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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification 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 8008054540 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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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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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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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–0Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg11–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
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Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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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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Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg0–4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
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Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–1Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
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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]

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References

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  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.