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

UEFA Group E of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, and Montenegro. 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]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 16 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 first round if they are one of the other six runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).[3]

On 28 February 2022, Russia was suspended from the competition.[4][5] On 2 May 2022, UEFA officially announced that Russia was no longer allowed to take part in the competition, and therefore Denmark qualified for the tournament with two games to spare.[6][7][8]

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Azerbaijan Malta Russia
1  Denmark 8 8 0 0 40 2 +38 24 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup — 8–0 5–1 2–0 7–0 3–1
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 17 −8 11 Play-offs 0–3 — 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–4
3  Montenegro 8 3 0 5 9 17 −8 9 1–5 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 Canc.
4  Azerbaijan 8 2 1 5 5 16 −11 7[a] 0–8 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 0–4
5  Malta 8 2 1 5 6 17 −11 7[a] 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 — Canc.
6  Russia[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified Canc. Canc. 5–0 2–0 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +1, Malta −1.
  2. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[6][7]

Matches

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

Denmark 7−0 Malta
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Russia Voided
(2–0)		 Azerbaijan
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Russia Voided
(5–0)		 Montenegro
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Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Azerbaijan 0–8 Denmark
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Report (UEFA)
Russia Voided
(3–0)		 Malta
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Report (UEFA)
Denmark 8–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Report (UEFA)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Malta
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Montenegro 1−5 Denmark
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Azerbaijan Voided
(0–4)		 Russia
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Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Malta 0–2 Montenegro
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Azerbaijan 1–0 Montenegro
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Denmark Voided
(3–1)		 Russia
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Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Montenegro Cancelled Russia
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Malta 0–2 Denmark
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Malta Cancelled Russia
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Malta 0–2 Azerbaijan
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Russia Cancelled Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Russia Cancelled Denmark
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Azerbaijan 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Montenegro 0–2 Malta
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Goalscorers

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There were 91 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

13 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b UEFA.com (2022-02-28). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. ^ a b "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ^ Spencer, Jamie (2022-05-03). "Denmark qualify for first Women's World Cup since 2007 after Russia expulsion". 90min.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  9. ^ a b c d e Program - Landshold - DBU, 23 July 2021
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