2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Football tournament qualification stage September 2023 FIFA In the UEFA qualification for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 16 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup finals. The winner of the Qualifying Playoffs between the Runners-up of each four group will also qualify. CLASS A Group 1 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD NOR 16 6 5 1 0 21 3 +18Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup FRA 1974 12 6 4 0 2 11 9 +2Advanced to play-off UKR 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 CZE 0 6 0 0 6 6 23 −17 Match schedule & results 25 August 2001 UKR 4–1 CZE Verezoubova 10'Pekur 31'Ivanova 51'Zinchenko 77' Urbancová 83' Kolos, Boryspil Ödlund (Sweden) 8 September 2001 NOR 4–0 UKR Ørmen 23', 90'Gulbrandsen 27'Mellgren 47' Åråsen, Lilleström Peltola (Finland) 11 September 2001 NOR 5–0 CZE Mellgren 26'Ørmen 38'Gulbrandsen 41'Riise 62'Bugge-Paulsen 90' Gjemselund, Kongsvinger Malzinskas (Lithuania) 13 October 2001 FRA 1974 0–3 NOR Lehn 2', 29'Mellgren 55' Pierre de Coubertin, Cannes-la-Bocca Petignat (Switzerland) 28 October 2001 UKR 0–2 FRA 1974 Pichon 3', 7' Kolos, Boryspil Toms (England) 17 November 2001 CZE 1–2 FRA 1974 Chlumecká 59' Pichon 7', 28' FK Drnovice, Dronvice Frai (Germany) 24 March 2002 CZE 1–5 NOR Dudová 18' Papp 19'Gulbrandsen 23'Lehn 32'Sæthre 60'Ørmen 64' TJ Slany, Slany Trampusch (Austria) 20 April 2002 FRA 1974 4–1 CZE Soubeyrand 5'Pichon 30'Mugneret-Béghé 39'Blouin 48' Šcasná 90' (pen) La Meinau, Strasbourg Jonsson (Sweden) 9 May 2002 NOR 3–1 FRA 1974 Mellgren 3', 25', 55' Pichon 10' Halden Stadion De Toni (Italy) 12 May 2002 UKR 1–1 NOR Mykhailenko 60' Gulbrandsen 53' CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv Günthner (Germany) 26 May 2002 CZE 2–3 UKR Chlumecká 12'Penicková 86' Mykhailenko 32'Zinchenko 46'Frishko 76' FK Chmel, Blšany Quintero Siles (Spain) 1 June 2002 FRA 1974 2–1 UKR Pichon 60'Soubeyrand 73' Verezoubova 51' Gaston Petit, Châteauroux Elovirta (Finland) Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD SWE 15 6 5 0 1 27 4 +23Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup DEN 15 6 5 0 1 21 8 +13Advanced to play-off SUI 3 6 1 0 5 2 18 −16 FIN 3 6 1 0 5 4 24 −20 Match schedule & results 4 September 2001 SUI 1–0 FIN Di Fonzo 24' Lättich, Baar Brohet (Sweden) 8 September 2001 DEN 4–0 SUI Bonde 5' (pen)Kjældgaard 20', 47'Madsen 90+3' Odense Stadium Hlavac (Czech Republic) 9 September 2001 SWE 8–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) FIN Svensson 10', 45'Mostström 22'Andersson 25' (pen)Ljungberg 43'Bengtsson 72', 89'Sjöström 80' Uusi-Luomalahti 19' (pen) Gammliavallen, Umeå Skjerven (Norway) 30 September 2001 SWE 4–1 SvFF Report(in Swedish) DEN Bengtsson 5'Ljungberg 68'Andersson 71'Björn 75' Pedersen 43' Malmö IP Toms (England) 13 October 2001 FIN 0–6 DEN Rydahl 7'Hansen 8'Pedersen 43', 89'Andersson 39'Bonde 85' (pen) Pohjola, Vantaa Frai (Germany) 3 November 2001 SUI 0–5 SvFF Report(in Swedish) SWE Ljungberg 28'Björn 60'Larsson 68', 90+2'Sjöström 79' Au-Stadion, Brugg Ionescu (Romania) 20 April 2002 SUI 1–4 DEN Di Fonzo 43' Andersen 12'Bonde 42', 79'Pedersen 56' Gemeinde Sportplatz, Gossau Malek-Wybraniec (Poland) 5 May 2002 FIN 1–0 SUI Mustonen 65' Pohjola, Vantaa Avdonchenko (Russia) 8 May 2002 SWE 4–0 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SUI Svensson 2', 54'Ljungberg 42', 88' Råsunda, Solna Frai (Germany) 26 May 2002 DEN 4–2 FIN Jensen 22', 61'Jokmusen 82', 90' Heikari 16'Kalmari 84' Odense Stadium Ionescu (Romania) 9 June 2002 DEN 2–1 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Terp 75'Sørensen 88' Andersson 60' (pen) Ballerup Idrætspark, Copenhagen Mulder (Netherlands) 26 June 2002 FIN 0–5 SvFF Report (in Swedish) SWE Eriksson 20', 43'Ljungberg 46'Svensson 48', 78' Centralplan, Jakobstad Ihringova (Slovakia) Group 3 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD RUS 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup ISL 9 6 2 3 1 8 9 −1Advanced to play-off ITA 7 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 ESP 6 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 Match schedule & results 18 August 2001 ISL 1–1 RUS Færseth 49' Barbachina 8' KR-Völlur, Reykjavík Hänninen (Finland) 8 September 2001 ISL 2–1 ITA Færseth 40', 52' Helgadóttir 80' (o.g.) Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Stadgård (Denmark) 30 September 2001 ESP 6–1 ISL Del Río 4', 30'Jiménez 43', 59'Gimbert 86' (pen)Ferreira 87' Ólafsdóttir 63' Pinilla, Teruel Fielenbach (Germany) 10 October 2001 ITA 1–3 RUS Guarino 58' Bosikova 31'Fomina 60' Stadio Artemio Franchi, Siena Jonsson (Sweden) 28 October 2001 RUS 2–0 ESP Svetlitskaia 11'Bosikova Stroitel, Selyatino Skogvang (Norway) 28 November 2001 ITA 3–0 ESP Città di Castello, Italy 24 March 2002 ESP 0–1 ITA Pozoblanco, Spain 29 April 2002 ESP 2–1 RUS Jiménez 10'Del Río 33' Saenko 62' Molina de Segura, Spain 18 May 2002 RUS 1–1 ISL Selyatino, Russia 22 May 2002 RUS 2–1 ITA Selyatino, Russia 30 May 2002 ISL 3–0 ESP Reykjavík, Iceland 8 June 2002 ITA 0–0 ISL Arzachena, Italy Group 4 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD GER 18 6 6 0 0 30 1 +29Qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup ENG 8 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3Advanced to play-off NED 4 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 POR 4 6 1 1 4 4 26 −22 Match schedule & results 27 September 2001 GER 3–1 ENG M.Müller 3'Smisek 7', 11' Yankey 49' Auestadion, Kassel Vibeke Karlsen (Norway) 25 October 2001 GER 9–0 POR Pohlers 2 25 57 63 84Künzer 6M. Müller 12 26 90 VfL-Stadion, Wolfsburg Alexandra Ihringova (Slovakia) Report 4 November 2001 ENG 0–0 NED Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 4,130 Katriina Elovirta (Finland) Report nl 17 November 2001 NED 0–3 GER Wunderlich 9Prinz 53Mensink 62 o.g. De Grolsch Veste, Enschede Maria Persson (Sweden) 9,300 Report nl 24 November 2001 POR 1–1 ENG Anabela 5 Walker 38 Complexo Desportivo, Gafanha da Nazaré Claudine Brohet (Belgium) Report 8 December 2001 POR 2–1 NED Sónia 80 90 Muller 14 Estádio Municipal de Tábua, Tábua Marta Atzori (Italy) Report 24 February 2002 ENG 3–0 POR Williams 20Smith 58 60 Fratton Park, Portsmouth 8,821 (British Record) Anri Hänninen (Finland) Report 23 March 2002 NED 1–4 ENG Kiesel-Griffioen 55 Chapman 16Burke 24Smith 73Walker 89 Zuiderpark Stadion, The Hague Ausra Tvarijonaite (Lithuania) Report nl 18 April 2002 GER 6–0 NED Wiegmann 4 pen. 32 90Prinz 41 49 84 Stadion am Schönbusch, Aschaffenburg Rita Ruiz Tacorante (Spain) 9,050 Report nl 4 May 2002 POR 0–8 GER Wunderlich 6 59Lingor 12 56Stegemann 40Mónica 50 o.g.Grings 62Prinz 85 Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo, Barcelos Eva Ödlund (Sweden) Report 19 May 2002 NED 4–1 POR Smith 24Ran 58Noom 72Burger 76 Bé 51 Sportpark Molenbroek, Gemert Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic) 1,200 Report 19 May 2002 ENG 0–1 GER Gottschlich 41' Selhurst Park, London 14,107 BRITISH RECORD Rindali (Italy)Germany qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. CLASS B Group 5 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGASCO156501205BEL156501139AUT46114715WAL16015213 29 September 2001 AUT 1–2 SCO Stallinger 21 James 51Gilmour 74 Leopoldsdorf, Austria 10 October 2001 WAL 0–2 AUT Stallinger 68Schalkhammer-Hufnagl 80 Llanelli, Wales 28 October 2001 SCO 5–1 WAL Fleeting 10 34 68 75James 47 Ludlow 8 Livingston, Scotland 28 October 2001 BEL 3–1 AUT Carnol 55Verelst 62Vautmans 87 Spieler 59 Wavre, Belgium 17 November 2001 WAL 0–2 BEL Verelst 12Ebhodaghe 84 Rhyl, Wales 25 November 2001 BEL 3–2 SCO Carnol 29 33 88 Brown 88Kerr 90 Belsele, Belgium 24 March 2002 BEL 1–0 WAL Jones 28 o.g. La Louvière, Belgium 6 April 2002 AUT 2–4 BEL Szankovich 45Fuhrmann 55 Dermul 14Verelst 28Maes 45Ebhodaghe 85 Fußach, Austria 21 April 2002 SCO 4–0 BEL McWhinnie20Fleeting 42 53Cook 44 Livingston, Scotland 5 May 2002 SCO 5–0 AUT Fleeting 11 19 51Cook 33Hamill 89 Livingston, Scotland 19 May 2002 WAL 0–2 SCO James 54Fleeting 81 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 25 May 2002 AUT 1–1 WAL Spieler 45 Foster 45 Ottensheim, Austria Group 6 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAFR Yugoslavia186600233IRL126402187GRE36105719MDA36105322 8 September 2001 FR Yugoslavia 5–0 IRL Stojanović 2 53 57 Stefanović 76 Stojiljković 88 pen. FK Rudar Alpos, Aleksinački Rudnik Marian Dorobanțu (Romania) Report 12 September 2001 MDA 0–4 IRL Hughes 21 Thorpe 30 79 O'Toole 57 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) Report 29 September 2001 MDA 1–2 FR Yugoslavia Moldova 27 October 2001 FR Yugoslavia 6–1 GRE Yugoslavia 17 November 2001 IRL 5–0 GRE Scanlan 25 O'Toole 54 73 Thorpe 56 Kierans 86 Dalymount Park, Dublin Caroline De Boeck (Belgium) Report 28 November 2001 GRE 1–2 MDA Greece 24 March 2002 GRE 1–3 IRL Lazarou 89 pen. Hughes 16 O'Toole 46 65 Rethymno Gallos Stadium, Rethymno Regina Belksma-Konink (Netherlands) Report 6 April 2002 IRL 6–0 MDA O'Toole 11 38 pen. Hughes 21 Thorpe 60 Saurin 67 Tracy 78 Flancare Park, Longford Irina Pavlova Report 20 April 2002 GRE 1–3 FR Yugoslavia Greece 11 May 2002 FR Yugoslavia 6–0 MDA Yugoslavia 18 May 2002 MDA 0–3 GRE Moldova 18 May 2002 IRL 0–1 FR Yugoslavia Smiljković 76 Flancare Park, Longford Tonje Overgaard Nordby Report Group 7 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAPOL248800251CRO1384131611ISR1384131214ROU882241813EST08008436 6 September 2001 EST 2–5 ISR Mletsin 87Morkovkina 89 Jan 28 35 38 51Shenar 32 Tallinn, Estonia 23 September 2001 EST 0–5 POL Leonowicz 1 77Gibek 9Drozdowska 58Otrębska 75 Valga, Estonia 23 September 2001 CRO 4–0 ISR Jakšić 27 89Kozić 38Kovač 47 Velika Gorica, Croatia 30 September 2001 CRO 2–2 ROU Bešker 49Jakšić 57 Spanu 12Anton 65 Osijek, Croatia 13 October 2001 ROU 6–1 EST Spanu 16 70Anton 44 56Striblea 45Laslo 61 Kori 90 Câmpina, Romania 16 October 2001 CRO 3–0 EST Zaprešić, Croatia 28 October 2001 POL 2–0 CRO Łęczna, Poland 28 October 2001 ISR 1–0 ROU Jan 9 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 18 November 2001 ISR 0–2 POL Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba 7 April 2002 POL 5–0 EST Ostrołęka, Poland 18 April 2002 EST 0–3 CRO Kuressaare, Estonia 21 April 2002 ROU 0–1 POL Câmpina, Romania 5 May 2002 POL 4–0 ISR Włocławek, Poland 18 May 2002 POL 3–1 ROU Biała Podlaska, Poland 25 May 2002 CRO 0–3 POL Krapina, Croatia 26 May 2002 ROU 1–1 ISR Câmpina, Romania 1 June 2002 ROU 2–3 CRO Câmpina, Romania 4 June 2002 ISR 3–0 EST Didich 48 pen. Jan 71 Shenar 90 Kyiv, Ukraine 6 June 2002 ISR 2–1 CRO Ozeri 5 Didich 88 Kovač 2 Kyiv, Ukraine 9 June 2002 EST 1–6 ROU Pärnu, Estonia Group 8 TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsHUN880033524SVK8503251115BLR 19958503271615TUR810710273BIH810710463 16 August 2001 BIH 0–7 SVK Saracevic 60 Vugdalic67 Pehic72 Fetic82 Beregszasziova 08',19',24',76' Lukácsová 25',52' Budošová 45+2' Čillíková 36 Zavidovici Bosnia and Herzegovina Regina Konink-Belksma Nederland / SFZ Report (in Slovak) 20 August 2001 BLR 1995 5–2 BIH Spartak Stadium, Mogilev 8 September 2001 HUN 3–0 BIH Hungary 8 September 2001 BLR 1995 3–2 SVK Vyshadka13 Kuzniatsova 20' Kuzniatsova 0 39 Shpak 64' Ryzhevich 80' Gajdošová 40' Lukácsová 81' Spartak Stadium, Mogilev Sergo Kvaratskhelia Georgia SFZ Report (in Slovak) 26 September 2001 BLR 1995 4–0 TUR Spartak Stadium, Mogilev 29 September 2001 SVK 0–2 HUN Szabó 09 Ilona Szabó 54' Bilicsné 61 Dombai-Nagy 70 Sebestyén 77 Sebestyén 89' Slovakia Elke Gunthner Germany SFZ Report (in Slovak) 13 October 2001 TUR 0–3 SVK Cinbiz28 Budošová 42' Lukácsová 75' 86' Turkey Tatjana Pavlovic Serbia SFZ Report (in Slovak) 13 October 2001 HUN 2–0 BLR 1995 Hungary 24 October 2001 TUR 5–1 BIH Turkey 21 November 2001 TUR 1–4 HUN Turkey 24 March 2002 TUR 1–5 BLR 1995 Turkey 5 April 2002 SVK 3–0 TUR Lukácsová 06' Ižová 18' Budošová 26' Cinbiz 33 Bakir 39 Slovakia Anna De Toni Italia SFZ Report (in Slovak) 13 April 2002 BIH 0–11 HUN Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 April 2002 SVK 3–1 BLR 1995 Trnková 13' Trnková45 Silvia Gajdošová 61' Králiková62 Girašeková 64' Ižová67 Girašeková87 Ryzhova 54 Shpak 60 Lis 68' Slovakia Maria Patrascu Romania SFZ Report (in Slovak) 22 April 2002 BLR 1995 2–4 HUN Torpedo Stadium, Minsk 2 May 2002 BIH 3–2 TUR Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 May 2002 HUN 3–1 SVK Dombai-Nagy 18' Szabó 51' Bökk 70' Matysová65 Látal 88' Hungary Ilonka Milanova Djaleva Bulgaria SFZ Report (in Slovak) 14 May 2002 BIH 2–7 BLR 1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 May 2002 HUN 4–1 TUR Hungary 22 June 2002 SVK 6–2 BIH Slovakia World Cup Qualifying Play-off Semi-finals 23 August 2002 FRA 1974 2–0 DEN Pichon 32'Bompastor 36' Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens Ruiz (Spain) 15 September 2002 DEN 1–1 FRA 1974 Hansen 9' Lecouflé 89' Odense Stadion Günthner (Germany)France won 3-1 on aggregate. 16 September 2002 ISL 2–2 ENG Færseth 42'Hendriksdóttir 56' Walker 44', 88' Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Elovirta (Finland) 22 September 2002 ENG 1–0 ISL Barr 87' St. Andrews, Birmingham 3,442 Jonsson (Sweden)England won 3-2 on aggregate. Final 17 October 2002 ENG 0–1 FRA 1974 Pichon 75' Selhurst Park, London 6,004 Karlsen (Norway) 16 November 2002 FRA 1974 1–0 ENG Diacre 54' Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne Petignat (Switzerland)France won 2-0 on aggregate and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Status Playoffs Matches cancelled as UEFA decided to extend Class A to 21 teams, meaning Scotland, FR Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary are promoted automatically. Belgium were additionally promoted, apparently as best runners-up, due to England receiving a bye to the 2005 European championship, which they will host. September 2002 SCO cancelled CZE October 2002 CZE cancelled SCO September 2002 FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia cancelled FIN October 2002 FIN cancelled FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia September 2002 POL cancelled POR October 2002 POR cancelled POL September 2002 HUN cancelled ESP October 2002 ESP cancelled HUN External links 2003 Women's World Cup Preliminaries at FIFA.com Results at RSSSF UEFA 2003 Category:2001 in European women's international football Category:2002 in European women's international football