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Russia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Iceland 3–2 Ukraine
Viðarsdóttir  8'
Ómarsdóttir  12'
Brynjarsdóttir  76'		 Report Dyatel  36'
Apanaschenko  72'
Attendance: 6,647
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Iceland won 6–4 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying are as follows:[8]

Rank Name Goals Minutes played
1 Célia Šašić 17 532'
2 Ramona Bachmann 11 848'
3 María Paz Vilas 10 269'
Verónica Boquete 10 799'
5 Patrizia Panico 9 593'
Isabell Herlovsen 9 630'
Pernille Harder 9 720'
Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 9 824'
9 Alexandra Popp 8 473'
Manon Melis 8 540'
Anna Żelazko 8 627'

References
  1. uefa.com; EURO 2013 Regulations
  2. uefa.com; Preliminary round draw made
  3. UEFA (9 March 2011). "Women's EURO group stage draw to be made".
  4. UEFA (14 March 2011). "UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualifying draw".
  5. "Germany and Spain in the goals, Finland ahead". UEFA. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. "Iceland and Ukraine meet in play-offs". UEFA. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. "Iceland, Russia, Spain are play-off seeds". UEFA. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  8. "Statistics". UEFA.com. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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