2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round

Football tournament qualification stage The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA preliminary round was the UEFA qualifying preliminary round for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The eight lowest teams entered the tournament in the preliminary round were drawn into two groups of four. The two best placed teams in each group advanced to the next round where they competed among the other thirty-eight teams entered. The preliminary round was drawn on 18 December 2012.Albania, Montenegro learn debut opposition https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/0204-0e13c14960e8-786f81ba4358-1000--albania-montenegro-learn-debut-opposition/ UEFA 19 December 2012 18 December 2012 Malta and Lithuania as hosts were the only seeded teams. Matches were played from 4 to 9 April 2013. Tiebreakers If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: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 Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply; Superior goal difference in all group matches; Higher number of goals scored in all group matches; If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out (this criterion is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points). Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system. All times are CEST (UTC+02:00). Group A main WDL Group A complete UEFA yes MLT ALB LVA LUX GS GS 2 1 0 5 2 0 1 2 1 8 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 9 1 H ALB LUX LVA MLT flag Q green1 Group stage Tiebreakers — 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 — — — 0–2 — 6–0 — "Albania v Malta" 4 April 2013 16:00 ALB 1–1 Report MLT Curo 76 Theuma 80 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 120 Petra Chudá (Slovakia) "Luxembourg v Latvia" 4 April 2013 18:30 LUX 0–0 Report LVA Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 50 Floarea Ionescu (Romania) "Albania v Latvia" 6 April 2013 11:00 ALB 2–0 Report LVA Memedov 17Velaj 41 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 40 Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan) "Malta v Luxembourg" 6 April 2013 13:30 MLT 6–0 Report LUX Carabott 12Theuma 25 pen. 61Cuschieri 28Xuerreb 29Buttigieg 50 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 130 Floarea Ionescu (Romania) "Luxembourg v Albania" 9 April 2013 16:00 LUX 1–2 Report ALB Maurer 45 Jashari 16Velaj 69 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 40 Petra Chudá (Slovakia) "Latvia v Malta" 9 April 2013 18:30 LVA 0–2 Report MLT Theuma 45+1Cuschieri 83 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 210 Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan) Group B main WDL Group B complete UEFA yes FRO MNE GEO LTU GS GS 2 1 0 6 4 1 0 2 5 7 0 1 2 4 6 H 1 2 0 6 4 FRO GEO LTU MNE flag Q green1 Group stage Tiebreakers 2–1 — 3–3 — 4–3 0–2 0–1 — — — — 1–1 "Faroe Islands v Montenegro" 4 April 2013 13:00 FRO 3–3 Report MNE H. Sevdal 49 76Magnussen 51 Vukčević 18 66Kuć 59 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 30 Linn Andersson (Sweden) "Georgia v Lithuania" 4 April 2013 17:30 GEO 4–3 Report LTU Pasikashvili 32 85Chkonia 39Matveeva 60 Vanagaitė 9Bložytė 17Mažukelyte 82 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 250 Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain) "Georgia v Montenegro" 6 April 2013 13:00 GEO 0–2 Report MNE Vukčević 38 90+4 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 10 Dilan Gökçek (Turkey) "Lithuania v Faroe Islands" 6 April 2013 17:30 LTU 0–1 Report FRO Andreasen 61 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 262 Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain) "Faroe Islands v Georgia" 9 April 2013 13:00 FRO 2–1 Report GEO H. Sevdal 38 73 Chichinadze 47 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 12 Dilan Gökçek (Turkey) "Montenegro v Lithuania" 9 April 2013 17:30 MNE 1–1 Report LTU Vukčević 60 Vanagaitė 90+1 LFF Stadium, Vilnius 130 Linn Andersson (Sweden) Goalscorers 5 goals MNE Marija Vukčević 4 goals FRO Heidi Sevdal MLT Dorianne Theuma 2 goals 22em ALB Furtuna Velaj GEO Nino Pasikashvili LTU Sonata Vanagaitė MLT Rachel Cuschieri 1 goal 22em ALB Ellvana Curo ALB Suada Jashari ALB Dafina Memedov FRO Rannvá Andreasen FRO Íðunn Magnussen GEO Lela Chichinadze GEO Khatia Chkonia GEO Tatiana Matveeva LTU Raimonda Bložytė LTU Rita Mažukelyte LUX Sophie Maurer MLT Nicole Buttigieg MLT Ylenia Carabott MLT Emma Xuerreb MNE Armisa Kuć References External links Women's World Cup – Preliminary round, UEFA.com Preliminary round