2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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UEFA Group 2 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, and Albania (which advanced from the preliminary round). The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, [1] [2] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. [3]

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The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all seven groups (not counting results against the fifth-placed team). [4]

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Scotland.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgFlag of Poland.svgFlag of Albania.svgFlag of Belarus.svg
1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8701197+1221 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 2–1 3–0 5–0 2–1
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8611215+1619 Play-offs 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–0
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 83231612+411 2–3 0–0 1–1 4–1
4Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8116622164 1–2 1–4 1–4 1–0
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8107521163 1–2 0–5 1–4 1–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Albania  Flag of Albania.svg1–4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 200
Referee: Amy Rayner (England)
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg4–1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Stadion Górnika Łęczna, Łęczna
Attendance: 3,740
Referee: Tanja Subotič (Slovenia)

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg1–0Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
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FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 350
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 811
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg1–2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
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FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 420
Referee: Nelli Stepanyan (Armenia)

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg5–0Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
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St Mirren Park, Paisley
Attendance: 1,845
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)

Albania  Flag of Albania.svg1–4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër
Attendance: 800
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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LIPO Park, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg5–1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
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Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne
Attendance: 1,215
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
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LIPO Park, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 2,504
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
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OSiR Włocławek, Włocławek
Attendance: 1,925
Referee: María Dolores Martinez Madrona (Spain)

Albania  Flag of Albania.svg1–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Elbasan Arena, Elbasan
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ifeoma Kulmala (Finland)
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg3–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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St Mirren Park, Paisley
Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2–1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Attendance: 2,007
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
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Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg0–5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 300
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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St Mirren Park, Paisley
Attendance: 4,098
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg1–4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
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Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 250
Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)

Poland  Flag of Poland.svg0–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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Stadion Stali Mielec, Mielec
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Albania  Flag of Albania.svg1–2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
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Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër
Attendance: 700
Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.35 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 26 March and 28 October 2017 and between 25 March and 27 October 2018, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.

References

  1. "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA. 25 April 2017.
  3. "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking for FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying" (PDF). UEFA.
  4. "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). UEFA . Archived from the original (pdf) on March 1, 2017.