The Qualifying rounds for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 determined which 11 teams joined Sweden, the hosts of the 2013 tournament, to play for the UEFA Women's Championship.

Tie breakers

If two or more teams are tied in points the tie breakers are in ascending order:[1]

  1. Points in matches between tied teams
  2. superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
  3. higher number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in matches between tied teams (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

If the number of tied teams is reduced now, tie breakers 1 to 4 are applied again to the still tied teams. Only then the next tie breakers are used

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. higher number of goals scored in all matches
  3. position in the UEFA women’s national team coefficient ranking used for the group stage draw
  4. higher number of goals scored away from home in all matches (not to be used in preliminary round ties)

Preliminary round

Eight teams were divided into two groups of four. The two group winners qualified for the actual qualification round. The draw took place on 3 December 2010.[2] The games were played from 3 to 8 March 2011. The hosts of the two one-venue preliminary round groups are indicated below in italics.

Group 1

Team PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Macedonia321072+57
 Lithuania311153+24
 Luxembourg310249−53
 Latvia310213−23

Source: UEFA.com

Lithuania 1–1 Macedonia
Budrytė71'ReportAndonova21'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Luxembourg 2–0 Latvia
Settanni60' (pen.)Berscheid70'Report
Attendance: 15
Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)
Luxembourg 1–5 Macedonia
Settanni82'ReportAndonova21', 62'Brahimi24'Salihi59'Rochi90+3'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Latvia 1–0 Lithuania
Sokolova13'Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
Lithuania 4–1 Luxembourg
Imanalijeva45+2', 85'Vanagaitė48'Stasiulytė 59'ReportThompson65'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Marija Margareta Damjanovic (Croatia)
Macedonia 1–0 Latvia
Rochi31'Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Group 2

Team PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Armenia312021+15
 Malta311123−14
 Georgia31111104
 Faroe Islands31022203

Source: UEFA.com

Georgia 0–1 Malta
ReportD'Agostino90+1'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
Faroe Islands 0–1 Armenia
ReportKostanyan8'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)
Armenia 0–0 Georgia
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
Faroe Islands 2–0 Malta
Josephsen26'O. Hansen86'Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)
Georgia 1–0 Faroe Islands
Chichinadze90+5'Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)
Malta 1–1 Armenia
Cuschieri14'ReportMangasaryan64'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sjoukje de Jong (Netherlands)

Qualification round

The two winners of the preliminary round would join the 36 top ranked nations, with the exception of already qualified Sweden, and play in four groups of five teams and three of six teams. The group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified for the final tournament. The other six runners-up would play three two-legged playoffs with those winners also advancing to the final tournament. This stage ran from September 2011 to September 2012.

Seeding

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D Pot E

 Germany (Holder)  Norway England France Italy Denmark Finland

 Russia Netherlands Iceland Spain Ukraine Scotland Czech Republic

 Switzerland Poland Republic of Ireland Austria Belgium Belarus Slovenia

 Hungary Serbia Portugal Greece Slovakia Romania Wales

 Bulgaria Northern Ireland Turkey Israel Estonia Croatia Kazakhstan Bosnia and Herzegovina Armenia Macedonia

As the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation (NFSBiH) were at risk of suspension from FIFA, Bosnia and Herzegovina were automatically drawn in sixth position in Group 1 in order to avoid the possibility of a five-team group being reduced to four.[3] The draw was made on March 14, 2011.[4]

Group 1

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Italy10 9 1 0 35 0 +35 28
 Russia10 7 1 2 31 6 +25 22
 Poland10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 17
 Bosnia and Herzegovina10 3 1 6 12 21 −9 10
 Greece10 0 5 5 7 20 −13 5
 Macedonia10 0 2 8 5 49 −44 2
Source: UEFA.com
Bosnia and HerzegovinaGreeceItalyNorth MacedoniaPolandRussia
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1–10–11–00–20–1
Greece 2–3– 0–02–21–10–4
Italy 4–02–0– 9–01–02–0
Macedonia 2–61–10–9– 0–30–6
Poland 4–02–00–54–0– 0–3
Russia 4–14–00–28–01–1–
  • The Poland–Russia match ended 0–2 originally but was awarded a 3–0 win for Russia by the UEFA.

Group 2

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Germany10 9 1 0 64 3 +61 28
 Spain10 6 2 2 43 14 +29 20
 Romania10 5 1 4 20 20 0 16
 Switzerland10 5 0 5 29 24 +5 15
 Kazakhstan10 2 1 7 4 55 −51 7
 Turkey10 0 1 9 4 48 −44 1
Source: UEFA.com
GermanyKazakhstanRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandTurkey
Germany – 17–05–05–04–110–0
Kazakhstan 0–7– 0–30–41–02–0
Romania 0–33–0– 0–44–27–1
Spain 2–213–00–0– 3–24–0
Switzerland 0–68–14–14–3– 5–0
Turkey 0–50–01–21–101–3–

Spain's María Paz Vilas set a new competition record when she scored seven goals against Kazakhstan.[5]

Group 3

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Norway10 8 0 2 35 9 +26 24
 Iceland10 7 1 2 28 4 +24 22
 Belgium10 6 2 2 18 8 +10 20
 Northern Ireland10 3 2 5 12 15 −3 11
 Hungary10 3 1 6 18 22 −4 10
 Bulgaria10 0 0 10 1 54 −53 0
Source: UEFA.com
BelgiumBulgariaHungaryIcelandNorthern IrelandNorway
Belgium – 5–02–11–02–20–1
Bulgaria 0–1– 0–40–100–10–3
Hungary 1–39–0– 0–12–20–5
Iceland 0–06–03–0– 2–03–1
Northern Ireland 0–24–10–10–2– 3–1
Norway 3–211–06–02–12–0–

Group 4

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 France8 8 0 0 32 2 +30 24
 Scotland8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16
 Wales8 3 1 4 12 14 −2 10
 Republic of Ireland8 3 0 5 8 11 −3 9
 Israel8 0 0 8 1 35 −34 0
Source: UEFA.com
FranceIsraelRepublic of IrelandScotlandWales
France – 5–04–02–04–0
Israel 0–5– 0–21–60–2
Republic of Ireland 1–32–0– 0–10–1
Scotland 0–58–02–1– 2–2
Wales 1–45–00–21–2–

Group 5

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Finland8 6 1 1 22 4 +18 19
 Ukraine8 5 1 2 18 4 +14 16
 Belarus8 4 1 3 10 17 −7 13
 Slovakia8 3 1 4 8 7 +1 10
 Estonia8 0 0 8 5 31 −26 0
Source: UEFA.com
BelarusEstoniaFinlandSlovakiaUkraine
Belarus – 2–12–21–00–5
Estonia 2–4– 0–50–21–4
Finland 4–06–0– 2–00–1
Slovakia 3–03–10–1– 0–2
Ukraine 0–15–01–20–0–

Group 6

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 England8 6 2 0 22 2 +20 20
 Netherlands8 6 1 1 20 2 +18 19
 Serbia8 4 1 3 15 18 −3 13
 Slovenia8 1 1 6 6 21 −15 4
 Croatia8 0 1 7 6 26 −20 1
Source: UEFA.com
CroatiaEnglandNetherlandsSerbiaSlovenia
Croatia – 0–60–31–43–3
England 3–0– 1–02–04–0
Netherlands 2–00–0– 6–03–1
Serbia 4–22–20–4– 3–0
Slovenia 1–00–40–21–2–

Group 7

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Denmark8 7 0 1 28 3 +25 21
 Austria8 6 1 1 16 9 +7 19
 Czech Republic8 4 1 3 16 9 +7 13
 Portugal8 2 0 6 16 13 +3 6
 Armenia8 0 0 8 2 44 −42 0
Source: UEFA.com
ArmeniaAustriaCzech RepublicDenmarkPortugal
Armenia – 2–40–20–50–8
Austria 3–0– 1–13–11–0
Czech Republic 5–02–3– 0–21–0
Denmark 11–03–01–0– 2–0
Portugal 6–00–12–50–3–

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the play-offs. As some groups contained six teams and some five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team counted toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table. The Netherlands finished as best runners-up.

GrpTeam PldWDLGFGAGDPts
6 Netherlands8611202+1819
7 Austria8611169+719
5 Ukraine8512184+1416
1 Russia8512176+1116
4 Scotland85122112+916
3 Iceland8512124+816
2 Spain84222913+1614

Play-off round

The six teams advancing as runners-up were drawn against each other to qualify three team through a two legged play-off. The three nations with the highest UEFA coefficients were seeded and played their second leg at home. The draw took place on Friday, 21 September 2012, at 12:45 local time at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[6]

The seeded teams were Iceland, Russia and Spain.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland 3–4  Spain1–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine 4–6  Iceland2–3 2–3
Austria 1–3  Russia0–2 1–1

First leg

Scotland 1–1 Spain
Little26' (pen.)ReportAdriana30'
Attendance: 4,058
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Ukraine 2–3 Iceland
Romanenko39'Chorna51'ReportÓmarsdóttir5'Magnúsdóttir25'Viðarsdóttir64'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
Austria 0–2 Russia
ReportSavchenkova25'Shlyapina43'
Attendance: 3,600

Second leg

Spain 3–2 (a.e.t.) Scotland
Adriana74'Meseguer113'Boquete120+2'ReportMitchell62'Little98'
Attendance: 800

Spain won 4–3 on aggregate.

Russia 1–1 Austria
Kostyukova30'ReportPuntigam75'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Russia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Iceland 3–2 Ukraine
Viðarsdóttir8'Ómarsdóttir12'Brynjarsdóttir76'ReportDyatel36'Apanaschenko72'
Attendance: 6,647
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Iceland won 6–4 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying are as follows:[8]

Rank Name Goals Minutes played
1 GermanyCélia Šašić17 532'
2 SwitzerlandRamona Bachmann11 848'
3 SpainMaría Paz Vilas10 269'
SpainVerónica Boquete10 799'
5 ItalyPatrizia Panico9 593'
NorwayIsabell Herlovsen9 630'
DenmarkPernille Harder9 720'
IcelandMargrét Lára Viðarsdóttir9 824'
9 GermanyAlexandra Popp8 473'
NetherlandsManon Melis8 540'
PolandAnna Żelazko8 627'

References

  1. ^uefa.com; EURO 2013 Regulations
  2. ^uefa.com; Preliminary round draw made
  3. ^UEFA (9 March 2011). "Women's EURO group stage draw to be made".
  4. ^UEFA (14 March 2011). "UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualifying draw".
  5. ^"Germany and Spain in the goals, Finland ahead". UEFA. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. ^"Iceland and Ukraine meet in play-offs". UEFA. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^"Iceland, Russia, Spain are play-off seeds". UEFA. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  8. ^"Statistics". UEFA. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2012.