2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA play-offs decided the eighth and final UEFA qualifier for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Format After conclusion of the group stage the four runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups played home and away matches, to determine the last participant in the FIFA World Cup. For each play-off tie, 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 applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out.Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 7th FIFA Women's World Cup https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/89/34/02/1893402_DOWNLOAD.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130126205745/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/competitions/Regulations/01/89/34/02/1893402_DOWNLOAD.pdf dead January 26, 2013 UEFA Ranking of second-placed teams Matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The ranking of the runners-up is determined by the following parameters in this order: Highest number of points Goal difference Highest number of goals scored Highest number of away goals scored Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system; 2nd place Draw The draw was held on 23 September 2014 at 14:00 local time at Nyon, Switzerland.https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/0219-0e15af776771-a1b2a0f66769-1000--italy-face-ukraine-scotland-challenge-netherlands/ Italy face Ukraine, Scotland challenge Netherlands UEFA 23 September 2014 Seeding In the play-off draw, teams were seeded according to their UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking (shown in brackets).UEFA Women’s National Team Coefficient Ranking. Last match date: 17 September 2014 SeededUnseededITA (6)NED (8)SCO (12)UKR (15) Bracket Semifinals Final SCO 1 0 1 NED 2 2 4 ITA 2 2 4 UKR 1 2 3 NED 1 2 3 ITA 1 1 2 All times are CEST (UTC+02:00) during summer and CET (UTC+01:00) during winter. Semifinals SCO 1–4 NED 1–2 0–2 ITA 4–3 UKR 2–1 2–2 |} "Scotland v Netherlands" 25 October 2014 18:30 SCO 1–2 Report NED Little 49 pen. Martens 10Melis 23 pen. Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh 2,098 Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) "Netherlands v Scotland" 30 October 2014 19:00 NED 2–0 Report SCO Martens 51Melis 77 Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam 7,600 Esther Staubli (Switzerland) Netherlands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to final. "Italy v Ukraine" 25 October 2014 15:00 ITA 2–1 Report UKR Cernoia 1Gabbiadini 45+1 Apanaschenko 34 Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti 5,000 Jana Adámková (Czech Republic) "Ukraine v Italy" 29 October 2014 17:00 UKR 2–2 Report ITA Dyatel 26 47 Gabbiadini 55Panico 79 Arena Lviv, Lviv 1,936 Efthalia Mitsi (Greece) Italy won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to final. Final NED 3–2 ITA 1–1 2–1 |} "Netherlands v Italy" 22 November 2014 18:30 NED 1–1 Report ITA Miedema 54 Gabbiadini 19 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague 13,109 Teodora Albon (Romania) "Italy v Netherlands" 27 November 2014 20:30 ITA 1–2 Report NED Van der Gragt 53 o.g. Miedema 9 43 Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona 6,005 Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) Netherlands won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Goalscorers 3 goals ITA Melania Gabbiadini NED Vivianne Miedema 2 goals 22em NED Lieke Martens NED Manon Melis UKR Vira Dyatel 1 goal 22em ITA Valentina Cernoia ITA Patrizia Panico SCO Kim Little UKR Daryna Apanaschenko Own goal NED Stefanie van der Gragt (playing against Italy) References External links Women's World Cup – UEFA play-off semi-final, UEFA.com Women's World Cup – UEFA play-off final, UEFA.com play-offs Category:2014 in Scottish women's football play Category:2013–14 in Italian women's football Category:2013–14 in Ukrainian football