2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2015 4 April 2013 – 14 October 2014 46 1 228 965 NED Vivianne Miedema (16 goals) 2011 2019 FIFA The European qualifying for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was a women's football tournament organized by UEFA.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 26 January 2013 UEFA A record 46 entrants were competing for eight spots.Women's World Cup preliminary contenders https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/0204-0e13c056b931-05c94521997c-1000--women-s-world-cup-preliminary-contenders/ UEFA 19 December 2012 11 December 2012 For the first time Albania and Montenegro entered a senior competitive tournament. The first matches were held on 4 April 2013. Preliminary round 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round 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. Group A Group A no_hide_class_rules yes Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules yes Group stage The group stage draw was made on 16 April 2013. Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away. Matches were played from 20 September 2013 to 17 September 2014. All seven group winners advanced directly to the final tournament, while the four runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth, and fifth in their groups advanced to play-off matches on 25/26 and 29/30 October and 22/23 and 26/27 November 2014 for the remaining berth.Qualifying route laid out in Europe https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=2059209/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130419044806/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=2059209/index.html dead April 19, 2013 FIFA 16 April 2013 16 April 2013Women's World Cup qualifying draw made https://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/0208-0e15d62450ba-2c105d10cff8-1000--women-s-world-cup-qualifying-draw-made/ UEFA 16 April 2013 16 April 2013 Seeding Seeding was based on results in three tournaments, the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying, each with their qualification results included. Pot APot BPot CPot DPot EPot FGER SWE FRA 1974 ENG NOR ITA DENISL FIN RUS NED ESP SCO UKRSUI POL CZE AUT BEL IRL BLRHUN SRB ROU POR WAL SVK NIRSVN GRE TUR BIH BUL ISR ESTKAZ CRO MKD Macedonia MLT FRO ALB MNE We report in bold the teams which actually qualified to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Tiebreakers If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied: 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; Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played between the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 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 6 to 10 apply; Superior goal difference in all group matches; Higher number of goals scored in all group matches; Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches; Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system; Group 1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 3 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 4 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 5 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 6 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 no_hide_class_rules yes Group 7 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 no_hide_class_rules yes 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; main WDL 2nd place complete UEFA true NED ITA SCO UKR RUS AUT ISL PO PO PO PO 5 1 2 14 17 6 1 1 22 5 4 1 3 16 9 6 0 2 21 6 6 1 1 29 5 5 1 2 23 8 5 0 3 21 13 RUS 1 ITA 2 ISL 3 SCO 4 NED 5 UKR 6 AUT 7 Q blue1 Play-offs 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) National team coefficient. Play-offs 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs 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 place in the FIFA World Cup. 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 In the play-off draw, teams are seeded according to their UEFA Women's National Team Coefficient Ranking. SeededUnseededITANEDSCOUKR Semifinals SCO 1–4 NED 1–2 0–2 ITA 4–3 UKR 2–1 2–2 |} Final NED 3–2 ITA 1–1 2–1 |} References External links Women's World Cup, UEFA.com UEFA 2015 Category:2012 in European women's international football Category:2013 in European women's international football Category:2014 in European women's international football