2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

In the UEFA qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers begun on 9 July 2005 and concluded on 30 September 2006, with five teams qualified: Denmark, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Of these, the latter three had qualified for the 2003 World Cup, while Denmark and England qualified over France (second in England's group) and Russia (second in Germany's group).

First Category edit

Group 1 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Norway 22 8 7 1 0 22 3 +19 Qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Ukraine 16 8 5 1 2 20 11 +9
  Italy 15 8 5 0 3 25 6 +19
  Serbia and Montenegro 6 8 2 0 6 6 27 −21
  Greece 0 8 0 0 8 2 28 −26

Match schedule & results edit

Norway  4–1  Ukraine
Mellgren 28', 54' (pen)
Christensen 47'
Klaveness 58'
(Report) Verezoubova 45'

Serbia and Montenegro  0–4  Norway
(Report) S. Gulbrandsen 31', 86'
Rønning 55', 63'

Italy  3–1  Ukraine
Zorri 20'
Panico 47'
Marsico 78'
(Report) Zinchenko 8'

Norway  1–0  Italy
Klaveness 60' (Report)

Greece  0–2  Serbia and Montenegro
(Report) Podovac 85', 91'

Italy  6–0  Serbia and Montenegro
Boni 21', 29'
Panico 41', 85'
Marsico 75'
Zorri 83'
(Report)

Serbia and Montenegro  0–4  Ukraine
(Report) Zinchenko 34', 84'
Apanashenko 47'
Frisco 73'

Greece  1–3  Ukraine
Papadopoulou 64' (Report) Korniyevets 13', 37'
Frisco 83'

Greece  0–3  Norway
(Report) R. Gulbrandsen 2', 92+'
Lehn 81'

Italy  2–0  Greece
Zorri 38'
Greco 69'
(Report)


Greece  0–5  Italy
(Report) Panico 15' (pen), 83', 86', 89'
Di Filippo 37'

Ukraine  2–1  Serbia and Montenegro
Frisco 35'
Pekur 81'
(Report) Stojanovic 15'


Ukraine  2–1  Italy
Hodyreva 47'
Frisco 57'
(Report) Marsico 75'

Norway  4–0  Greece
R. Gulbrandsen 14', 45'
Knutsen 59'
Giske 85'
(Report)

Serbia and Montenegro  0–7  Italy
(Report) Zorri 4', 15'
Di Filippo 26'
Marsico 56', 63', 68'
Pini 73'

Ukraine  6–0  Greece
Frisco 17', 42' (pen)
Verezoubova 49', 58'
Soukhoroukova 51'
Pekur 86'
(Report)

Ukraine  1–1  Norway
Verezoubova 28' (Report) Lehn 45'

Italy  1–2  Norway
Panico 83' (Report) R. Gulbrandsen 60'
Knutsen 63'

Group 2 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Sweden 22 8 7 1 0 32 6 +26 Qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Czech Republic 16 8 5 1 2 20 8 +12
  Iceland 13 8 4 1 3 18 12 +6
  Belarus 7 8 2 1 5 6 23 −17
  Portugal 0 8 0 0 8 4 31 −27

Match schedule & results edit

Iceland  3–0  Belarus
Lárusdóttir 31', 58'
M. L. Viðarsdóttir 56'
(Report)

Belarus  1–1  Czech Republic
Tatarynova 73' (Report) Hejlova 76'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Albon (Romania)


Czech Republic  1–0  Iceland
Pěničková 8' (Report)

Sweden  6–0  Belarus
Ljungberg 15', 25', 90', 90+1'
Schelin 30'
Lundin 83'
(Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Attendance: 5,000

Portugal  1–4  Sweden
Fernandes 71' (Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Ljungberg 9', 53'
Sjöström 49'
Moström 92'


Czech Republic  2–3  Sweden
Šcasná 4'
Mouchová 67'
(Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Larsson 23'
Schelin 62', 69'

Belarus  1–2  Iceland
Aniskoutsava 54' (Report) K. Jónsdóttir[2] 27'
A. Helgadóttir 51'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Monzul (Ukraine)

Sweden  5–1  Portugal
Lundin 10', 64', 79'
Schelin 30'
Sjögran 72'
(Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Fernandes 17'

Portugal  0–1  Belarus
(Report) Ryzhevich 11'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mitsi (Greece)


Belarus  0–6  Sweden
(Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Schelin 45'
Svensson 48', 82', 86'
Seger 52'
Öqvist 75'
Attendance: 505
Referee: Robin (France)



Iceland  0–4  Sweden
(Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)
Moström 13' (pen)
Thunebro 62'
Svensson 80'
Ljungberg 86'


Belarus  3–2  Portugal
Aniskoutsava 17', 20' (pen)
Tatarynova 34'
(Report) Martins 5'
Azavedo 46'

Sweden  2–0  Czech Republic
Ljungberg 5', 30' (Report)
SvFF Report (in Swedish)

Portugal  0–6  Iceland
(Report) K. Jónsdóttir 9', 55'
M. L. Viðarsdóttir 21', 67', 79', 86'

Group 3 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Denmark 19 8 6 1 1 22 6 +16 Qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Finland 16 8 5 1 2 16 5 +11
  Spain 14 8 4 2 2 19 14 +5
  Poland 9 8 3 0 5 14 29 −15
  Belgium 0 8 0 0 8 8 25 −17

Match schedule & results edit

Poland  1–5  Denmark
Gawronska 74' (Report) M. Pedersen 8', 10', 39, 67'
Sørensen 13'


Finland  3–1  Poland
Salmén 45'
Kalmari 69'
Talonen 84'
(Report) Gawronska 68'

Denmark  3–0  Belgium
M. Pedersen 13', 24'
Eggers Nielsen 34'
(Report)

Poland  3–2  Spain
Rytwinska 49'
Gurrutxaga 53 (o.g.)
Pozerska 61'
(Report) del Rio 6', 40'

Finland  0–1  Spain
(Report) Cabezón 34'

Belgium  2–3  Poland
Van Humbeeck 43'
Zeler 68'
(Report) Gawronska 13'
Nazarczyk 31'[3]
Otrebska 60'
Referee: Ostervold (Norway)

Spain  3–2  Belgium
Cabezón 2'
De Cock 91+'
Gimbert 92+'
(Report) Maes[4] 67'
Verelst 81'


Belgium  0–2  Denmark
(Report) M. Pedersen 63', 72'

Spain  7–0  Poland
Martín 9', 28', 52', 63', 85'
Cabezón 32'
Azagra 54'
(Report)

Poland  1–5  Finland
Żelazko 55' (Report) Kalmari 23', 49', 74'
Talonen 27', 36'

Belgium  2–4  Spain
Maes 64
Callebaut 75'
(Report) Martín 5', 40'
Gurrutxaga 16'
del Rio 29'

Denmark  5–0  Spain
M. Pedersen 50'
Pape 62' (pen), 88'
Sørensen 68'
Rasmussen 75'
(Report)

Finland  3–0  Belgium
Kalmari 8', 18'
Sjölund 82'
(Report)



Finland  2–1  Denmark
Österberg Kalmari 26'
Mustonen 78'
(Report) Sørensen 38'

Poland  4–2  Belgium
Żelazko 35', 67'
Rytwińska 46'
Makowska 87' (pen)
(Report) Heiremans 26', 72'

Denmark  1–0  Finland
Pape 56' (Report)

Group 4 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Germany 24 8 8 0 0 31 3 +28 Qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Russia 18 8 6 0 2 24 9 +15
  Scotland 8 8 2 2 4 4 20 −16
  Republic of Ireland 4 8 1 1 6 3 15 −12
  Switzerland 4 8 1 1 6 3 18 −15

Match schedule & results edit



Switzerland  0–2  Russia
(Report) Morozova 3'
Kurochkina 54'

Germany  5–1  Russia
Lingor 6' (pen)
Grings 8'
Minnert 43'
Prinz 87'
Smisek 90'
(Report) Komarova 60'

Scotland  0–0  Republic of Ireland
(Report)

Germany  4–0  Scotland
Grings 24'
Stegemann 57'
Prinz 61', 78'
(Report)

Germany  4–0  Switzerland
Jones 10'
Carlson 20', 62'
Wimbersky 36'
(Report)

Switzerland  2–0  Republic of Ireland
Dickenmann 23', 44' (Report)

Republic of Ireland  2–0  Switzerland
Grant 23'
O'Toole 90'
(Report)

Scotland  1–0  Switzerland
Grant 61' (Report)

Republic of Ireland  0–2  Scotland
(Report) Love 47'
Fleeting 81'




Switzerland  1–1  Scotland
Gailard 17' (pen) (Report) Fleeting 71'



Scotland  0–5  Germany
(Report) Prinz 26', 53'
Lingor 36'
Garefrekes 44'
Smisek 67'

Russia  2–0  Switzerland
Kremleva 27' (pen)
Morozova 68'
(Report)

Russia  2–3  Germany
Barbashina 83'
Kremleva 90'
(Report) Smisek 32'
Garefrekes 36'
Prinz 45'

Group 5 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  England 20 8 6 2 0 29 2 +27 Qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
  France 17 8 5 2 1 15 4 +11
  Netherlands 15 8 5 0 3 15 7 +8
  Austria 4 8 1 1 6 7 19 −12
  Hungary 1 8 0 1 7 1 35 −34

Match schedule & results edit

Austria  1–4  England
Celouch 21' (Report) Williams 23' (pen)
K. Smith 35', 92+'
Barr 56'

France  0–1  Netherlands
(Report) de Boer 65'

Hungary  0–3  Austria
(Report) Burger 10', 79'
Aigner 32'

Hungary  0–13  England
(Report) K. Smith 3', 43', 80'
Yankey 5'
Aluko 12', 50'
Scott 15', 38'
Chapman 30'
Williams 61', 88' (pen)
Potter 75'
Handley 79'

Austria  0–1  Netherlands
(Report) Louwaars 32'

Austria  1–3  France
Aigner 7' (pen) (Report) Pichon 24'
Soubeyrand 42', 56'

France  2–0  Hungary
Soubeyrand 67'
Tonazzi 81'
(Report)

Netherlands  0–1  England
(Report) Williams 55' (pen)

Hungary  0–5  Netherlands
(Report) Louwaars 21', 61
Smith 33'
Delies 41'
Hoogendijk 55'
Referee: Ann-Helen Ostervold (Norway)

England  0–0  France
(Report)
Attendance: 12,164
Referee: Skogvang (Norway)

England  4–0  Austria
Carney 36'
Williams 85'
K. Smith 87'
Handley 92+'
(Report)
Attendance: 8.068
Referee: Fodic (Croatia)

Hungary  0–5  France
(Report) Pichon 17', 27'
Bompastor 19'
Soubeyrand 36'
Lattaf 66'

England  2–0  Hungary
Exley 40'
Scott 91+'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,817
Referee: Arwedahl (Sweden)

Netherlands  0–2  France
(Report) Soubeyrand 7', 63'

Austria  1–1  Hungary
Burger 85' (Report) Nagy 55'

England  4–0  Netherlands
K. Smith 9', 24' (pen), 65'
Yankey 67'
(Report)
Attendance: 7,931
Referee: Ionescu (Romania)

Netherlands  4–0  Austria
Demarteau 58'
Delies 88'
Smit 91', 94'
(Report)

France  2–1  Austria
Bussaglia 31', 38' (Report) Burger 35'

Netherlands  4–0  Hungary
Stevens 26', 36', 89'
Smit 90'
(Report)

France  1–1  England
Diguelman 88' (Report) Lattaf 63' (og)

Second Category edit

Teams in this Category had no chance to qualify to the World Cup. Originally, the winners of the second category, along with the two best runners-up (Israel and Romania), were to contest play-off matches against the bottom-placed teams of the first category. The play-off winners would then participate in the first category of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. However, the play-offs were cancelled after UEFA changed the qualifying format to no longer be split into two divisions.[5]

Group 6 edit

Armenia and Lithuania withdrew.[6]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Slovenia 18 6 6 0 0 23 6
  Croatia 9 6 3 0 3 11 11
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 6 2 1 3 5 12
  Malta 1 6 0 1 5 4 14
Slovenia  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Milenkovič   62'
Vais   68'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Correia (POR)

Malta  1–4  Croatia
D'Agostino   9' Baban   5'
Gabrić   25'
Tatjana Solaja   30'
Koljenik   90+4'
Attendance: 55
Referee: Gavilán (ESP)

Croatia  3–5  Slovenia
Leskovac   7'
Jakšić   15'
Pavlek   69'
Zver   11'
Nikl   22'
Vais   49', 75', 87'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Gökcek (TUR)

Croatia  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kurjak   57'
Koljenik   90+1'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Pavlova (RUS)

Slovenia  4–1  Malta
Grad   17'
Vais   69'
Nikl   78', 85'
Tonna   65'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kahrij (AZE)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–0  Malta
Pehić   70'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Medvedeva (KAZ)

Croatia  1–0  Malta
Koljenik   43'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mamaeva (RUS)

Malta  1–3  Slovenia
Theuma   87' Maleševič   63', 65'
Vais   75'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Aseeva (UKR)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–6  Slovenia
Pehić   10' Nikl   22', 85', 89'
Vais   46'
Milenkovič   62'
Petrovič   83'
Attendance: 130
Referee: Quintero (ESP)

Slovenia  3–0  Croatia
Vais   11', 90'
Milenkovič   26'
Attendance: 260
Referee: Spinelli (ITA)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–1  Croatia
Kapetanović   30', 74' Pirsa   49'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Sinabova (BUL)

Malta  1–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Theuma   23' Skrbić   77'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bango (AUT)

Group 7 edit

Azerbaijan withdrew.[6]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Slovakia 15 6 5 0 1 14 5
  Romania 9 6 3 0 3 14 10
  Northern Ireland 7 6 2 1 3 7 11
  Kazakhstan 4 6 1 1 4 3 12
Slovakia  2–1  Romania
Budosová   34'
Stroková   45'
Spanu   17'
Attendance: 580
Referee: Grigoryan (ARM)

Romania  4–1  Kazakhstan
Pufulete   22', 66'
Striblea   45'
Amza   78'
Yalova   44'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Marković (SRB)

Kazakhstan  0–4  Slovakia
Budusová   8', 32', 63'
Zubková   79'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Kulcsár (HUN)

Romania  3–2  Northern Ireland
Pufulete   3'
Spanu   45'
Enache   81'
Furness   70'
Hall   90+1'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kiriou (GRE)

Northern Ireland  2–1  Slovakia
O'Neil   2'
Furness   75'
Dugovicová   35'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Wnuk (POL)

Slovakia  2–0  Northern Ireland
Izová   22'
Budosová   49'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Remy (FRA)

Northern Ireland  1–0  Kazakhstan
Hall   89'
0
Attendance: 366
Referee: Subotić (SRB)

Slovakia  2–0  Kazakhstan

Northern Ireland  1–4  Romania

Kazakhstan  1–1  Northern Ireland

Romania  2–3  Slovakia

Kazakhstan  1–0  Romania

Group 8 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Wales 14 6 4 2 0 17 2
  Israel 13 6 4 1 1 11 6
  Estonia 4 6 1 1 4 6 18
  Moldova 3 6 1 0 5 5 13
Estonia  2–5  Israel
Morkovkina   19', 39' Jan   12', 20', 54'
Shino   70'
Shenar   90+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: De Boeck (Belgium)

Moldova  3–1  Estonia
Slonova   8'
Ninicu   53'
Toma   70'
Morkovkina   59'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Heikkinen (Finland)

Israel  2–0  Moldova
Dayan   90+2'
Cohen   90+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Remy (France)

Wales  3–0  Moldova
Foster   11'
Hopkins   24'
Ludlow   62'
Attendance: 660
Referee: Teixeira (Portugal)

Wales  1–1  Israel

Wales  0–0  Estonia

Israel  1–0  Estonia

Moldova  0–3  Wales

Moldova  0–1  Israel

Estonia  3–2  Moldova

Israel  1–3  Wales

Estonia  0–7  Wales

References and notes edit

  1. ^ Norwegian FA match report. Retrieved 25 September 2006
  2. ^ (in Icelandic) Ísland lagði Hvíta Rússland, from fotbolti.net. Retrieved 6 June 2006
  3. ^ Match reports Archived 17 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine, from the Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 6 July 2006
  4. ^ The Belgian FA credited the goal to Kristel Verelst, noted by Match report Archived 17 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine from the Royal Belgian FA. Retrieved 6 July 2006
  5. ^ Ashby, Kevin (18 September 2006). "New format for 2009 in Finland". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 2007". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  7. ^ "FIFA seeks fan feedback for the International Match Calendar". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016.

External links edit