2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C
UEFA Group C of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of five teams: Netherlands, Iceland, Czech Republic, Belarus, and Cyprus. 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]
Due to the Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[4] The Dutch Football Association has announced that the representative teams of the Netherlands will not play against national teams of Russia and Belarus until further notice.[5] However on 6 May 2022, they announced the Netherlands would play the match against Belarus behind closed doors on 28 June 2022.
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | +28 | 20 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 12–0 | |
2 | Iceland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Play-offs | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 11 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 7–0 | 8–0 | ||
4 | Belarus | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
5 | Cyprus | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 48 | −46 | 1 | 0–8 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
[edit]Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Belarus | 4–1 | Cyprus |
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Czech Republic | 8–0 | Cyprus |
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Iceland | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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Cyprus | 0–8 | Netherlands |
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Iceland | 4–0 | Czech Republic |
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Belarus | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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Iceland | 5–0 | Cyprus |
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Cyprus | 1–1 | Belarus |
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Czech Republic | 2–2 | Netherlands |
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Cyprus | 0–4 | Iceland |
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Belarus | 0–5 | Iceland |
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Netherlands | 12–0 | Cyprus |
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Czech Republic | 0–1 | Iceland |
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G. Jónsdóttir 36' |
Belarus | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
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Valiuk 8', 19' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Szewieczková 29' |
Netherlands | 3–0 | Belarus |
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Cyprus | 0–6 | Czech Republic |
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Iceland | 6–0 | Belarus |
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Czech Republic | 7–0 | Belarus |
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Netherlands | 1–0 | Iceland |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 90 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Anna Kozyupa
- Anastasiya Shlapakova
- Anastasia Shuppo
- Filippa Savva
- Antri Violari
- Klára Cvrčková
- Anna Dlasková
- Tereza Krejčiříková
- Miroslava Mrázová
- Simona Necidová
- Eliška Sonntagová
- Gudrún Arnardóttir
- Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir
- Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir
- Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir
- Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir
- Merel van Dongen
- Stefanie van der Gragt
- Jackie Groenen
- Lieke Martens
- Aniek Nouwen
- Joëlle Smits
- Sherida Spitse
1 own goal
- Barbora Votíková (against Iceland)
2 own goals
- Chara Charalambous (against Czech Republic and Netherlands)
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Postponed one day due to snow.
- ^ a b c d Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[4]
- ^ The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) initially announced that it would boycott the match against Belarus because of Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 6 May 2022, the KNVB announced in a statement that it still wanted to play the match against Belarus on 28 June 2022.[7]
- ^ The match was originally scheduled for 30 November 2021, but was postponed until 6 September 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter the Czech Republic by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's World Cup qualifying group stage draw". UEFA.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Women's National Team Coefficients Overview March 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". UEFA. 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "NO GAMES AGAINST RUSSIA AND BELARUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE". knvb.com.
- ^ "KNVB: Tot nader order geen wedstrijden tegen Rusland en Belarus". OnsOranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Statement KNVB over WK-kwalificatiewedstrijd OranjeLeeuwinnen". KNVB Media (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA.com