UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates29 August 2019 – 13 April 2021
Teams47 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played198
Goals scored826 (4.17 per match)
Attendance246,448 (1,245 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Tine De Caigny
(12 goals)

The UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts England in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final tournament.[1]

Apart from England, 47 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, including Cyprus which entered for the first time at senior women's level, and Kosovo which entered their first Women's Euro.[2]

Format

Different from previous qualifying competitions, the preliminary round was abolished and all entrants started from the qualifying group stage. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[3]

  • Qualifying group stage: The 47 teams were drawn into nine groups: two groups of six teams and seven groups of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament, while the remaining six runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The six teams were drawn into three ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last three qualified teams.

Tiebreakers

In the qualifying group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Wins in all group matches;
  10. Away wins in all group matches;
  11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying group stage draw.

To determine the three best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place were discarded. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 14.02):[3]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Away goals scored;
  5. Wins;
  6. Away wins;
  7. Disciplinary points;
  8. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying group stage draw.

In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advancesd by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 19.01).[3]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the UEFA Executive Committee approved on 28 August 2020 the following principles for the qualifying phase of UEFA Women's Euro 2022:[4]

  • If a team cannot field the minimum required number of players (at least 13 players including at least one goalkeeper) due to positive SARS-2 coronavirus tests and the match cannot be rescheduled, the team responsible for the match not taking place are considered to have forfeited the match and lost 0–3.
  • If UEFA comes to the conclusion that both or none of the teams are responsible for the match not taking place, the outcome of the match will be decided by drawing of lots, either home win 1–0, home loss 0–1 or draw 0–0, carried out by the UEFA administration.

On 24 September 2020, UEFA announced that five substitutions would be permitted for the remainder of the Women's Euro 2022 qualifying competition, with a sixth allowed in extra time during the play-offs. However, each team is only given three opportunities to make substitutions during matches, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.[5]

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Women's International Match Calendar.[6][7][8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final tournament was postponed from the summer of 2021 to 2022,[9] and the qualifying round and play-offs were also postponed.[10]

Stage Draw date FIFA international dates
Qualifying group stage 21 February 2019 26 August – 3 September 2019
30 September – 8 October 2019
4–12 November 2019
2–11 March 2020
6–14 April 2020 (matches not played due to COVID-19 pandemic)[11]
1–9 June 2020 (matches not played due to COVID-19 pandemic)[12]
14–22 September 2020
19–27 October 2020 (new dates due to COVID-19 pandemic)
23 November – 1 December 2020 (new dates due to COVID-19 pandemic)
15–24 February 2021 (new dates due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Play-offs 5 March 2021 (originally 25 September 2020) 5–13 April 2021 (postponed from 19–27 October 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic)

Entrants

Draw

The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][13]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[14][15]

Each group contained one team from each of Pots 1–5 (two teams from Pot 5 for six-team group). Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group as Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.

Final tournament hosts
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 England41,8191
Teams entering qualifying group stage
Pot 1
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 France40,7752
 Germany40,4053
 Netherlands40,0034
 Spain39,1815
 Sweden36,6086
 Norway36,0607
 Switzerland35,4818
 Scotland35,2379
 Italy34,74110
Pot 2
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 Austria33,50311
 Denmark32,93512
 Iceland32,01213
 Belgium32,00714
 Russia28,18715
 Wales28,04216
 Ukraine27,26017
 Finland25,90718
 Czech Republic25,00719
Pot 3
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 Portugal25,00220
 Republic of Ireland24,61721
 Poland23,71222
 Romania22,43223
 Serbia19,84624
 Slovenia18,20725
 Hungary17,60126
 Bosnia and Herzegovina17,05627
 Belarus16,36128
Pot 4
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 Turkey16,14229
 Slovakia16,04630
 Croatia15,92131
 Northern Ireland14,96632
 Greece14,86833
 Israel12,77134
 Kazakhstan12,45335
 Albania10,89936
 Moldova8,23737
Pot 5
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 Faroe Islands7,77739
 Malta7,55640
 North Macedonia7,24241
 Estonia7,22542
 Montenegro7,10643
 Georgia6,50044
 Latvia5,70245
 Lithuania4,97346
 Azerbaijan0—
 Cyprus0—
 Kosovo0—
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
TeamCoeff.[14]Rank
 Bulgaria8,05038
 Luxembourg4,23747
 Andorra1,79348
 Armenia0—
 Gibraltar0—
 Liechtenstein0—
 San Marino0—

Qualifying group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 10 10 0 0 48 3 +45 30 Final tournament — 2–0 4–1 6–0 3–0 7–0
2  Russia 10 8 0 2 23 6 +17 24 Play-offs 0–1 — 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–0
3  Slovenia 10 6 0 4 31 12 +19 18 2–4 0–1 — 5–0 3–1 2–0
4  Kosovo 10 3 1 6 6 29 −23 10 0–6 0–5 0–3 — 2–0 2–0
5  Turkey 10 1 2 7 9 28 −19 5 0–8 1–2 1–6 0–0 — 0–0
6  Estonia 10 0 1 9 1 40 −39 1 0–7 0–3 0–9 1–2 0–4 —
Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 9 1 0 48 1 +47 28 Final tournament — 0–0 2–0 8–0 4–0 14–0
2  Italy 10 8 1 1 37 5 +32 25 1–3 — 2–0 5–0 12–0 6–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 6 0 4 19 17 +2 18 0–4 0–5 — 2–0 1–0 7–1
4  Malta 10 3 1 6 11 30 −19 10 0–8 0–2 2–3 — 1–1 2–1
5  Israel 10 2 1 7 10 30 −20 7 0–3 2–3 1–3 0–2 — 4–0
6  Georgia 10 0 0 10 3 45 −42 0 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 6 6 0 0 34 1 +33 18 Final tournament — 6–0 1–0 Canc. Canc.
2  Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 17 17 0 14[lower-alpha 1] Play-offs 0–6 — 0–0 3–2 5–1
3  Wales 8 4 2 2 16 4 +12 14[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–2 — 3–0 4–0
4  Belarus 7 2 0 5 11 15 −4 6 1–7 0–1 0–1 — 6–0
5  Faroe Islands 7 0 0 7 1 42 −41 0 0–13 0–6 0–6 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head away goals: Northern Ireland 2; Wales 0.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 8 7 1 0 48 1 +47 22 Final tournament — 4–0 3–0 10–0 4–0
2  Czech Republic 8 5 1 2 24 9 +15 16 Play-offs 1–5 — 0–0 7–0 3–0
3  Poland 8 4 2 2 16 5 +11 14 0–0 0–2 — 5–0 3–0
4  Moldova 8 1 0 7 3 43 −40 3[lower-alpha 1] 0–9 0–7 0–3 — 3–1
5  Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 2 35 −33 3[lower-alpha 1] 0–13 0–4 0–5 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Moldova +1, Azerbaijan -1.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 8 7 1 0 24 2 +22 22 Final tournament — 1–0 1–0 8–1 4–0
2  Portugal 8 6 1 1 10 2 +8 19 Play-offs 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0
3  Scotland 8 4 0 4 26 5 +21 12 0–1 0–2 — 3–0 8–0
4  Albania 8 2 0 6 7 21 −14 6 0–3 0–1 0–5 — 4–0
5  Cyprus 8 0 0 8 0 37 −37 0 0–5 0–3 0–10 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 8 7 1 0 40 2 +38 22 Final tournament — 2–0 7–0 8–0 7–0
2  Iceland 8 6 1 1 25 5 +20 19 1–1 — 1–0 4–1 9–0
3  Slovakia 8 3 1 4 7 19 −12 10 0–6 1–3 — 0–0 2–0
4  Hungary 8 2 1 5 11 20 −9 7 0–5 0–1 1–2 — 4–0
5  Latvia 8 0 0 8 2 39 −37 0 1–4 0–6 1–2 0–5 —
Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 8 7 1 0 44 0 +44 22 Final tournament — 3–0 6–0 11–0 12–0
2  Austria 8 6 1 1 22 3 +19 19 0–0 — 1–0 3–0 9–0
3  Serbia 8 4 0 4 21 12 +9 12 0–2 0–1 — 8–1 4–1
4  North Macedonia 8 2 0 6 8 39 −31 6 0–7 0–3 0–6 — 4–1
5  Kazakhstan 8 0 0 8 2 43 −41 0 0–3 0–5 0–3 0–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 8 7 0 1 37 5 +32 21 Final tournament — 4–0 6–1 6–1 6–0
2  Switzerland 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Play-offs 2–1 — 6–0 2–0 4–0
3  Romania 8 4 0 4 13 16 −3 12 0–1 0–2 — 4–1 3–0
4  Croatia 8 2 1 5 7 19 −12 7 1–4 1–1 0–1 — 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 0 0 8 1 32 −31 0 0–9 0–3 0–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 8 8 0 0 46 1 +45 24 Final tournament — 8–0 3–0 6–0 10–0
2  Ukraine 8 5 0 3 16 21 −5 15 Play-offs 0–8 — 1–0 4–0 2–1
3  Republic of Ireland 8 4 1 3 11 10 +1 13 1–3 3–2 — 1–0 2–0
4  Greece 8 2 1 5 6 21 −15 7 0–5 0–4 1–1 — 1–0
5  Montenegro 8 0 0 8 2 28 −26 0 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–4 —
Source: UEFA

Ranking of second-placed teams

As groups A and B had six teams while the others had five, in order to determine the three best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance directly to the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Italy 8 6 1 1 30 5 +25 19 Final tournament
2 F  Iceland 8 6 1 1 25 5 +20 19
3 G  Austria 8 6 1 1 22 3 +19 19
4 H  Switzerland 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Play-offs
5 E  Portugal 8 6 1 1 10 2 +8 19
6 A  Russia 8 6 0 2 16 6 +10 18
7 D  Czech Republic 8 5 1 2 24 9 +15 16
8 I  Ukraine 8 5 0 3 16 21 −5 15
9 C  Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 17 17 0 14
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.

Play-offs

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.[16] 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.

Matches

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine  1–4  Northern Ireland 1–2 0–2
Portugal  0–1[lower-alpha 1]  Russia 0–1 0–0
Czech Republic  2–2 (2–3 p)  Switzerland 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)

Notes

  1. ↑ Russia were banned from the final tournament due to their country's invasion of Ukraine, and Portugal qualified instead.[17]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Women's Euro1
 EnglandHosts3 December 2018[1]8 (1984, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 NetherlandsGroup A winners23 October 20203 (2009, 2013, 2017)
 DenmarkGroup B winners27 October 20209 (1984, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 NorwayGroup C winners27 October 202011 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 SpainGroup D winners18 February 20213 (1997, 2013, 2017)
 FinlandGroup E winners19 February 20213 (2005, 2009, 2013)
 SwedenGroup F winners27 October 202010 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 FranceGroup G winners27 November 20206 (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 BelgiumGroup H winners1 December 20201 (2017)
 GermanyGroup I winners23 October 202010 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 Italy1st best runners-up24 February 202111 (1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 Iceland2nd best runner-up1 December 20203 (2009, 2013, 2017)
 Austria3rd best runner-up23 February 20211 (2017)
 SwitzerlandPlay-off winners13 April 20211 (2017)
 Northern IrelandPlay-off winners13 April 20210 (debut)
 Portugal[!]Play-off losers2 May 20221 (2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
  1. ^
    Russia originally qualified as a play-off winner, but was removed and banned from FIFA and UEFA International matches after invading Ukraine (28 February 2022). On 2 May, UEFA announced that Russian teams were banned from every European competition, disqualifying Russia from the tournament. Portugal, the playoff loser, took the place from Russia.

Top goalscorers

There have been 826 goals scored in 198 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match (as of 24 February 2021).

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

For full lists of goalscorers, see sections in each group:

Source: UEFA[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "England to host UEFA Women's EURO 2021". UEFA. 3 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Seedings for the Women's EURO 2021 qualifying draw". UEFA.com. 20 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2019–21". UEFA.com.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee approves new principles for upcoming national team matches". UEFA.com. 31 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Two triple-headers approved for 2021 March and September national team windows". UEFA. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "2018/19 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.
  7. ↑ "2019/20 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.
  8. ↑ "2020/21 UEFA Women's calendar" (PDF). UEFA.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO moved to July 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "COVID-19 impact on UEFA competitions calendar: latest updates". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA.com. 1 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Women's EURO 2021 qualifying draw". UEFA.com.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Women's National Team Coefficients Overview" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  15. ↑ "Coefficient Ranking of the Teams Participating in the group stage" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  16. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO play-off draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "UEFA Women's EURO — Statistics". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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