World Cup-2023. Ukraine's women's national team lost to Scotland and lost its chances to reach the final tournament

25.06.2022 00:07

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In the home match of the World Cup, which took place in Rzeszow, Poland, the women's national team of Ukraine was defeated by Scotland.

The matches of the blue and yellows in the qualification for the 2023 World Cup, against Scotland and Hungary, were to take place on April 8 and 12, respectively. However, due to Russian aggression and martial law in Ukraine, these fights were postponed to June 24 and 28. Our national team is forced to host its rivals in the Polish city of Rzeszow at the Stal Stadium.

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The game against Scotland began with an exchange of moments in the 3rd minute - Samson actually repulsed Thomas's shot close, and Kozlova in the counterattack closed the far post with a shot higher. And in the 9th minute, the British opened the scoring after a questionable penalty, appointed by the referee for a foul by Korsun.

The Ukrainians responded with a good shot by Petryk in the plane, but soon missed twice more. First, Cuthbert completed the combination, passing through the center of the penalty area, later Thomas scored accurately after a corner. In the 43rd minute, Thomas made a double, and again after a corner.

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The second half passed without goals. At the end of the match, Glushchenko and Petryk scored good shots from afar, but our team did not manage to soak the score.

Having lost to the Scots, the Ukrainians lost their chances to reach the playoffs for the 2023 World Cup. Our girls can score a maximum of 13 points, as they currently do in Scotland, but they are inferior to them in personal meetings, so for regulations can not get around. Luis Cortes' charges will play the next match against Hungary on June 28 at the same stadium (starting at 21.00 pm Kyiv time).

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2023 Women's World Cup. Qualifying tournament

Ukraine - Scotland - 0: 4 - 0:4

Goals: Faith (9, from the penalty spot), Cuthbert (17), Thomas (20, 43).

Ukraine: Samson, Korsun, Kravets, Shmatko, Romanenko, Pantsulaya (Girin, 46), Apanashchenko (k) (Khrystyuk, 77), Petryk, Ovdiychuk (Khimich, 61), Kravchuk (Glushchenko, 60), Kozlova (Kalinina, 67).

Trainer: Luis Cortes.

Scotland: Alexander, Evans, Corsi (k) (J. Clark, 84), Howard, Daughter, Cuthbert (Arthur, 74), Kerr, Vir (Graham, 90), Clelland (Murray, 74), Thomas (Harrison, 75), Emsley.

Trainer: Pedro Martinez Losa.

Referee: Triple Laos (Estonia).

Booked: Pantsulaya (27) - Thomas (60).

June 24. Reshiv. Steel Stadium.

European area. Group B

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

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

21.09.2021/7/1 Scotland - Faroe Islands - XNUMX: XNUMX

21.09.2021/0/7 Hungary - Spain - XNUMX: XNUMX

21.10.2021. Ukraine - Faroe Islands - 4: 0

22.10.2021/2/1 Scotland - Hungary - XNUMX: XNUMX

26.10.2021. Ukraine - Spain - 0: 6

26.10.2021/1/7 Faroe Islands - Hungary - XNUMX: XNUMX

25.11.2021/12/0 Spain - Faroe Islands - XNUMX: XNUMX

26.11.2021 Scotland - Ukraine - 1: 1

30.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX Hungary - Ukraine - 4: 2

30.11.2021/8/0 Spain - Scotland - XNUMX: XNUMX

08.04.2022/7/0 Hungary - Faroe Islands - XNUMX: XNUMX

12.04.2022/0/2 Scotland - Spain - XNUMX: XNUMX

24.06.2022. Ukraine - Scotland - 0: 4

Standings

28.06.2022. Ukraine - Hungary

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. 

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, 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.