2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs

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The UEFA play-offs of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition involved the runners-up from all nine groups in the group stage.

The play-offs consisted of two rounds of single-leg ties. The two best play-off winners, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while the third winner, Portugal, advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1][2]

Ranking of second-placed teams

Because some groups had six teams and others had five, matches against the sixth place team in each group are discounted. As a result, eight matches played by each team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 G  Switzerland 8 6 1 1 23 4 +19 19 Play-offs round 2
2 C  Iceland 8 6 0 2 25 3 +22 18
3 A  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 26 4 +22 17
4 D  Austria 8 5 1 2 34 6 +28 16 Play-offs round 1
5 F  Belgium 8 5 1 2 30 7 +23 16
6 B  Scotland 8 5 1 2 22 13 +9 16
7 H  Portugal 8 5 1 2 18 9 +9 16
8 I  Wales 8 4 2 2 13 5 +8 14
9 E  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 2 3 9 17 −8 11
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Draw

The draw took place on 9 September 2022 at 13:30 CEST.[3][4] The nine teams were drawn into six ties without any seeding, with the first team drawn in each tie to be the home team of the single-leg matches.

  • Round 1: The worst six runners-up will enter in round 1 and were drawn into three ties.
  • Round 2: The best three runners-up will enter in round 2 and, together with the three winners of round 1, were drawn into three ties.

Bracket

Round 1Round 2
              
6 October 2022 – Vizela
 Portugal2
11 October 2022 – Paços de Ferreira
 Belgium1
 Portugal (a.e.t.)4
 Iceland1
6 October 2022 – Glasgow
 Scotland (a.e.t.)1
11 October 2022 – Glasgow
 Austria0
 Scotland0
 Republic of Ireland1
6 October 2022 – Cardiff
 Wales (a.e.t.)1
11 October 2022 – Zürich
 Bosnia and Herzegovina0
 Switzerland (a.e.t.)2
 Wales1

Round 1

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 6 October 2022.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Scotland  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Austria
Wales  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal  2–1  Belgium

Matches

Scotland 1–0 (a.e.t.) Austria
  • Harrison 92'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,182[5]
Wales 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 15,200[6]
Portugal 2–1 Belgium
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 2,645[7]

Round 2

Summary

The single-leg matches were played on 11 October 2022.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Portugal  4–1 (a.e.t.)  Iceland
Scotland  0–1  Republic of Ireland
Switzerland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Wales

Matches

Portugal 4–1 (a.e.t.) Iceland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 5,595[8]
Scotland 0–1 Republic of Ireland
Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 10,708[9]
Switzerland 2–1 (a.e.t.) Wales
 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)
Attendance: 7,803[10]

Ranking of play-off winners

To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and round 2 of the play-offs were combined. As some groups had five teams and others had six, any group matches against teams who finished sixth in their groups were discounted; also, as not all teams played in both play-off rounds, results in round 1 of play-offs were not counted either. As a result, nine matches played by each team (eight in the group stage and one in round 2 of the play-offs) were counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two higher-placed winners qualified for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1][2]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 9 7 1 1 25 5 +20 22 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Republic of Ireland 9 6 2 1 27 4 +23 20
3  Portugal 9 6 1 2 22 10 +12 19 Inter-confederation play-offs
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group and in play-offs round 2, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Lower disciplinary points total; 8) UEFA national team coefficient ranking.

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. UEFA. 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's World Cup play-off draw live on Friday". UEFA. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Women's World Cup play-off draw live". UEFA. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Scotland vs. Austria" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Wales vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Portugal vs. Belgium" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ Laezza, Miguel (11 October 2022). "Portugal goleia Islândia no prolongamento e está no play-off intercontinental de acesso ao Mundial" [Portugal thrashes Iceland in extra time and is in the intercontinental play-off to access the World Cup]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Scotland vs. Republic of Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Switzerland vs. Wales" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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