UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs

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UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
Tournament details
Dates9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) – 13 April 2021 (2021-04-13)
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored10 (1.67 per match)
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The play-offs of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition involved the six runners-up with the worst records among all nine groups in the qualifying group stage.

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The play-offs were played in home-and-away two-legged format. Originally, the three play-off winners qualified for the final tournament. [1] One of those winners, Russia, were banned later.

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the three best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament and the six remaining second-placed teams which advanced to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 B Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8611305+2519 Final tournament
2 F Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8611255+2019
3 G Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8611223+1919
4 H Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8611206+1419Play-offs
5 E Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8611102+819
6 A Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8602166+1018
7 D Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8512249+1516
8 I Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 85031621−515
9 C Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 84221717014
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 5 March 2021 (originally 25 September 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. [2] The six teams were drawn into three ties without any seeding, with the first team drawn in each tie to be the home team of the first leg. Based on political restrictions, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn against each other.

Summary

The first legs were played on 9 April, and the second legs were held on 13 April 2021. Originally, the three play-off winners qualified for the final tournament. However following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia were banned from the final tournament, and Portugal qualified in their place. [3]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–4Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1–2 0–2
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0–1 0–0
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–2 (2–3 p)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–2Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Report
Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg2–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Report
Seaview, Belfast
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Northern Ireland won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg0–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Report
Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg0–0Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Report
Sapsan Arena, Moscow
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Russia won 1–0 on aggregate, but were banned from UEFA Women's Euro 2022 due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. Portugal qualified instead.

Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Report
Letní stadion, Chomutov
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Report
Penalties
3–2
Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2–2 on aggregate. Switzerland won 3–2 on penalties and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

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References

  1. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2019–21". UEFA.com.
  2. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO play-off draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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