2023 World Cup among women's teams. The first matches in the qualifying group of the national team of Ukraine took place

18.09.2021 12:02

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September 16-17 in the European group In the qualification for the 2023 World Cup, matches took place with the participation of rivals of the national team of Ukraine.

On the first day of selection in the UEFA zone, the Faroe Islands lost to Spain at home - 0:10, and for the day Hungary lost to Scotland - 0: 2. The national team of Ukraine, the fifth participant in this quintet, will join the tournament next month. On October 21, Natalia Zinchenko's wards will play at home against the Faroe Islands, and on October 26 - against Spain. On November 26, the blue and yellows will face Scotland away, and on November 30 - Hungary.

The women's national team of Ukraine will hold four more matches of the 2023 World Cup qualifying round in 2022. On April 8, our team will host Scotland, and on April 12 - Hungary. The Ukrainian will qualify with away matches on September 2 against the Faroe Islands and on September 6 against Spain.

Calendar of 2023 World Cup qualifiers in Group B.

16.09.2021/0/10 Faroe Islands - Spain - XNUMX:XNUMX

17.09.2021/0/2 Hungary - Scotland - XNUMX: XNUMX

21.09.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Scotland - Faroe Islands

21.09.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Hungary - Spain

21.10.2021. Ukraine - Faroe Islands

22.10.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Scotland - Hungary

26.10.2021. Ukraine - Spain

26.10.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Faroe Islands - Hungary

25.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Spain - Faroe Islands

26.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Scotland - Ukraine

30.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Hungary - Ukraine

30.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Spain - Scotland

08.04.2022. Ukraine - Scotland

08.04.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX Hungary - Faroe Islands

12.04.2022. Ukraine - Hungary

12.04.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX Scotland - Spain

02.09.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX Faroe Islands - Ukraine

02.09.2022 Spain - Hungary

06.09.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX Spain - Ukraine

06.09.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX Faroe Islands - Scotland

Playoffs: October 3-11, 2022.

Intercontinental playoffs: November 7-15, 2022, February 13-25, 2023, and April 3-11, 2023.

Final tournament (Australia, New Zealand): July 10 - August 20, 2023.

Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament. European area

Group Round

Europe has 2023 direct tickets to the 11 World Cup, another team will take part in the intercontinental playoffs. 

The 51 national teams will play in a two-round tournament with home and away matches in nine groups: three groups of five teams (A-C) and six groups of six teams (D-I). The matches of this stage will take place in the period from September 2021 to September 2022.

Group A: Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Slovakia, Georgia.

Group B: Spain, Scotland, Ukraine, Hungary, Faroe Islands.

Group C: The Netherlands, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Cyprus.

Group D: England, Austria, Northern Ireland, Northern Macedonia, Latvia, Luxembourg.

Group E: Denmark, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Malta, Montenegro.

Group F: Norway, Belgium, Poland, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia.

Group G: Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Croatia, Moldova, Lithuania.

Group H: Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria.

Group I: France, Wales, Slovenia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Estonia.

Nine group winners will go directly to the 2023 World Cup. The second teams of the groups will continue to fight in the next stage.

Playoffs

The nine teams that take second place in the groups will advance to the playoffs, which will consist of two stages.

The top three among the second teams will have the opportunity to play directly in the second stage of the playoffs. The remaining six participants will compete for three passes in single-match confrontations in the first stage. The three winners of the first round and the three teams that advanced directly to the second stage will determine the three winners of the UEFA playoffs in one-match duels.

The two winners of the second-ranked UEFA playoffs (criteria applied to the results of the group stage plus the playoffs of the second round) will receive two automatic places at the 2023 World Cup, while the third winner will continue his journey in the intercontinental playoffs.