The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA play-offs were a series of two-legged ties determining qualification for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. They involved the eight group winners from the first stage of European qualification.
The play-offs consisted of two sections.
The first section was the direct qualification to the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finals. The eight group winners were paired for four two-legged ties – the winner of each tie qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.
The second section was the repechage qualification to the UEFA-CONCACAF play-off. The four losers from the direct qualifiers were paired for two two-legged ties, with the two winners playing off over two legs for the right to play against the third-placed CONCACAF nation for a place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The eight UEFA qualification group winners qualified for the play-offs. The play-off draw seeding according to results in this qualifying competition and those for UEFA Women's EURO 2009. [1]
| Legend |
|---|
| Seeded teams |
| Unseeded teams |
| Group | Team | Seeding coefficient |
|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Sweden | 2.875 |
| 1 |  France | 2.833 |
| 2 |  Norway | 2.750 |
| 5 |  England | 2.625 |
| 3 |  Denmark | 2.563 |
| 7 |  Italy | 2.500 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 2.250 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 2.000 |
The four winners qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. The draw was held on 30 August 2010. Ties were held on 11–12 September and 15–16 September. [2]
| Italy | 2–3 | France |
|---|---|---|
Panico  34'Domenichetti 90+3' | Report | Bussaglia 54' Thiney 58'Bompastor 90+2' |
France won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Italy advanced to the repechage qualification.
| England | 2–0 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Williams 44' K. Smith 45+2' | Report |
Switzerland  | 2–3 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Bachmann 41' Zumbühl 65' | Report | K. Smith 32' Eniola Aluko 34'Williams 50' (pen.) |
England won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Switzerland advanced to the repechage qualification.
| Norway | 2–0 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Pedersen 6' Gulbrandsen 86' | Report |
Norway won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ukraine advanced to the repechage qualification.
| Denmark | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| J. Rasmussen 41' Paaske-Sørensen 43' | Report | Rohlin 73', 94' |
Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Denmark advanced to the repechage qualification.
The four losing teams from the qualification play-offs played-off for the right to play against the third-placed CONCACAF nation for a place in the World Cup finals.
The first round of repechage ties was played on 2 and 6 October and the second round on 23 and 27 October.
| Repechage I | Repechage II | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 1–3 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Harder 87' | Report | Crnogorcevic 18' Zumbühl 50'Abbé 83' (pen.) |
| Switzerland | 0–0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Switzerland won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round of repechage qualification.
Italy won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round of repechage qualification.
| Italy | 1–0 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Tuttino 86' | Report |
| Switzerland | 2–4 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Maendly 56', 79' | Report | Panico 52' Camporese 61' (pen.), 63'Tona 89' |
Italy won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the UEFA-CONCACAF play-off.