2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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UEFA Group 4 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, and Croatia. 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 Sweden.svgFlag of Denmark.svgFlag of Ukraine.svgFlag of Hungary.svgFlag of Croatia.svg
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8701222+2021 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 3–0 [a] 3–0 5–0 4–0
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8512228+1416 Play-offs 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–1
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8413910113 1–0 1–5 2–0 1–1
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8116826184 1–4 1–6 0–1 2–2
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8035520153 0–2 0–4 0–3 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The Sweden v Denmark match was scheduled for 20 October 2017, but was cancelled because of a disagreement between the Danish team and their federation. [5] On 16 November it was announced that the result was awarded 3–0 to Sweden. [6]

Matches

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

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1–6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg0–2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 452
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg2–2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr
Attendance: 250
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–0
Awarded [note 2]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg0–4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lorraine Clark Scotland
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–0Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Borås Arena, Borås
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Meliz Özçiğdem (Turkey)

Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg0–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros
Attendance: 500
Referee: Paula Brady (Ireland)

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg0–3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Stadion Stanovi, Zadar
Attendance: 500
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1–4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely
Attendance: 872
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1–3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Stadion Stanovi, Zadar
Attendance: 500
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg1–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Viborg Stadium, Viborg
Attendance: 5,471
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,092
Referee: Marta Frias Acedo (Spain)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg5–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Viborg Stadium, Viborg
Attendance: 7,028
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 1,257
Referee: Petra Pavlíková (Slovakia)

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,171
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg1–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
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Viborg Stadium, Viborg
Attendance: 7,045
Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Viborg Stadium, Viborg
Attendance: 8,182
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–0Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.32 goals per match.

Only matches effectively played (excludes awarded results).

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.
  2. The Sweden v Denmark match was scheduled for 20 October 2017, 18:15 local time, at Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, but was cancelled by Denmark because of a pay dispute between the Danish team and their federation. [7] [8] UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Denmark for refusal to play [9] and, on 16 November, it was announced that UEFA awarded the match to Sweden by a score of 3–0, and fined Denmark €20,000. [10] [11]

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.
  5. "Spillernes afbud fører til aflysning af VM-kvalkamp". dbu.dk. 20 October 2017.
  6. "UEFA-beslut i Danmarksfrågan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. "Spillernes afbud fører til aflysning af VM-kvalkamp". dbu.dk. 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  8. "Denmark cancels World Cup qualifier against Sweden". Associated Press . USA Today. 18 October 2017.
  9. "Disciplinary updates". UEFA. 24 October 2017.
  10. "UEFA-beslut i Danmarksfrågan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  11. "UEFA Disciplinary updates". UEFA. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.