2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

UEFA Group A of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of five teams: Sweden, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, and Georgia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021,[1] with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.[2]

The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 17 September 2021 and 6 September 2022, with a pause for the Women's Euro 2022 in July. The group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs second round if they are one of the three best runners-up among all nine groups (counting results against the fifth-placed team).[3]

Standings

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden Republic of Ireland Finland Slovakia Georgia (country)
1  Sweden 8 7 1 0 32 2 +30 22 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
2  Republic of Ireland 8 5 2 1 26 4 +22 17 Play-offs 0–1 1–0 1–1 11–0
3  Finland 8 3 1 4 14 12 +2 10 0–5 1–2 2–1 6–0
4  Slovakia 8 2 2 4 9 9 0 8 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
5  Georgia 8 0 0 8 0 54 −54 0 0–15 0–9 0–3 0–4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA[citation needed] (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Slovakia 0–1 Sweden
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Finland 2–1 Slovakia
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Referee: Marta Frias Acedo (Spain)
Sweden 4–0 Georgia
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Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

Georgia 0–3 Finland
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Referee: Liudmyla Telbukh (Ukraine)
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Sweden
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Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Slovakia 2–0 Georgia
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Referee: Lizzy Van Der Helm (Netherlands)
Finland 1–2 Republic of Ireland
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Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

Sweden 2–1 Finland
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Republic of Ireland 1–1 Slovakia
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Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

Sweden 3–0 Slovakia
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Referee: Angelika Söder (Germany)
Republic of Ireland 11–0 Georgia
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Georgia 0–15 Sweden
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Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
Slovakia 1–1 Finland
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Finland 6–0 Georgia
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Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)
Sweden 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Asllani 79' Report (FIFA)
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McCabe 44'
Attendance: 12,123
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Georgia 0–9 Republic of Ireland
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Georgia 0–4 Slovakia
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Referee: Viki De Cremer (Belgium)
Republic of Ireland 1–0 Finland
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Finland 0–5 Sweden
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Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Slovakia 0–1 Republic of Ireland
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Referee: María Martínez (Spain)

Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.05 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for dates between 28 March and 31 October 2021 and between 27 March and 30 October 2022, and CET (UTC+1) for all other dates.
  2. ^ Following a request from the FAI, the game was rescheduled from 17 September 2021.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ "New date set for Georgia v Republic of Ireland". FAI. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

External links

  • FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA.com