2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

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UEFA Group A of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of five teams: Sweden, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, and Georgia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021, [1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. [2]

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The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs second round if they are one of the three best runners-up among all nine groups (counting results against the fifth-placed team). [3]

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of Georgia.svg
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8710322+3022 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup — 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8521264+2217 Play-offs 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 11–0
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83141412+210 0–5 1–2 — 2–1 6–0
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 82249908 0–1 0–1 1–1 — 2–0
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 8008054−540 0–15 0–9 0–3 0–4 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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

Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Veritas Stadion, Turku
Referee: Marta Frias Acedo (Spain)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Liudmyla Telbukh (Ukraine)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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NTC Poprad, Poprad
Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Eleda Stadion, Malmö
Referee: Angelika Söder (Germany)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg11–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė (Lithuania)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Bolt Arena, Helsinki
Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Asllani Soccerball shade.svg79' Report (FIFA)
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Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,123
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–9Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
Referee: Viki De Cremer (Belgium)
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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NTC Senec, Senec
Referee: María Martínez (Spain)

Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ↑ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ↑ Following a request from the FAI, the game was rescheduled from 17 September 2021. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "New date set for Georgia v Republic of Ireland". FAI. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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