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.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.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.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.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.svg3–0Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
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LIPO Park, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Switzerland   Flag of Switzerland.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.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.svg   Switzerland
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FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 300
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2–1Flag of Switzerland.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.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.

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