2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 13.01):[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Away goals scored in all group matches;
8. Wins in all group matches;
9. Away wins in all group matches;
10. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
11. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

To determine the best three runners-up, the group standings are used, not taking into account any matches against sixth-placed teams. If teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.04):[4]

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Away goals scored in all group matches;
4. Wins in all group matches;
5. Away wins in all group matches;
6. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
7. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals in the second round match qualifies for the final tournament. If the score is level, extra time is played. If the score is remains level after extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 15.01).[4]

To determine the two best play-off winners, the results of the group stage as used for runner-up determination above (eight matches), and the second round of the play-offs (one match) are added. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.05):[4]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Away goals scored;
5. Wins;
6. Away wins;
7. Disciplinary points;
8. UEFA coefficient for the group stage draw.

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 April 2021 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[3] The 51 teams were drawn into 9 groups:

• 3 groups (Groups A, B, C) of 5 teams (playing a total of 8 matches), containing one team each from Pots 1–5.
• 6 groups (Groups D, E, F, G, H, I) of 6 teams (playing a total of 10 matches), containing one team each from Pots 1–6.

Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions due to political conflicts, there were several combinations of teams that could not be drawn into the same group. One of these was Armenia, who were initially drawn into group E together with Azerbaijan. Armenia was moved into group F and Montenegro was then drawn into group E.

On 28 February, FIFA and UEFA announced that Russia was suspended from all competitions.[13] No decision on how this will affect the qualification process has yet been taken.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (X)	8	8	0	0	38	2	+36	24	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup		—	3–1	8–0	31 Aug	7–0	2–0
2	Russia	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15	Play-offs		6 Sep	—	2 Sep	5–0	3–0	2–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Y)	8	3	1	4	8	20	−12	10			0–3	0–4	—	2–3	1–0	1–0
4	Montenegro (Y)	7	3	0	4	8	15	−7	9			1–5	Canc.	0–2	—	5 Sep	2–0
5	Malta (E)	7	1	1	5	4	18	−14	4			0–2	Canc.	2–2	0–2	—	1 Sep
6	Azerbaijan (E)	8	1	0	7	2	21	−19	3			0–8	0–4	5 Sep	1–0	1–2	—

To determine the three best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs second round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team (for those groups with six teams) are discarded. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Belgium	7	5	1	1	30	6	+24	16	Play-offs second round
2	G	Switzerland	7	5	1	1	21	4	+17	16
3	C	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	27	3	+24	14
4	D	Austria	6	4	1	1	24	4	+20	13	Play-offs first round
5	H	Serbia	6	4	0	2	16	11	+5	12
6	I	Wales	6	3	1	2	16	5	+11	10
7	A	Finland	6	3	1	2	14	6	+8	10
8	B	Scotland	6	3	1	2	12	13	−1	10
9	E	Russia	4	3	0	1	13	3	+10	9

The draw date and details will be confirmed by UEFA.

• First round: The worst six runners-up will enter in the first round and will be drawn into three ties.
• Second round: The best three runners-up will enter in the second round and, together with the three winners of the first round, will be drawn into three ties.

The single-leg matches will be played between 3 and 11 October 2022.

The single-leg matches will be played between 3 and 11 October 2022.

To rank the three play-off winners, their results in their respective groups and the second round of the play-offs are combined. Any group matches against sixth-placed teams (for those from the groups which had six teams) are discounted. As a result, 9 matches played by each team (8 in the group stage and 1 in the second round of the play-offs) are counted for the purposes of determining the ranking. The two highest-placed winners qualify for the Women's World Cup and the lowest-placed winner will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[3][4]