2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA play-offs decided the eighth and final UEFA qualifier for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Format

After conclusion of the group stage the four runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups played home and away matches, to determine the last participant in the FIFA World Cup.

For each play-off tie, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out. [1]

Ranking of second-placed teams

Matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table.

The ranking of the runners-up is determined by the following parameters in this order: [1]

  1. Highest number of points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Highest number of goals scored
  4. Highest number of away goals scored
  5. Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8611295+2419 Play-offs
2 2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8611225+1719
3 4 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8602216+1518
4 6 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8512238+1516
5 1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 85121417−316
6 7 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 85032113+815
7 3 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8413169+713
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) National team coefficient.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 September 2014 at 14:00 local time at Nyon, Switzerland. [2]

Seeding

In the play-off draw, teams were seeded according to their UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking (shown in brackets). [3]

SeededUnseeded

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (6)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (8)

Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (12)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (15)

Bracket

Semifinals Final
          
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 0 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2 2 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1 2 3
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 1 2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 2 4
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1 2 3

All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) during summer and CET (UTC+01:00) during winter.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–20–2
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg4–3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–12–2
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Little Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.) Report Martens Soccerball shade.svg10'
Melis Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.)
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 2,098
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Martens Soccerball shade.svg51'
Melis Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Report
Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Netherlands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to final.

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Cernoia Soccerball shade.svg1'
Gabbiadini Soccerball shade.svg45+1'		 Report Apanaschenko Soccerball shade.svg34'
Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Dyatel Soccerball shade.svg26', 47' Report Gabbiadini Soccerball shade.svg55'
Panico Soccerball shade.svg79'
Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 1,936
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Italy won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to final.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–12–1
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Miedema Soccerball shade.svg54' Report Gabbiadini Soccerball shade.svg19'
Kyocera Stadion, The Hague
Attendance: 13,109
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Van der Gragt Soccerball shade.svg53' (o.g.) Report Miedema Soccerball shade.svg9', 43'
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
Attendance: 6,005
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Netherlands won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 7th FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  2. ↑ "Italy face Ukraine, Scotland challenge Netherlands". UEFA.com. 23 September 2014.
  3. ↑ UEFA Women’s National Team Coefficient Ranking. Last match date: 17 September 2014
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