UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying preliminary round

The preliminary round of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition involved the eight lowest-ranked teams among the 46 qualifying entrants: Andorra, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Moldova. The draw for the preliminary round, where the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, was held on 19 January 2015.[1]

Each group was played in single round-robin format at the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.[2]

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Moldova (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Qualifying group stage 0–1 2–0
2   Latvia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 1–1
3   Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 2–0
4   Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 0–3 4–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Luxembourg  4–3  Latvia
Bidermane   44' (o.g.)
Birkel   60'
Thompson   69', 90+5'
Report Voitāne   17'
Fedotova   57'
Vāciete   72'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Moldova  2–0  Lithuania
Chiper   68'
Porojniuc   85'
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Lithuania  2–0  Luxembourg
Vanagaitė   16'
Imanalijeva   86'
Report
Attendance: 41
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Moldova  0–1  Latvia
Report Vāciete   26'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)

Luxembourg  0–3  Moldova
Report Chiper   13', 86'
Andone   87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)
Latvia  1–1  Lithuania
Vāciete   70' Report Imanalijeva   38'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Georgia 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[a] Qualifying group stage 2–0 1–2
2   Faroe Islands 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6[a] 8–0
3   Malta (H) 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6[a] 2–4
4   Andorra 3 0 0 3 3 20 −17 0 0–7 3–5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts, +1 GD; Faroe Islands: 3 pts, 0 GD; Malta: 3 pts, −1 GD).
Georgia  2–0  Faroe Islands
Matveeva   22'
Chichinadze   89'
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)
Andorra  3–5  Malta
López   3'
Gonçalves   57'
Fernández   90+3'
Report Cuschieri   5', 21'
Theuma   24', 51'
Carabott   45+2'
Attendance: 210
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)

Faroe Islands  8–0  Andorra
Andreasen   20' (pen.), 45+1', 83' (pen.), 90+2'
H. Sevdal   49', 62'
F. Danielsen   69'
Arge   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
Georgia  1–2  Malta
Chichinadze   55' (pen.) Report Carabott   47'
Theuma   90'

Malta  2–4  Faroe Islands
Carabott   39'
M. Borg   49'
Report Andreasen   13'
Simonsen   15'
H. Sevdal   53', 90'
Andorra  0–7  Georgia
Report Matveeva   3', 6'
Chichinadze   25'
Tchkonia   26', 69' (pen.), 83', 85'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan)

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 preliminary draw". UEFA.com. 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship, 2015–17" (PDF). UEFA.com.

External links edit