UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

If two or more teams are tied in points the tie breakers are in ascending order:^[1]

1. Points in matches between tied teams
2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
3. higher number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in matches between tied teams (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

If the number of tied teams is reduced now, tie breakers 1 to 4 are applied again to the still tied teams. Only then the next tie breakers are used

1. superior goal difference in all matches
2. higher number of goals scored in all matches
3. position in the UEFA women’s national team coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw
4. higher number of goals scored away from home in all matches (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

Eight teams were divided into two groups of four. The two group winners qualified for the actual qualification round. The draw took place on 3 December 2010.^[2] The games were played from 3 to 8 March 2011. The hosts of the two one-venue preliminary round groups are indicated below in italics.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Macedonia	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Lithuania	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
Latvia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: UEFA.com

3 March 2011

13:00

Lithuania	1–1	Macedonia
Budrytė 71'	Report	Andonova 21'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Attendance: 70

Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

3 March 2011

13:00

Luxembourg	2–0	Latvia
Settanni 60' (pen.) Berscheid 70'	Report

Stadion Kukuš, Strumica

Attendance: 15

Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)

5 March 2011

13:00

Luxembourg	1–5	Macedonia
Settanni 82'	Report	Andonova 21', 62' Brahimi 24' Salihi 59' Rochi 90+3'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Attendance: 75

Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

5 March 2011

13:00

Latvia	1–0	Lithuania
Sokolova 13'	Report

Stadion Kukuš, Strumica

Attendance: 30

Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

8 March 2011

13:00

Lithuania	4–1	Luxembourg
Imanalijeva 45+2', 85' Vanagaitė 48' Stasiulytė 59'	Report	Thompson 65'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Attendance: 20

Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)

8 March 2011

13:00

Macedonia	1–0	Latvia
Rochi 31'	Report

Stadion Kukuš, Strumica

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Armenia	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Malta	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Georgia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Faroe Islands	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3

Source: UEFA.com

3 March 2011

11:00

Georgia	0–1	Malta
	Report	D'Agostino 90+1'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 220

Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

3 March 2011

14:00

Faroe Islands	0–1	Armenia
	Report	Kostanyan 8'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 30

Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)

5 March 2011

11:00

Armenia	0–0	Georgia
	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 30

Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

5 March 2011

14:00

Faroe Islands	2–0	Malta
Josephsen 26' O. Hansen 86'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 250

Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

8 March 2011

11:00

Georgia	1–0	Faroe Islands
Chichinadze 90+5'	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 20

Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

8 March 2011

14:00

Malta	1–1	Armenia
Cuschieri 14'	Report	Mangasaryan 64'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 250

Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)

The two winners of the preliminary round will join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up will play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage will run from September 2011 to September 2012.

Due to the risk of suspension by FIFA of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation (NFSBiH), Bosnia and Herzegovina have automatically been drawn in sixth position in Group 1 in order to avoid the possibility of a five-team group being reduced to four.^[3] The draw was made on March 14, 2011.^[4]

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 10 9 1 0 35 0 +35 28  Russia 10 7 1 2 31 6 +25 22  Poland 10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 17  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 3 1 6 12 21 −9 10  Greece 10 0 5 5 7 20 −13 5  Macedonia 10 0 2 8 5 49 −44 2 Source: UEFA.com

Bosnia and Herzegovina  – 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 Greece  2–3 – 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 Italy  4–0 2–0 – 9–0 1–0 2–0 Macedonia  2–6 1–1 0–9 – 0–3 0–6 Poland  4–0 2–0 0–5 4–0 – 0–3 Russia  4–1 4–0 0–2 8–0 1–1 –

• The Poland–Russia match ended 0–2 originally but was awarded a 3–0 win for Russia by the UEFA.

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany 10 9 1 0 64 3 +61 28  Spain 10 6 2 2 43 14 +29 20  Romania 10 5 1 4 20 20 0 16  Switzerland 10 5 0 5 29 24 +5 15  Kazakhstan 10 2 1 7 4 55 −51 7  Turkey 10 0 1 9 4 48 −44 1 Source: UEFA.com

Germany  – 17–0 5–0 5–0 4–1 10–0 Kazakhstan  0–7 – 0–3 0–4 1–0 2–0 Romania  0–3 3–0 – 0–4 4–2 7–1 Spain  2–2 13–0 0–0 – 3–2 4–0 Switzerland  0–6 8–1 4–1 4–3 – 5–0 Turkey  0–5 0–0 1–2 1–10 1–3 –

Spain's María Paz Vilas set a new competition record when she scored seven goals against Kazakhstan.^[5]

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Norway 10 8 0 2 35 9 +26 24  Iceland 10 7 1 2 28 4 +24 22  Belgium 10 6 2 2 18 8 +10 20  Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 12 15 −3 11  Hungary 10 3 1 6 18 22 −4 10  Bulgaria 10 0 0 10 1 54 −53 0 Source: UEFA.com

Belgium  – 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 Bulgaria  0–1 – 0–4 0–10 0–1 0–3 Hungary  1–3 9–0 – 0–1 2–2 0–5 Iceland  0–0 6–0 3–0 – 2–0 3–1 Northern Ireland  0–2 4–1 0–1 0–2 – 3–1 Norway  3–2 11–0 6–0 2–1 2–0 –

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 8 8 0 0 32 2 +30 24  Scotland 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16  Wales 8 3 1 4 12 14 −2 10  Republic of Ireland 8 3 0 5 8 11 −3 9  Israel 8 0 0 8 1 35 −34 0 Source: UEFA.com

France  – 5–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 Israel  0–5 – 0–2 1–6 0–2 Republic of Ireland  1–3 2–0 – 0–1 0–1 Scotland  0–5 8–0 2–1 – 2–2 Wales  1–4 5–0 0–2 1–2 –

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Finland 8 6 1 1 22 4 +18 19  Ukraine 8 5 1 2 18 4 +14 16  Belarus 8 4 1 3 10 17 −7 13  Slovakia 8 3 1 4 8 7 +1 10  Estonia 8 0 0 8 5 31 −26 0 Source: UEFA.com

Belarus  – 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–5 Estonia  2–4 – 0–5 0–2 1–4 Finland  4–0 6–0 – 2–0 0–1 Slovakia  3–0 3–1 0–1 – 0–2 Ukraine  0–1 5–0 1–2 0–0 –

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 6 2 0 22 2 +20 20  Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 2 +18 19  Serbia 8 4 1 3 15 18 −3 13  Slovenia 8 1 1 6 6 21 −15 4  Croatia 8 0 1 7 6 26 −20 1 Source: UEFA.com

Croatia  – 0–6 0–3 1–4 3–3 England  3–0 – 1–0 2–0 4–0 Netherlands  2–0 0–0 – 6–0 3–1 Serbia  4–2 2–2 0–4 – 3–0 Slovenia  1–0 0–4 0–2 1–2 –

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 8 7 0 1 28 3 +25 21  Austria 8 6 1 1 16 9 +7 19  Czech Republic 8 4 1 3 16 9 +7 13  Portugal 8 2 0 6 16 13 +3 6  Armenia 8 0 0 8 2 44 −42 0 Source: UEFA.com

Armenia  – 2–4 0–2 0–5 0–8 Austria  3–0 – 1–1 3–1 1–0 Czech Republic  5–0 2–3 – 0–2 1–0 Denmark  11–0 3–0 1–0 – 2–0 Portugal  6–0 0–1 2–5 0–3 –

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualify automatically for the tournament, while the remainder will enter the play-offs. As some groups contain six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group will not be included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team will count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table. The Netherlands finished as best runners-up.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	20	2	+18	19
7	Austria	8	6	1	1	16	9	+7	19
5	Ukraine	8	5	1	2	18	4	+14	16
1	Russia	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	16
4	Scotland	8	5	1	2	21	12	+9	16
3	Iceland	8	5	1	2	12	4	+8	16
2	Spain	8	4	2	2	29	13	+16	14

The six teams advancing as runners-up were drawn against each other to qualify three team through a two legged play-off. The three nations with the highest UEFA coefficients were seeded and played their second leg at home. The draw took place on Friday, 21 September 2012, at 12:45 local time at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[6]

The seeded teams were Iceland, Russia and Spain.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	3–4	Spain	1–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine	4–6	Iceland	2–3	2–3
Austria	1–3	Russia	0–2	1–1

20 October 2012

15:00

Scotland	1–1	Spain
Little 26' (pen.)	Report	Adriana 30'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 4,058

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

20 October 2012

15:00

Ukraine	2–3	Iceland
Romanenko 39' Chorna 51'	Report	Ómarsdóttir 5' Magnúsdóttir 25' Viðarsdóttir 64'

Sport Complex, Sevastopol

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

21 October 2012

18:30

Austria	0–2	Russia
	Report	Savchenkova 25' Shlyapina 43'

NV Arena, Sankt Pölten

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

24 October 2012

18:00

Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Scotland
Adriana 74' Meseguer 113' Boquete 120+2'	Report	Mitchell 62' Little 98'

La Ciudad del Fútbol, Madrid

Attendance: 800

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Spain won 4–3 on aggregate.

25 October 2012

17:00

Russia	1–1	Austria
Kostyukova 30'	Report	Puntigam 75'

Olimp – 2, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Russia won 3–1 on aggregate.

25 October 2012

20:30

Iceland	3–2	Ukraine
Viðarsdóttir 8' Ómarsdóttir 12' Brynjarsdóttir 76'	Report	Dyatel 36' Apanaschenko 72'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,647

Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Iceland won 6–4 on aggregate.

The top scorers in UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying are as follows:^[8]

Rank	Name	Goals	Minutes played
1	Célia Šašić	17	532'
2	Ramona Bachmann	11	848'
3	María Paz Vilas	10	269'
	Verónica Boquete	10	799'
5	Patrizia Panico	9	593'
	Isabell Herlovsen	9	630'
	Pernille Harder	9	720'
	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	9	824'
9	Alexandra Popp	8	473'
	Manon Melis	8	540'
	Anna Żelazko	8	627'

• Women's Euro 2013 – UEFA Official Page