2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round

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The preliminary round of the European qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of the 16 lowest-ranked teams among the 46 entrants.

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The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Each group was played in a single round-robin format, where one of the teams was pre-selected as hosts, between 6 and 11 April 2017. The four group winners and the best runner-up (not counting results against the fourth-placed team) advanced to the qualifying group stage to join the 30 direct entrants. [1]

Kazakhstan, Albania, Israel and the Faroe Islands advanced as group winners, and Moldova advanced as the best runner-up. [2]

Draw

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 19 January 2017, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [3] [4]

The 16 teams were allocated into four seeding positions according to their coefficient ranking. [5] They were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the four teams pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. [6]

Seeding position 1Seeding position 2Seeding position 3Seeding position 4

Groups

The matches were played on 6, 8 and 11 April 2017.

Preliminary round schedule
MatchdayDateMatches
Matchday 16 April 20171 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 28 April 20171 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 311 April 20172 v 1, 4 v 3

All times were CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Kazakhstan.svgFlag of Latvia.svgFlag of Georgia.svgFlag of Estonia.svg
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 321042+27 Qualifying group stage — 2–2 1–0 —
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 312073+45—— 1–1 —
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (H)31113304——— 2–1
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 300317−60 0–1 0–4 ——
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg2–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg2–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg0–1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Report
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

Group 2

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Albania.svgFlag of Greece.svgFlag of Malta.svgFlag of Kosovo.svg
1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania (H)321053+27 Qualifying group stage — 2–1 — 3–2
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 320182+66—— 1–0 6–0
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 311132+14 0–0 ———
4Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 3003312−90—— 1–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg3–2Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–0Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Report
Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 100
Referee: Amy Rayner (England)
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg0–0Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg2–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Report
Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Kosovo  Flag of Kosovo.svg1–3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Report
Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 100
Referee: Amy Rayner (England)

Group 3

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Israel.svgFlag of Moldova.svgFlag of Lithuania.svgFlag of Andorra.svg
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 321090+97 Qualifying group stage —— 2–0 7–0
2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 321060+67 0–0 —— 4–0
3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (H)310224−23— 0–2 ——
4Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 3003013−130—— 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Moldova  Flag of Moldova.svg4–0Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 20
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (Cyprus)
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg0–2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 200
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg7–0Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 10
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)
Moldova  Flag of Moldova.svg0–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Report
LFF Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 10
Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (Cyprus)
Andorra  Flag of Andorra.svg0–2Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report
National Football Academy Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 108
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Group 4

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of the Faroe Islands.svgFlag of Turkey.svgFlag of Montenegro.svgFlag of Luxembourg.svg
1Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands (H)330093+69 Qualifying group stage — 2–1 — 5–1
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3201133+106—— 3–0 9–1
3Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 310286+23 1–2 ———
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3003321−180—— 1–7 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–0Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Report
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 55
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg5–1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Report
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 195
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg1–2Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Report
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 210
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg9–1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Report
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 45
Referee: Sarah Garratt (England)
Faroe Islands  Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg2–1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Report
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg1–7Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Report
Gundadalur, Tórshavn
Attendance: 10
Referee: Sarah Garratt (England)

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the best second-placed teams from the preliminary round which advance to the qualifying group stage, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team are not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team count for the purposes of determining the ranking.

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 3 Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 211020+24 Qualifying group stage
2 4 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 210142+23
3 2 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21012203
4 1 Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 20203302
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient.

Goalscorers

There were 84 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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References

  1. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2017-19" (PDF). UEFA.
  2. ↑ "Women's World Cup preliminary round report". UEFA.com. 12 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Women's World Cup preliminary round draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Women's World Cup preliminary round draw". UEFA.com. 19 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Coefficient Ranking of the Teams Participating in the Qualifying Competition" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ↑ "World Cup preliminary round draw live on Thursday". UEFA.com. 16 January 2017.
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